ARMENIANS of COLORADO
P.O. Box 13854
Denver, Colorado 80201
Website:
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Kim Christianian
Telephone: (303) 588-5524
E-mail: [email protected]
Denver, Colorado
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Armenians of Colorado Inc, and Facing History And Ourselves,
together with the Political Science and History Departments at the
University of Denver will sponsor a talk with Harvard Professor David
L. Nersessian, JD, PhD entitled The Power of a Word – Recognition of
the Armenian Genocide as a Path to Reconciliation. The lecture will be
held at University of Denver`s Lindsay Auditorium in Sturm Hall 2000
E. Asbury Avenue, Denver on Saturday April 19, 2008 1:30PM. A Q&A will
follow the talk as will a coffee reception. Books and DVD’s on the
Armenian Genocide will be available for purchase.
Dr. Nersessian is the Executive Director of the Harvard Law School
Program on the Legal Profession and Center on Lawyers and the
Professional Services Industry. He earned his D Phil (PhD) in Law
from Oxford University (St. Catherine’s College), where his research
concentrated on public international law, international criminal law,
and genocide. He earned his JD magna cum laude from Boston University
School of Law in 1995.
The lecture, hosted by Armenians of Colorado, Inc., will be part of
the Armenian
Genocide awareness and remembrance events in Colorado that will
include a
commemoration program on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:30PM at the
State Capitol’s
Armenian Genocide Memorial Plaque located in the NE quadrant of the
State Capitol grounds, Colfax and Grant.
The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the Ottoman Turks during
and after WWI. It resulted in the complete extermination of modern
Turkey’s indigenous Armenian population (1.5 million), and in the
annihilation of Armenian cultural artifacts dating back thousands of
years. The Turkish government to this day denies that the Armenian
Genocide ever happened despite scholars’, historians’, and most
western governments’ published reports and archives affirming the
facts.
For additional information please contact Kim Christianian
303-588-5524. Armenians of Colorado, Inc. (AOC) was established in
June 1982. It is a 501(c) (3) non-profit, cultural organization
charged with a purpose to create a cohesive Armenian community and to
further the understanding of Armenian history, culture, and
heritage. AOC actively supports issues and concerns of the
Armenian-American community here in Colorado as well as those
identified within the Armenian Diaspora throughout the world. For more
information about Armenians of Colorado go to
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
