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  • Western Response to Genocide - Academic conference

    PRESS RELEASE
    April 27, 2004
    ANCA-SD
    Contact: Garo Artinian (ANC SD Chair)
    Telephone: 619-596-4332

    ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF SAN DIEGO AND UC SAN DIEGO ARMENIAN STUDENTS
    HOST INAUGURAL GENOCIDE CONFERENCE


    San Diego, CA : The Armenian National Committee of San Diego announced
    that it will be hosting an academic conference on Genocide and Denial on
    Saturday, May 8, 2004 at the University of California, San Diego campus.
    The event is the first of its kind to be held at UC San Diego and is
    cosponsored by the UC San Diego Armenian Students Association.

    The conference, entitled "Western Response to Genocide", will cover various
    topics including the Armenian Genocide, the Jewish Holocaust, the Rwandan
    Genocide and others. The intended emphasis of the conference will be how
    the Western Culture has dealt with genocide. The conference will address a
    number of genocide-related issues, including definition, history, politics,
    literature, acknowledgment, prevention, associated trauma (both individual
    and collective) and reconciliation and reparations. The conference will
    address the many genocides of the 20th century and draw similarities and
    identify differences between these crimes against humanity.

    A number of panelists will participate in the conference, including:
    Laurence Baron, Ph.D., Director of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaice
    Studies; Rubina Peroomian, Ph.D., lecturer at the University of California,
    Los Angeles; Levon Marashlian, Ph.D., Professor of History and Political
    Science at Glendale Community College, Dan Alba, Regional Director of the
    Los Angeles Offices of Facing History and Ourselves, and Ardashes
    Kassakhian, Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of
    America - Western Region.

    The conference will take place at the University of California, San Diego,
    Peterson Building and will begin at 10 A.M. Parking for the conference is
    free and Armenian style barbecue will be served during the break for $7.

    Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters
    throughout the United States and affiliated organizations around the world,
    the Armenian National Committee San Diego actively advances the concerns of
    the Armenian American community on a broad range of issues.
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