ON DECEMBER 18 A LECTURE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WILL BE ORGANIZED IN AMSTERDAM

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.12.2006 13:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On December 18 a lecture on "The Armenian Genocide:
the facts in the Turkish archives" will take place, organized by
CREA-Studium Generale in cooperation with Humanist Broadcasting and
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Taner Akcam, a visiting
Professor on History from University of Minnesota, will have a speech
during the lecture. He is convinced that Turkey must straighten
out with her black past and recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915
committed by the Turkish government. Co-referent Erik-Jan Zurcher,
a professor of Turkish languages and cultures >>From University of
Leiden also will have a report on the subject. Prior to the lecture
the documentary "A wall of silence, a taboo about the destiny of
the Armenians" (Humanist Broadcasting, 1997, 54 minutes) will be
shown. Taner Akcam is one of the main persons of this documentary.

It is worth mentioning that Taner Akcam is the author of sensational
book "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish
Responsibility", which has been translated into many languages and
will published in May 2007 by publishing house Nieuw Amsterdam

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress