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Charny, Smith, and Gaunt to Speak at Centennial Conference in NY
By Contributor on January 27, 2015
NEW YORK--Scholars Israel Charny, Roger Smith, and David Gaunt are
among the confirmed speakers at "Responsibility 2015," the
international conference marking the Centennial of the Armenian
Genocide, to be held on March 13-15, 2015, at New York's Marriott
Marquis Hotel.
Israel Charny
Charny is the executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and
Genocide in Jerusalem, which he founded with the late Shamai Davidson,
M.D., and Elie Wiesel in 1979. He has been devoted to the study of the
Holocaust and genocide since the mid-1960's. He is the editor of
Encyclopedia of Genocide, written by nearly 100 experts from many
countries. This 2-volume, 720-page reference tool, which brings
together the results of decades of scholarship in a single edition,
was published in 1999. He is a founder, alongside Helen Fein, Robert
Melson, and Roger Smith, of the International Association of Genocide
Scholars, which was established in 1994.
Roger Smith
Smith is Professor Emeritus of Government at the College of William
and Mary in Virginia, where he has taught political theory and the
comparative study of genocide. He has written extensively on the
nature, language, history, and denial of genocide. In addition to
numerous articles, he is the editor and co-author of Guilt: Man and
Society, and editor of Genocide: Essays Toward Understanding,
Early-Warning, and Prevention. Since 2003, he has been the director of
the Genocide and Human Rights University Program, and since 2004,
chair of the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights
Studies (a division of the Zoryan Institute).
David Gaunt
Gaunt is Professor of History at Södertörn University College in
Stockholm, Sweden. He is a social historian who has written widely on
the history of minorities and everyday life. He is the author
ofMassacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in
Eastern Anatolia during World War I, a seminal work on the Assyrian
Genocide. Gaunt completed his doctorate at Uppsala University in 1975.
Earlier, the organizers had announced the names of other confirmed
speakers, including jurist Geoffrey Robertson, actor and playwright
Eric Bogosian, photojournalistScout Tufankjian, novelist Chris
Bohjalian, scholars Richard Hovannisian, Debórah Dwork,Raymond
Kévorkian, Roy L. Brooks, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgey, Janna Thompson,
andJermaine McCalpin, and journalists Robert Fisk, Laure Marchand,
Guillaume Perrier, and David Barsamian.
The "Responsibility 2015" Conference is being organized by the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern U.S. Centennial
Committee, under the auspices of the Armenian Genocide Centennial
Committee of America, Eastern Region.
Evening sessions bringing together policymakers, political leaders,
artists, and celebrities known for their activism and humanitarian
work will highlight the theme of responsibility to confront past
injustices and struggle towards preventing new ones.
The conference begins with a plenary sessions on Fri., March 13. The
final panel concludes on March 15 at 4:30 p.m. Registration will open
in February.
Photography and art exhibits with the theme of survival will be held
at the same venue for the duration of the conference.
The organizing committee is comprised of the following scholars and
activists: Khatchig Mouradian and Hayg Oshagan, co-chairs; George
Aghjayan, Kim Hekimian, Antranig Kasbarian, Sarkis Balkhian and Henry
Theriault.
For periodic updates, please contact conference coordinator Maral
Choloyan at [email protected], or visit the conference
Facebook page or the conference website,
http://responsibility2015.org.
http://armenianweekly.com/2015/01/27/centennial-ny/
By Contributor on January 27, 2015
NEW YORK--Scholars Israel Charny, Roger Smith, and David Gaunt are
among the confirmed speakers at "Responsibility 2015," the
international conference marking the Centennial of the Armenian
Genocide, to be held on March 13-15, 2015, at New York's Marriott
Marquis Hotel.
Israel Charny
Charny is the executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and
Genocide in Jerusalem, which he founded with the late Shamai Davidson,
M.D., and Elie Wiesel in 1979. He has been devoted to the study of the
Holocaust and genocide since the mid-1960's. He is the editor of
Encyclopedia of Genocide, written by nearly 100 experts from many
countries. This 2-volume, 720-page reference tool, which brings
together the results of decades of scholarship in a single edition,
was published in 1999. He is a founder, alongside Helen Fein, Robert
Melson, and Roger Smith, of the International Association of Genocide
Scholars, which was established in 1994.
Roger Smith
Smith is Professor Emeritus of Government at the College of William
and Mary in Virginia, where he has taught political theory and the
comparative study of genocide. He has written extensively on the
nature, language, history, and denial of genocide. In addition to
numerous articles, he is the editor and co-author of Guilt: Man and
Society, and editor of Genocide: Essays Toward Understanding,
Early-Warning, and Prevention. Since 2003, he has been the director of
the Genocide and Human Rights University Program, and since 2004,
chair of the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights
Studies (a division of the Zoryan Institute).
David Gaunt
Gaunt is Professor of History at Södertörn University College in
Stockholm, Sweden. He is a social historian who has written widely on
the history of minorities and everyday life. He is the author
ofMassacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in
Eastern Anatolia during World War I, a seminal work on the Assyrian
Genocide. Gaunt completed his doctorate at Uppsala University in 1975.
Earlier, the organizers had announced the names of other confirmed
speakers, including jurist Geoffrey Robertson, actor and playwright
Eric Bogosian, photojournalistScout Tufankjian, novelist Chris
Bohjalian, scholars Richard Hovannisian, Debórah Dwork,Raymond
Kévorkian, Roy L. Brooks, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgey, Janna Thompson,
andJermaine McCalpin, and journalists Robert Fisk, Laure Marchand,
Guillaume Perrier, and David Barsamian.
The "Responsibility 2015" Conference is being organized by the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern U.S. Centennial
Committee, under the auspices of the Armenian Genocide Centennial
Committee of America, Eastern Region.
Evening sessions bringing together policymakers, political leaders,
artists, and celebrities known for their activism and humanitarian
work will highlight the theme of responsibility to confront past
injustices and struggle towards preventing new ones.
The conference begins with a plenary sessions on Fri., March 13. The
final panel concludes on March 15 at 4:30 p.m. Registration will open
in February.
Photography and art exhibits with the theme of survival will be held
at the same venue for the duration of the conference.
The organizing committee is comprised of the following scholars and
activists: Khatchig Mouradian and Hayg Oshagan, co-chairs; George
Aghjayan, Kim Hekimian, Antranig Kasbarian, Sarkis Balkhian and Henry
Theriault.
For periodic updates, please contact conference coordinator Maral
Choloyan at [email protected], or visit the conference
Facebook page or the conference website,
http://responsibility2015.org.
http://armenianweekly.com/2015/01/27/centennial-ny/