For Immediate Release
March 6, 2015
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
University of Southern California Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian, Director
Armenian@usc.edu
213.821.3943
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the
Ottoman government’s systematic annihilation of its Armenian population. This
state violence came to be characterized as ‘genocide’ when the term was coined
several decades later.
The Turkish people remain, to a large extent, ignorant of
the historic, political and social circumstances that led to and followed the
genocide. The Armenian community in
Turkey, especially those living in Istanbul, are on the front lines of
explaining not just the Genocide but its consequences for Armenians, for
Turkey, and for the Armenians of Turkey, specifically.
Rober Koptas, an Istanbul-born writer, editor, and until
recently editor of the weekly newspaper Agos, is a guest of the University of
Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies and will lecture at Professor
Richard Antaramian’s “Colloquium in Armenian Studies: Social and Cultural
Issues” course on March 2-4 and 9-11.
Professor Antaramian holds the Turpanjian Early Career
Chair in Contemporary Armenian Studies and this class is a survey of
Armenian-Turkish history and Armenian-Turkish relations.
Koptas will also speak at a campus luncheon talk on March
12, at 12:30 p.m. Entitled “The Past is Present: Armenians and Turkey,” Koptas will be in conversation with Marc
Cooper, professor of communications at the USC Annenberg School and a long-time
follower of Armenian and Turkish relations.
Professor Cooper is an award-winning journalist and the author of
several books about politics and culture from across the country and around the
world. He had also served as translator and press liaison to Chilean President
Salvador Allende immediately prior to his assassination.
Salpi Ghazarian, the director of the USC Institute of
Armenian Studies, says, “We invite the public to sit in on the lectures, or
follow them online. The luncheon talk
will be a conversation between two people who have spent many years embroiled
in the challenges and concerns of justice, good governance and democratization.
It’s an especially important conversation to be having on the anniversary of
the Genocide.
Lunch will be served.
The event will be live streamed at: http://tinyurl.com/Koptas
Directions and parking information:
We advise guests to park in Parking Structure D, which is
located on the corner of Jefferson and Figueroa (across from the Shrine). See
attached map for the location of the event (USC Ground Zero Coffeehouse.)
Please call 213.821.3943 if you have any questions
regarding the event, including parking and directions.
About the Institute
Established in 2005, the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies supports multidisciplinary scholarship to re-define, explore and study
the complex issues that make up the contemporary Armenian experience — from
post-Genocide to the developing Republic of Armenia to the evolving Diaspora.
The institute encourages research, publications and public service, and
benefits from communication technologies that link together the global academic
and Armenian communities.
###
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder
Not: Yalnızca bu blogun üyesi yorum gönderebilir.