UCLA–APRIL 2-3, 2005

April 2, Saturday, Moore Hall 100, UCLA, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
 
Morning Sessions: 9:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
 
Rethinking Aspects of the Armenian Genocide, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
 
The Enduring Legacy
Richard Hovannisian, UCLA
 
Rethinking Dehumanization in Genocide
Henry Theriault, Worcester State College
 
America’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide: A Legacy of Paradox
Suzanne E. Moranian, AIWA, Boston
 
Genocide and the Philosophy of History
Michael Papazian, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia
 
Discussion, 10:45-11:00
 
                          INTERMISSION
 
The Armenian Genocide in Comparative Perspective, 11:20 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
 
Comparative Media Coverage in English-Speaking Countries
Katia Peltekian, American University of Beirut
 
The Assyrian Genocide: Late-Nineteenth­Early-Twentieth Century
Anahit Khosroyeva, Institute of History, Erevan (in Armenian with English summary)
 
The Greek Calamity in Asia Minor and the Pontus
Speros Vryonis, Jr., UCLA and NYU, Emeritus
 
Comparative Aspects of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust
Tigran Matossian, Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, Erevan
 
Discussion, 12:45-1:00 p.m.
 
 
  LUNCH RECESS: 1:00-2:15 p.m.
 
   Illustrated Lunch-Hour Presentation: 1:45-2:00 p.m.
The Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Deir-ez-Zor (Der-Zor)
  Sarkis Balmanoukian, The Architect, Los Angeles
 
    Afternoon Sessions ** 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
 
Genocide Education, Human Rights, and Prevention, 2:15-3:40 p.m.
 
No Mandate Left Behind                                                   
Nicole Vartanian, Fulbright Scholar, Washington, D.C.
 
Teaching the Armenian Genocide to a Non-Armenian Audience
Sara Cohan, Washington, D.C.
 
The Armenian Genocide and Education                             
Adam Strom, Facing History and Ourselves, Boston
 
Genocide in Virtual Space (Cyberspace)                          
Hagop Gulludjian, UCLA
 
Discussion, 3:40-3:55 p.m.
 
INTERMISSION
 
Artistic Responses to Genocide, 4:15-6:00 p.m.
 
Leon Tutundjian­Witness
Jean Murachanian, UCLA
 
Testmony and Witness: Armenian Artists in Los Angeles
Ramela Grigorian Abbamontian, UCLA
 
From Charles Aznavour to System of a Down
Jack Der Sarkissian, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles
 
The Archaeology of Memory: Framing the Invisible
Hrag Varjabedian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
Discussion, 5:45-6:00 p.m.
 
 
 
 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ** NO ADMISSION FEE
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ENTRANCE TO UCLA