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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
(A Division of the Zoryan Institute)
255 Duncan Mill Rd., Suite 310
Toronto, ON
Canada M3B 3H9
Tel: 416-250-9807 Fax: 416-512-1736
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Shannon Scully
DATE: October 15, 2014
Genocide Studies International Examines the Armenian Genocide,
Geopolitics, and Denial
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) is pleased to announce the release of
Genocide Studies International Volume 8, number 2, Fall 2014.
This peer-reviewed journal, edited by the scholarly team of Maureen Hiebert,
Herbert Hirsch, Roger W. Smith, and Henry Theriault, is interdisciplinary
and comparative in nature, It welcome submissions on individual case
studies, thematic approaches, and policy analyses that relate to the
history, causes, impact, aftermath, and all other aspects of genocide.
The new issue includes two articles of special interest to Armenians:
- `Genocide and Identity (Geo)Politics: Bridging State Reasoning and
Diaspora Activism,' by Khatchik DerGhougassian
- `Anatomy of Denial: Manipulating Sources and Manufacturing Religion,' by
Dikran Kaligian.
Prof. DerGhougassian's article looks at identity politics and state policy.
Through the lens of international relations theory, he examines the divide
between Armenia and the global Armenian Diaspora on the question of if and
how to include the Armenian Genocide on Armenia's foreign policy agenda.
The Armenian Government, eager to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey
for trade and economic development, has insisted on `relations without
preconditions' with Ankara. On the other hand, international recognition of
the Armenian Genocide and reparations have been central to Diaspora
activism.
Khatchik DerGhougassian., is a Professor of International Relations at the
Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Visiting
Professor at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan. He has also
served as an advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Logistics
Operations in the Ministry of Defense of Argentina since 2006.
Dr. Kaligian's article examines the allegation of `Armenian rebellion' used
by deniers of the Armenian Genocide as a means to justify the claims that
the Ottoman Empire's actions carried out against the Armenians were in
self-defence. Kaligian currently teaches at Regis College, which is located
in Worcester, MA. Kaligian is the author of several articles on the
Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire and a book titled Armenian Organization
and Ideology under Ottoman Rule: 1908 - 1914. He is the managing editor of
The Armenian Review.
One particularly noteworthy feature of this issue is an interview from the
field with Dr. Tom Catena, a courageous physician-surgeon working in the
dangerous and volatile Nuba Mountains of Sudan. This interview is provided
by special arrangement with Professor Sam Totten, who travelled to the Nuba
Mountains himself to bring food to the starving population and conducted the
interview while there. Catena provides eye-witness information about the
effects of government aerial bombings and forced famine on the civilians of
the region. He reveals amazing truths about the dire situation in the Nuba
Mountains, which the West continues to ignore.
GSI Fall 2014 also includes the articles listed below, which illustrate the
breadth of coverage of this new journal:
1. `The United Nations and Genocide Prevention: The Problem of Racial and
Religious Bias' by Hannibal Travis
2. `Polluting the Waters: A Brief History of Anti-Communist Propaganda
during the Indonesian Massacres,' by Adam Hughes Henry
3. `The Role of the Netherlands in the European Framework for an
International Response on Darfur during its Presidency in 2004-2005,' by
Fred Grünfeld and Wessel N. Vermeulen.
Also included are two book reviews: The Mark of Cain: Guilt and Denial in
the Post-War Lives of Nazi Perpetrators, by Katharina von Kellenbach, and
Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict, and Terrorism by Ervin Staub.
GSI's spring issue, to be published in March 2015, will be a special issue
dedicated to the Ottoman Genocides of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek
peoples, marking the 100th anniversary of the Genocide in April 2015.
For information on subscribing to the journal, please visit
http://www.utpjournals.com/Genocide-Studies-International.html or contact
the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) at [email protected] or by
telephone 416-250-9807.
(A Division of the Zoryan Institute)
255 Duncan Mill Rd., Suite 310
Toronto, ON
Canada M3B 3H9
Tel: 416-250-9807 Fax: 416-512-1736
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Shannon Scully
DATE: October 15, 2014
Genocide Studies International Examines the Armenian Genocide,
Geopolitics, and Denial
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) is pleased to announce the release of
Genocide Studies International Volume 8, number 2, Fall 2014.
This peer-reviewed journal, edited by the scholarly team of Maureen Hiebert,
Herbert Hirsch, Roger W. Smith, and Henry Theriault, is interdisciplinary
and comparative in nature, It welcome submissions on individual case
studies, thematic approaches, and policy analyses that relate to the
history, causes, impact, aftermath, and all other aspects of genocide.
The new issue includes two articles of special interest to Armenians:
- `Genocide and Identity (Geo)Politics: Bridging State Reasoning and
Diaspora Activism,' by Khatchik DerGhougassian
- `Anatomy of Denial: Manipulating Sources and Manufacturing Religion,' by
Dikran Kaligian.
Prof. DerGhougassian's article looks at identity politics and state policy.
Through the lens of international relations theory, he examines the divide
between Armenia and the global Armenian Diaspora on the question of if and
how to include the Armenian Genocide on Armenia's foreign policy agenda.
The Armenian Government, eager to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey
for trade and economic development, has insisted on `relations without
preconditions' with Ankara. On the other hand, international recognition of
the Armenian Genocide and reparations have been central to Diaspora
activism.
Khatchik DerGhougassian., is a Professor of International Relations at the
Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Visiting
Professor at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan. He has also
served as an advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Logistics
Operations in the Ministry of Defense of Argentina since 2006.
Dr. Kaligian's article examines the allegation of `Armenian rebellion' used
by deniers of the Armenian Genocide as a means to justify the claims that
the Ottoman Empire's actions carried out against the Armenians were in
self-defence. Kaligian currently teaches at Regis College, which is located
in Worcester, MA. Kaligian is the author of several articles on the
Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire and a book titled Armenian Organization
and Ideology under Ottoman Rule: 1908 - 1914. He is the managing editor of
The Armenian Review.
One particularly noteworthy feature of this issue is an interview from the
field with Dr. Tom Catena, a courageous physician-surgeon working in the
dangerous and volatile Nuba Mountains of Sudan. This interview is provided
by special arrangement with Professor Sam Totten, who travelled to the Nuba
Mountains himself to bring food to the starving population and conducted the
interview while there. Catena provides eye-witness information about the
effects of government aerial bombings and forced famine on the civilians of
the region. He reveals amazing truths about the dire situation in the Nuba
Mountains, which the West continues to ignore.
GSI Fall 2014 also includes the articles listed below, which illustrate the
breadth of coverage of this new journal:
1. `The United Nations and Genocide Prevention: The Problem of Racial and
Religious Bias' by Hannibal Travis
2. `Polluting the Waters: A Brief History of Anti-Communist Propaganda
during the Indonesian Massacres,' by Adam Hughes Henry
3. `The Role of the Netherlands in the European Framework for an
International Response on Darfur during its Presidency in 2004-2005,' by
Fred Grünfeld and Wessel N. Vermeulen.
Also included are two book reviews: The Mark of Cain: Guilt and Denial in
the Post-War Lives of Nazi Perpetrators, by Katharina von Kellenbach, and
Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict, and Terrorism by Ervin Staub.
GSI's spring issue, to be published in March 2015, will be a special issue
dedicated to the Ottoman Genocides of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek
peoples, marking the 100th anniversary of the Genocide in April 2015.
For information on subscribing to the journal, please visit
http://www.utpjournals.com/Genocide-Studies-International.html or contact
the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) at [email protected] or by
telephone 416-250-9807.