ANC-AU covers International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference in Brisbane, hosts Panel in Sydney

BRISBANE & SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) was present at the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Conference in Brisbane, after which it hosted a panel discussion in Sydney including six

scholars discussing their latest research on the Armenian Genocide.

Theriault was part of an all-star Panel Discussion in Sydney on 14 July, which also included, Professor Peter Balakian (Pulitzer Prize Winner, New York Times Bestseller), Professor Armen Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut State University), Suren Manukyan (Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute), Doris Melkonian (UCLA) and Arda Melkonian (UCLA).

The event at The Urban Hotel in Sydney’s North Shore, which was moderated by ANC-AU Managing Director, Vache Kahramanian, was attended by over 150 Sydney Armenians. It covered the scholarly research of the six panelists, which continues to prove the undeniability of the Armenian Genocide as justice overtakes recognition as the Armenian world’s focus.

Panellists were critical of the usage of euphemisms when referring to the Armenian Genocide by the Australian government and the country’s ethnic broadcaster, SBS (Special Broadcasting Corporation). The IAGS recently condemned the position of SBS in an open letter (read here).

Kahramanian said: “This was a unique opportunity for a scholarly Australian audience, where a concentration of some of the brightest minds studying genocide shared the podium and imparted their knowledge and findings to members of our community. We thank the panellists for helping us organise this event.”

ANC-AU Admin Assistant Olivia Dilanchian and Alex Galitsky were in Brisbane on 12-13 July for the IAGS Conference, from where they interviewed presenting scholars, including the newly-named IAGS President, Armenian-American Professor Henry Theriault and some of the Armenian contingent who had made the journey from Yerevan.

PANEL IN SYDNEY TONIGHT: Armenian Genocide Museum Deputy Director joins international line-up

SYDNEY: The Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute, Suren Manukyan will join a stellar line-up of international scholars at the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) Panel Discussion in Sydney tonight (Friday, 14th July).

Manukyan joins the newly elected President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Professor Henry Theriault, Pulitzer Prize Winner and New York Times Bestseller, Professor Peter Balakian, Professor Armen Marsoobian, and sisters Doris and Arda Melkonian to discuss “Armenian Genocide Studies 2.0”.

With some of the world’s brightest genocide scholars currently in Australia for the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Conference, ANC-AU has organised this event, where the audience will be introduced to the evolution of Armenian Genocide study, as explored by the distinguished panellists.

Suren Manukyan is a Ph.D from Yerevan and Chair of Department of International Relations at Gladzor University, as well a lecturer at the departments of History and Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University and American University of Armenia. He is a member of IAGS Resolutions committee, and has just been named on the Board of the Association, which is headed by an Armenian for the first time in Henry Theriault.

Manukyan’s current research focuses on the social-psychological dimension of the Armenian genocide. It is based on my Fulbright research project “The Sociology of Armenian Genocide: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers vs Victims, Survivors, and Betrayers” done at the Centre for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University of New Jersey, USA.

Theriault is Professor in and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Worcester State University in the United States. From 1999 to 2007, he coordinated the University’s Centre for the Study of Human Rights. His expertise is in genocide and human rights studies, and his research focuses on reparations, victim-perpetrator relations, genocide denial, genocide prevention, and mass violence against women and girls.

Since 2007, he has chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group and is lead author of its March 2015 final report, Resolution with Justice. He sits on the Board of the Armenian Legal Centre for Justice and Human Rights.

Balakian is the author of seven books of poems, four books of prose, and two collaborative translations. Ozone Journal won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry; Black Dog of Fate won the PEN/Albrand Award for memoir; and The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response won the Raphael Lemkin Prize and a New York Times bestseller. He is Donald M and Constance H Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English at Colgate University.

Marsoobian is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. He has lectured and published on topics in aesthetics, pragmatism, and genocide studies. He is the author of the highly praised, Fragments of a Lost Homeland: Remembering Armenia and two recently published companion books, Reimagining a Lost Armenian Home: The Dildilian Photography Collection and the bi-lingual, Dildilian Brothers – Memories of a Lost Armenian Home: Photography and the Story of an Armenian Family in Anatolia, 1888-1923.

