(forum) Armenian genocide

"Genocide Committed, Genocide Denied, Genocide Repeated:  A Public Forum in Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Jewish Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide"

moderated by Jordan Rich, WBZ talk-radio host

WHEN:  April 13, Sunday, 2:00 pm

AT: 
Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA)
65 Main St.
Watertown, Mass. 02472

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

INFO:  617-926-2562
www.almainc.org

Survivors of the Armenian genocide, the Jewish Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide will answer questions from the audience and convey their personal experiences and opinions. 

Professors Roger Smith and Henry Theriault will provide their expertise, as will photojournalist and author Lane Montgomery.

Genocide scholar Dr. Roger Smith is a professor emeritus of government at the College of William and Mary.  He has written widely on the nature, history and prevention of genocide.  He is a co-founder and past president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. 

Professor Smith is director of the Zoryan Institute's Genocide and Human Rights University Program and chair of the Institute's academic advisory board.

Dr. Henry Theriault is a professor at Worcester State College.  His research interests include genocide, nationalism and the philosophy of history.  He has presented papers on the Armenian Genocide around the
world including the University of Tokyo; University of California, Los Angeles; and Haigazian University in Beirut.

Lane Montgomery recently released Never Again, Again, Again…Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Darfur (Rudder Finn Press;  February, 2008; $45), a sobering book that
chronicles six major genocides of the 20th and 21st century through photographs and text.

Rwandan, Jewish and Armenian musical interludes.  A light reception will follow.