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"The Past is Present: Armenians and Turkey"
By MassisPost
Updated: March 8, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the
Ottoman government's systematic annihilation of its Armenian
population. This state violence came to be characterized as 'genocide'
when the term was coined several decades later.
The Turkish people remain, to a large extent, ignorant of the
historic, political and social circumstances that led to and followed
the genocide. The Armenian community in Turkey, especially those
living in Istanbul, are on the front lines of explaining not just the
Genocide but its consequences for Armenians, for Turkey, and for the
Armenians of Turkey, specifically.
Rober Koptas, an Istanbul-born writer, editor, and until recently
editor of the weekly newspaper Agos, is a guest of the University of
Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies and will lecture at
Professor Richard Antaramian's "Colloquium in Armenian Studies: Social
and Cultural Issues" course on March 2-4 and 9-11.
Professor Antaramian holds the Turpanjian Early Career Chair in
Contemporary Armenian Studies and this class is a survey of
Armenian-Turkish history and Armenian-Turkish relations.
Koptas will also speak at a campus luncheon talk on March 12, at 12:30
p.m. Entitled "The Past is Present: Armenians and Turkey," Koptas will
be in conversation with Marc Cooper, professor of communications at
the USC Annenberg School and a long-time follower of Armenian and
Turkish relations. Professor Cooper is an award-winning journalist and
the author of several books about politics and culture from across the
country and around the world. He had also served as translator and
press liaison to Chilean President Salvador Allende immediately prior
to his assassination.
Salpi Ghazarian, the director of the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies, says, "We invite the public to sit in on the lectures, or
follow them online. The luncheon talk will be a conversation between
two people who have spent many years embroiled in the challenges and
concerns of justice, good governance and democratization. It's an
especially important conversation to be having on the anniversary of
the Genocide.
The event will be live streamed at: http://tinyurl.com/Koptas
http://massispost.com/2015/03/the-past-is-present-armenians-and-turkey/
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From: A. Papazian
By MassisPost
Updated: March 8, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the
Ottoman government's systematic annihilation of its Armenian
population. This state violence came to be characterized as 'genocide'
when the term was coined several decades later.
The Turkish people remain, to a large extent, ignorant of the
historic, political and social circumstances that led to and followed
the genocide. The Armenian community in Turkey, especially those
living in Istanbul, are on the front lines of explaining not just the
Genocide but its consequences for Armenians, for Turkey, and for the
Armenians of Turkey, specifically.
Rober Koptas, an Istanbul-born writer, editor, and until recently
editor of the weekly newspaper Agos, is a guest of the University of
Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies and will lecture at
Professor Richard Antaramian's "Colloquium in Armenian Studies: Social
and Cultural Issues" course on March 2-4 and 9-11.
Professor Antaramian holds the Turpanjian Early Career Chair in
Contemporary Armenian Studies and this class is a survey of
Armenian-Turkish history and Armenian-Turkish relations.
Koptas will also speak at a campus luncheon talk on March 12, at 12:30
p.m. Entitled "The Past is Present: Armenians and Turkey," Koptas will
be in conversation with Marc Cooper, professor of communications at
the USC Annenberg School and a long-time follower of Armenian and
Turkish relations. Professor Cooper is an award-winning journalist and
the author of several books about politics and culture from across the
country and around the world. He had also served as translator and
press liaison to Chilean President Salvador Allende immediately prior
to his assassination.
Salpi Ghazarian, the director of the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies, says, "We invite the public to sit in on the lectures, or
follow them online. The luncheon talk will be a conversation between
two people who have spent many years embroiled in the challenges and
concerns of justice, good governance and democratization. It's an
especially important conversation to be having on the anniversary of
the Genocide.
The event will be live streamed at: http://tinyurl.com/Koptas
http://massispost.com/2015/03/the-past-is-present-armenians-and-turkey/
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From: A. Papazian