He is a descendant of the Dildilian family and has organised exhibitions in Turkey, Armenia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. based upon his family’s Ottoman-era photography collection.

Doris Melkonian is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She conducts research at Armenian private schools in Southern California, examining the impact of the Armenian Genocide on Armenian students’ identity formation. She also applies an interdisciplinary approach to analyse Genocide survivor narratives, examining topics such as sexual violence, cultural maintenance, resistance, and Islamised Armenians.

Arda Melkonian is a doctoral candidate at UCLA. Her research also focuses on Armenian private schools in the diaspora, examining cross-generational transmission of Genocide trauma. Arda Melkonian has presented her research on gender-based survival options, resourcefulness of Armenian women, and types of intervention during the Armenian Genocide, at scholarly conferences in Armenia, Israel, Turkey, and the United States.

The Panel Discussion, which will be held TONIGHT (Friday 14 July), 7PM at The Urban Hotel in St Leonard’s, will be moderated by the Managing Director of ANC-AU, Vache Kahramanian.

Professors Balakian and Marsoobian will also be delivering lectures in Sydney on Saturday, 15th July. For more information on this event, organised by the AGBU, please click here.

THIS FRIDAY: Doris and Arda Melkonian to join Professors Theriault, Balakian and Marsoobian on all-star Sydney Panel

SYDNEY: Scholarly sisters, Doris and Arda Melkonian have been confirmed to be joining Professors Henry Theriault, Peter Balakian and Armen Marsoobian on an all-star Sydney Panel of international scholars, which will discuss “Armenian Genocide Studies 2.0”.

With some of the world’s brightest genocide scholars currently in Australia for the International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has organised this event, where the audience will be introduced to the evolution of Armenian Genocide study, as explored by the distinguished panellists.

Doris Melkonian is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She conducts research at Armenian private schools in Southern California, examining the impact of the Armenian Genocide on Armenian students’ identity formation. She also applies an interdisciplinary approach to analyse Genocide survivor narratives, examining topics such as sexual violence, cultural maintenance, resistance, and Islamised Armenians.

Arda Melkonian is a doctoral candidate at UCLA. Her research also focuses on Armenian private schools in the diaspora, examining cross-generational transmission of Genocide trauma. Arda Melkonian has presented her research on gender-based survival options, resourcefulness of Armenian women, and types of intervention during the Armenian Genocide, at scholarly conferences in Armenia, Israel, Turkey, and the United States.

The Melkonian sisters join the newly-confirmed President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), Professor Henry Theriault, Professor Peter Balakian (Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet and New York Times Bestselling Author), and Professor Armen Marsoobian (Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University) in what will be an unprecedented panel line-up of international scholarly talent speaking in an Australian forum.

Theriault, who was this week confirmed as the first Armenian President of the IAGS, is Professor in and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Worcester State University in the United States. From 1999 to 2007, he coordinated the University’s Centre for the Study of Human Rights. His expertise is in genocide and human rights studies, and his research focuses on reparations, victim-perpetrator relations, genocide denial, genocide prevention, and mass violence against women and girls.

Since 2007, he has chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group and is lead author of its March 2015 final report, Resolution with Justice. He sits on the Board of the Armenian Legal Centre for Justice and Human Rights.

Balakian is the author of seven books of poems, four books of prose, and two collaborative translations. Ozone Journal won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry; Black Dog of Fate won the PEN/Albrand Award for memoir; and The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response won the Raphael Lemkin Prize and a New York Times bestseller. He is Donald M and Constance H Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English at Colgate University.

Marsoobian is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. He has lectured and published on topics in aesthetics, pragmatism, and genocide studies. He is the author of the highly praised, Fragments of a Lost Homeland: Remembering Armenia and two recently published companion books, Reimagining a Lost Armenian Home: The Dildilian Photography Collection and the bi-lingual, Dildilian Brothers – Memories of a Lost Armenian Home: Photography and the Story of an Armenian Family in Anatolia, 1888-1923.

