PRESS RELEASE
ARPA Institute
18106 Miranda St. Tarzana, CA 91356
Contact: Hagop Panossian
Tel: (818) 586-9660
E-mail: hpanossian@hotmail.com
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ARPA Institute presents the Lecture/Seminar: "Responses from the
Diaspora to the Dangers of the Protocols," by Prof. Levon Marashlian,
on Thrusday, November 12th, 2008 at 7:30 PM at the Merdinian School
auditorium.

The Address is 13330 Riverside Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.
Directions: on the 101 FWY exit on Woodman, go north and turn right on
Riverside Dr.

Abstract: The premise of the presentation is that normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations is a natural and necessary goal, but the
road to that good goal that is charted by the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols will undermine Armenia’s ability to survive as an
independent state, impede efforts to move Turkey closer to recognizing
its moral and material responsibility, and violate the Diaspora’s
fundamental right to participate in the formulation of policies
involving the legacy of the Armenian Genocide. After an analysis of
the alarming threats to Armenia’s security and survivability posed by
the Protocols, the presentation will focus on responses from the
Diaspora -especially responses from individuals and organizations that
do not see, or do not want to see, or do not know how to take
defensive action against the clear and present danger to Armenia’s
future.

Dr. Levon Marashlian is Professor of History at Glendale Community
College in California where he teaches Armenian history and Diaspora
current affairs, as well as Middle Eastern, Russian, and US history
and politics. He has also taught courses at UCLA, UCI, CSUN, and Los
Angeles Valley Community College. He has lectured extensively in
Armenia at the Academy of Sciences, Yerevan State University, and the
American University of Armenia, as well as in Beirut and Montreal. He
was a Fulbright Scholar in Armenia in 1994, teaching courses on
democracy in America. In 1996, he testified before the US House of
Representatives International Relations Committee, during a hearing on
the Armenian Genocide. His testimony was published in the
Congressional Record, 5 May 1998. He was invited to Ankara in 1990 to
participate in the government-sponsored 11th Congress of Turkish
History. His paper, `Economic and Moral Influences on US Policies
Toward Turkey and the Armenians, 1919-1923,’ covered the Armenian
Genocide and its aftermath and it was published in Ankara by the
Turkish Historical Society Press in 1994. In 1987, he served on the
California Department of Education Curriculum Advisory Committee for
the development of instructional material on genocide and human rights
and testified before government committees in favor of legislation
mandating the teaching of the Armenian Genocide in secondary
schools. His publications include: Ermeni Sorunu ve
Türk-Amerikan Iliskileri, 1919-1923; Politics and Demography:
Armenians, Turks and Kurds in the Ottoman Empire; `Finishing the
Genocide: Cleansing Turkey of Armenian Survivors, 1920-1923,’ in
Richard Hovannisian, ed., Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the
Armenian Genocide; as well as numerous articles and letters to the
editor in scholarly journals and the general press. He has been
interviewed frequently on radio and television and in the press in the
US and Armenia, as well as in Cumhuriyet, Tempo, and Hürriyet
in Turkey. He received his BA from the University of Illinois in
Chicago (UICC) and his MA and Ph.D. from UCLA. He was born in Beirut
in 1948, raised in Chicago since 1956, and served in Vietnam as a US
Army infantryman, 1968-69.

For information please contact Dr. Hagop Panossian at (818)586-9660 or
info@ARPAInstitute.org

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress