Siranush Ghazanchyan
The Armenian Studies Program at the California State
University, Northridge (CSUN) on Saturday, January 31, 2015 will host a one-day
conference from 9:30 am-4:30 pm on the theme of “The Armenian Genocide:
Accounting and Accountability.” Held at CSUN’s Grand Salon, it will constitute
a part of the United Armenian Council of Los Angeles’ Armenian Genocide
Centennial events, and will be dedicated to the generations of 1915 and 2015,
Massis Post reports.
The morning session will include two panels. Entitled “Language
as a Victim,” the first panel will be moderated by Dr. Hagop Gulludjian and
will feature the following speakers and topics: Dr. Vartan Matiossian,
“Pleading no Context: On Uses and Abuses of the Word Yeghern”; Prof. Barlow Der
Mugrdechian, “Western Armenian Language and Literature in Exile: Genocide and
Its Consequences”; Dr. Shushan Karapetian, “The Burden of Language as a Moral
Obligation.”
The second morning panel will deal with “Teaching
Genocide,” with Dr. Rubina Peroomian moderating. Dr. Hasmig Baran will talk
about “Content and Pedagogy of Genocide Education in the 21st Century: The
Armenian Case”; Ms. Roxanne Makasjian about “Armenian Genocide Education in
Secondary Schools Today”; Dr. Kori Street about “Educating for Change: Using
Testimonies in Teaching about Genocide.”
The third and fourth panels will be held in the afternoon
session. Dr. Levon Marashlian will moderate the third panel, entitled “Those
Who Were Forced to Assimilate.” It will feature the following speakers and
subjects: Prof. Khatchig Mouradian, “Un-Hiding the Past: Myth-Making and the
‘Hidden Armenians’ of Turkey”; Dr. Elyse Semerdjian, “‘The Girl with the Cross
Tattoo’: Field Notes on Crypto-Armenians”; Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, “The Fate of
Captive Armenian Genocide Survivors in Syria.”
The fourth panel, entitled “Legal Responses to
Genocide-Related Liabilities,” will be conducted by the Armenian Bar
Association (ABA). Garo Ghazarian, Esq., will introduce the ABA and its
panelists, and Armen K. Hovannisian, Esq., will moderate the panel. The
speakers and their topics will be: Saro Kerkonian, Esq., “Justice for Genocide
and Challenges in United States Courts”; Edvin Minassian, Esq., “Justice for
Genocide and Challenges in Turkey’s Courts”; and Karnig Kerkonian, Esq., “Justice
for Genocide: Opportunities and Challenges in International Courts.” The
conference will conclude with a commentary by Dr. Richard G. Hovannisian.
The conference is generously co-sponsored by the United
Armenian Council of Los Angeles, the National Association of Armenian Studies
and Research, the Knights of Vartan – Los Angeles County Chapters, the Armenian
Bar Association, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Department of
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at CSUN, and the Mousa Ler Association
of California. Near East Relief posters will be exhibited during the conference
by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum of Mission Hills, CA
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