ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED DURING CONFERENCE ON THE ASIA MINOR CATASTROPHE

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.11.2009 18:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On November 7, Pontian Greek Society of Chicago will
host the annual academic conference on Asia Minor Catastrophe. The
event, which is co-sponsored by the Pan-Pontian Federation of USA &
Canada, the Hellenic Link-Midwest and the Federation of Hellenic
American Organizations ‘Enosis’, will focus on the experiences
of Ottoman Hellenes living in Asia Minor, Pontos, and Eastern
Thrace during the Hellenic Genocide, says a release addressed to
PanARMENIAN.Net. This year’s panel will be moderated by the Director
of the Zoryan Institute of Toronto Canada, Mr. George Shirinian. It
will feature such known academics as Dr. Taner Akcam, from Clark
University presenting on ‘The Greek Deportations and Massacres of
1913-1914 a Trial Run for the Armenian Genocide’, Danish Historian
and researcher Matthias Bjornlund presenting on ‘The persecution of
Greeks and Armenians in Smyrna, Dr. Alexander Kitroeff and others.