He is a descendant of the Dildilian family and has organised exhibitions in Turkey, Armenia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. based upon his family’s Ottoman-era photography collection.

The Panel Discussion, which will be held this Friday (14 July), 7PM at The Urban Hotel in St Leonard’s, will be moderated by the Managing Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Vache Kahramanian.

Professors Balakian and Marsoobian will also be delivering lectures in Sydney on Saturday, 15th July. For more information on this event, organised by the AGBU, please click here.

Professor Theriault named President of International Association of Genocide Scholars, will appear in Sydney this Friday night

SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has congratulated newly elected President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Professor Henry Theriault, who becomes the first Armenian head of this distinguished collective of academics.

Theriault’s new role was confirmed at the International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference, which is currently taking place in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia).

“We congratulate Professor Theriault, whose commitment to exploring important new angles to Armenian Genocide research has been pioneering for the cause,” commented ANC-AU Managing Director, Vache Kahramanian.

Theriault will be part of an all-star Panel Discussion in Sydney on Friday 14th July, titled “Armenian Genocide Studies 2.0 – The Evolution of Armenian Genocide Studies”. The Panel Discussion will also feature Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author, Professor Peter Balakian, Dr. Armen Marsoobian, and others yet to be confirmed. It will take place at the Urban Hotel in St Leonard’s at 7pm.

Theriault is currently Professor in and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Worcester State University in the United States, where he has taught since 1998. From 1999 to 2007, he coordinated the University’s Centre for the Study of Human Rights. He earned his B.A. in English from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, with specialisations in social and political as well as continental philosophy.

Theriault’s expertise is in genocide and human rights studies, and his research focuses on reparations, victim-perpetrator relations, genocide denial, genocide prevention, and mass violence against women and girls.

Since 2007, he has chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group and is lead author of its March 2015 final report, Resolution with Justice. He has published numerous journal articles and chapters in the area of genocide studies.

Հայազգի Հենրի Թերիօ՝ Ցեղասպանագէտներու Միջազգային Միութեան Նախագահ

(ԱՍՊԱՐԷԶ) ՊՐԻԶՊԸՆ, Աւստրալիա, «Արմինիըն Ուիքլի».- Երեքշաբթի, Յուլիս 11ին, Ցեղասպանագէտներու Միջազգային միութեան համագումարին ընթացքին, միութեան նախագահ ընտրուած է հայազգի ցեղասպանագէտ Հենրի Թերիօն։

Ան յայտարարած է, թէ ցեղասպանութեան վտանգը կը սպառնայ աւելի ցցուն դառնալ՝ ազգայնամոլութեան եւ աշխարհի տարածքին այլ ծայրայեղականութեանց մտահոգիչ աճին իբրեւ հետեւանք, որոնք կը սպառնան ձախողութեան մատնել ցեղասպանութիւններուն առաջքը առնելու նպատակով տարուող ջանքերը։ Ան աւելցուցած է, թէ այս բոլորին պատճառով, Ցեղասպանագէտներու Միջազգային միութիւնը պէտք է աւելի աշխոյժ գործունէութիւն մշակէ եւ աւելի նախաձեռնող մարմին մը դառնայ։

Իմաստասիրութեան մէջ իր դոկտորան Մեսեչուսեցի համալսարանէն ստացած Թերիօ կը դասաւանդէ Ուուսթըրի նահանգային համալսարանին մէջ (Մեսեչուսեց), եւ 1999-2007ին եղած է այդ համալսարանի Մարդկային իրաւանց ուսմանց կեդրոնի համակարգողը։

Ան մասնագիտացած է յատկապէս ցեղասպանութեանց զոհերուն վնասուց հատուցում ապահովելու մարզին մէջ եւ գլխաւոր հեղինակը եղած էր 2015ի Մարտին հրապարակուած՝ Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան հատուցումներու ուսումնասիրման խումբի տեղեկագիրին։

Դոկտ. Հենրի Թերիօ դասախօսած է եւ գիտաժողովներու մասնակցած Միացեալ Նահանգներու տարածքին, ինչպէս նաեւ հետեւեալ երկիրներուն մէջ՝ Հայաստան, Թուրքիա, Արցախ, Լիբանան, Աւստրալիա, Ճափոն, Հարաւային Քորէա, Ռուանտա, Բրիտանիա, Ֆրանսա, Պելճիքա, Իտալիա, Արժանթին եւ Գանատա։ Ան հիմնադիր համախմբագիրն է ցեղասպանութեան ուսմանց նուիրուած միջազգային հրատարակութեան՝ «Genocide Studies International»ին, եւ խմբագրած է ցեղասպանութեանց առնչուող այլ հրատարակութիւններ։

Թերիօ նաեւ Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան հատուցումներու ուսումնասիրման խումբի ատենապետն է եւ կը հանդիսանայ Ցեղասպանագէտներու Միջազգային միութեան առաջին հայ նախագահը։

Henry Theriault es nuevo presidente de la Asociación Internacional de Estudios del Genocidio

Destacado experto

(DIARIO ARMENIA) BRISBANE, Australia.- El profesor Henry C. Theriault fue electo presidente de la Asociación Internacional de Estudiosos de Genocidio (IAGS) el martes durante la conferencia anual de dicha organización en Brisbane, Australia; convirtiéndose en el primer armenio en asumir el cargo. El evento tuvo lugar el 11 de julio pasado y luego de su elección, Theriault brindó una conferencia en la que expuso acerca del presente y las tareas de la organización.

“Los estudios sobre el genocidio han estado a la vanguardia de los recientes avances en materia de derechos humanos. Los climas políticos extremos en Estados Unidos, Europa y otras áreas amenazan este progreso. El racismo, la xenofobia, la misoginia, etc. impregnan el discurso público y provocan regresiones a leyes y políticas represivas en todo el mundo. Con esto, la frecuencia de los genocidios incluso amenaza con aumentar”, comentó el nuevo directivo durante la nominación.

Con respecto a los deberes del organismo, Theriault agregó: “En contra de esto, una asociación vibrante es esencial. Los demagogos atacan las sensibilidades que generan los estudios sobre el genocidio y nuestro trabajo es un reto crucial para su propaganda. Debemos esforzarnos en contra de esta marginación, mientras se da la expansión predominante del campo, especialmente mientras surgen investigadores en estas cuestiones”.

Theriault, primer presidente armenio que posee la organización, fue profesor y director del Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad Estatal de Worcester. De 1999 a 2007, coordinó el Centro de Estudios de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad. Su experiencia está en estudios sobre genocidio y derechos humanos, y su investigación se centra en las reparaciones, las relaciones entre víctimas y perpetradores, la negación del genocidio, la prevención a los mismos y la violencia de masas contra las mujeres y las niñas.

Además ha dictado conferencias y ha expuesto en todo el mundo, incluyendo en Armenia, Turquía, Artsaj, Líbano, Australia, Japón, Corea del Sur, Ruanda, Gran Bretaña, Francia, Bélgica, Italia, Argentina, Canadá y Estados Unidos.

También es coescritor del artículo revisado por pares “Estudios del Genocidio Internacional”, y ha participado en numerosos libros sobre otros genocidios y el Genocidio Armenio, algunos editados por la misma asociación que ahora preside.

Otro de los puntos a destacar es que es también el presidente del Grupo de Estudio de Reparaciones del Genocidio Armenio, conformado en 2007 por cuatro expertos en diferentes áreas de reparaciones históricas.

En septiembre de 2014, el grupo completó su informe final, “Resolución con Justicia – Reparaciones por el Genocidio Armenio”, un amplio análisis de las dimensiones legales, históricas, políticas y éticas sobre el genocidio y su reparación histórica.