Boston University Armenian Students Association
George Sherman Student Union
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
Contact: Jacques Minoyan
Phone: 201-410-6552
Email: asa@bu.edu
Website:

PRESS RELEASE

A Forum – Genocide and Denial: A Perspective on the Jewish and Armenian
Cases

Boston, MA – A forum entitled Genocide and Denial: A Perspective on the
Jewish and Armenian Cases will be held at Boston University per
organization of the Boston University Armenian Students Association on
December 5, 2007. The forum panel will consist of Dr. Deborah Dwork,
Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Family
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Dr. Simon
Payaslian, Kenosian Chair of Armenian Studies at Boston University, and
Dr. Henry Theriault, Associate Professor of Philosophy and coordinator
of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Worcester State College.
The topics of discussion will include The Armenian Genocide and the
Holocaust, The political economy of genocide denial, and Beyond truth
and falsity: the deep trajectories of denial followed by a question and
answer session with the audience.

Admission to the event is free. The forum will be held at room 101 of
the Kenmore Classroom Building [565 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston].
Parking is available along Commonwealth Avenue or at parking lots in the
area. The lecture will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.

More information about the lecture is available by calling 201-410-6552
or emailing at asa@bu.edu.

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