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ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 17, 2015
Contact: Taniel Koushakjian
Telephone: (202) 393-3434
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.aaainc.org
ASSEMBLY TO HOLD ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SYMPOSIUM AT ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING IN
FLORIDA
Symposium Will Take Place in Boca Raton on Saturday, March 14, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) is pleased
to announce the speakers for the Armenian Genocide Symposium that will take
place during the Annual Members Meeting weekend in Boca Raton, Florida,
March 13-14, 2015. Entitled `A Century of Genocide: The 1915 Armenian
Genocide & Its Lasting Impact," the symposium will feature Dr. Rouben
Adalian, Dr. Rosanna Gatens, and Hannibal Travis.
Dr. Adalian will present on the topic `The Armenian Genocide as a Prototype
of 20th Century Mass Killings.' Dr. Gatens will discuss `The Impact of the
Armenian Genocide on Holocaust Education,' and Hannibal Travis will present
`The Armenian Genocide as a Political & Illegal Crime.' Assembly Trustee
Marta Batmasian will moderate the discussion.
The Symposium will take place on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 1:00 PM to
3:00 PM.
Dr. Rouben P. Adalian is the Director of the Armenian National Institute
(ANI) in Washington, DC. He is the editor of The Armenian Genocide in the
U.S. Archives 1915-1918 and its accompanying Guide and associate editor of
the Encyclopedia of Genocide. Adalian is also the author of From
Humanism to Rationalism: Armenian Scholarship in the Nineteenth Century
and Historical Dictionary of Armenia and has contributed to Genocide in
Our Time; Studies in Comparative Genocide; America and the Armenian
Genocide; and Centuries of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness
Accounts. He is a specialist on the Caucasus and the Middle East, and has
taught at a number of universities, including George Washington University,
Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University. He received a Ph.D. in
history from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Rosanna M. Gatens is the Director of the Center for Holocaust and Human
Rights Education (CHHRE) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca
Raton, Florida. Dr. Gatens is a specialist in the social and intellectual
history of Germany, especially during the era of the Weimar Republic and
the Third Reich. Dr. Gatens has written about the collapse of academic
freedom in German universities during the 1920s, the anti-fascist and
anti-militarist campaigns of the German League for Human Rights during the
interwar years, and racism as a component of National Socialism. Her
research and writing in the area of Holocaust education focuses on the
effectiveness of particular teaching and learning strategies for high
school and college students. Dr. Gatens is a member of the Florida Task
Force on Holocaust Education and a member of the Save Darfur Coalition of
South Palm Beach.
Hannibal Travis is a Professor of Law at Florida International University
(FIU) College of Law in Miami, Florida. He has published widely on Ottoman
Turkey's Christian genocide, freedom of expression, religious freedom in
the contemporary Middle East, and human rights in Africa. Travis wrote the
first comprehensive legal history of genocide in the Middle East and North
Africa, entitled Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq,
and Sudan. His second book, entitled Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the
United Nations: Exploring the Causes of Mass Killing Since 1945,
undertakes the first in-depth exploration of the causes of genocide and
politicide using the U.N. archives.
The Assembly's Armenian Genocide Symposium will be held at the Marriott
Hotel at Boca Town Center, 5150 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33486 on
Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Guests that are travelling
from out of town should call (561) 392-4600 to reserve a room at the
Armenian Assembly's reduced rate of $169.00 per night.
To register for the Symposium or additional information please contact
Assembly South Florida Regional Council Chair Carol Norigian at
[email protected].
Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public understanding and
awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a non-partisan, 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt membership organization.
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NR: # 2015-009
Available online at: http://bit.ly/1EKw2Cz
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 17, 2015
Contact: Taniel Koushakjian
Telephone: (202) 393-3434
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.aaainc.org
ASSEMBLY TO HOLD ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SYMPOSIUM AT ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING IN
FLORIDA
Symposium Will Take Place in Boca Raton on Saturday, March 14, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) is pleased
to announce the speakers for the Armenian Genocide Symposium that will take
place during the Annual Members Meeting weekend in Boca Raton, Florida,
March 13-14, 2015. Entitled `A Century of Genocide: The 1915 Armenian
Genocide & Its Lasting Impact," the symposium will feature Dr. Rouben
Adalian, Dr. Rosanna Gatens, and Hannibal Travis.
Dr. Adalian will present on the topic `The Armenian Genocide as a Prototype
of 20th Century Mass Killings.' Dr. Gatens will discuss `The Impact of the
Armenian Genocide on Holocaust Education,' and Hannibal Travis will present
`The Armenian Genocide as a Political & Illegal Crime.' Assembly Trustee
Marta Batmasian will moderate the discussion.
The Symposium will take place on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 1:00 PM to
3:00 PM.
Dr. Rouben P. Adalian is the Director of the Armenian National Institute
(ANI) in Washington, DC. He is the editor of The Armenian Genocide in the
U.S. Archives 1915-1918 and its accompanying Guide and associate editor of
the Encyclopedia of Genocide. Adalian is also the author of From
Humanism to Rationalism: Armenian Scholarship in the Nineteenth Century
and Historical Dictionary of Armenia and has contributed to Genocide in
Our Time; Studies in Comparative Genocide; America and the Armenian
Genocide; and Centuries of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness
Accounts. He is a specialist on the Caucasus and the Middle East, and has
taught at a number of universities, including George Washington University,
Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University. He received a Ph.D. in
history from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Rosanna M. Gatens is the Director of the Center for Holocaust and Human
Rights Education (CHHRE) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca
Raton, Florida. Dr. Gatens is a specialist in the social and intellectual
history of Germany, especially during the era of the Weimar Republic and
the Third Reich. Dr. Gatens has written about the collapse of academic
freedom in German universities during the 1920s, the anti-fascist and
anti-militarist campaigns of the German League for Human Rights during the
interwar years, and racism as a component of National Socialism. Her
research and writing in the area of Holocaust education focuses on the
effectiveness of particular teaching and learning strategies for high
school and college students. Dr. Gatens is a member of the Florida Task
Force on Holocaust Education and a member of the Save Darfur Coalition of
South Palm Beach.
Hannibal Travis is a Professor of Law at Florida International University
(FIU) College of Law in Miami, Florida. He has published widely on Ottoman
Turkey's Christian genocide, freedom of expression, religious freedom in
the contemporary Middle East, and human rights in Africa. Travis wrote the
first comprehensive legal history of genocide in the Middle East and North
Africa, entitled Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq,
and Sudan. His second book, entitled Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the
United Nations: Exploring the Causes of Mass Killing Since 1945,
undertakes the first in-depth exploration of the causes of genocide and
politicide using the U.N. archives.
The Assembly's Armenian Genocide Symposium will be held at the Marriott
Hotel at Boca Town Center, 5150 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33486 on
Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Guests that are travelling
from out of town should call (561) 392-4600 to reserve a room at the
Armenian Assembly's reduced rate of $169.00 per night.
To register for the Symposium or additional information please contact
Assembly South Florida Regional Council Chair Carol Norigian at
[email protected].
Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public understanding and
awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a non-partisan, 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt membership organization.
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NR: # 2015-009
Available online at: http://bit.ly/1EKw2Cz