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    PROFESSOR PETER BALAKIAN TOURS U.S. IN ADVANCE OF 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Targeted News Service
    March 11, 2015 Wednesday 7:59 PM EST

    HAMILTON, N.Y.

    Colgate University issued the following news:

    On April 24, 1915, the arrests of 250 cultural leaders in
    Constantinople/Istanbul set in motion the mass-killing of more than a
    million Armenians in Turkey. The Armenian genocide became the template
    for genocide in the 20th century.

    Peter Balakian, Colgate's Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor
    of the humanities, a leading international expert on the subject, has
    discussed the genocide on The Charlie Rose show and on 60 Minutes with
    Bob Simon. He is the author of numerous books including The Burning
    Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, and Black Dog
    of Fate, both New York Times "notables" and best sellers.

    Black Dog of Fate, winner of the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the
    Art of the Memoir, and a best book of the year for The New York Times,
    Los Angeles Times, and Publisher's Weekly, was recently issued in a
    10th anniversary edition.

    Here are Balakian's upcoming appearances to discuss the Armenian
    genocide:

    - March 12: University of Texas

    - March 14: Houston Holocaust Museum

    - March 17: Baylor University

    - March 19: Southern Methodist University

    - March 22: Arizona State University

    - March 26: Keene State University

    - April 16: Sienna College

    - April 17: Le Moyne College

    - April 23: Bergen Community College, Paramus, N.J.

    - May 6: PEN World Voices Festival, SVA Theater, New York

    At Colgate, Balakian and others are organizing a series of events:

    - April 3: Colgate Friday Night 35mm Film Series: Calendar, a film
    about the genocide

    - April 7: Colgate Alternative Cinema: ARARAT screening at Golden
    Auditorium. This event includes a panel discussion with director
    Atom Egoyan.

    - April 14: Colgate will host an event commemorating the Armenian
    genocide, Yom Hashoa, and the Rwandan genocide

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