Taner Akcam lectures on the Armenian Genocide at La Salle University

Taner Akcam lectures on the Armenian Genocide at La Salle University

LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Before a
standing-room only audience at La Salle University (Philadelphia),
Taner Akcam, the first scholar of Turkish origin to publish on the
heretofore-taboo topic of the Armenian Genocide, explained the
historical background and causes of the genocide.

Dr. Cornelia Tsakiridou, an associate professor of philosophy at the
university, explained that the idea of bringing Dr. Akcam there was to
expose students to the historical arguments of the case and do so by
inviting a prominent historian who has specialized on this subject.

Akcam is an associate professor of history at Clark University in
Worcester, Mass. Since 1990, he has focused his research on Turkish
nationalism and the Armenian Genocide, with 11 books and numerous
articles to his credit, starting with his first book, Turk Ulusal
Kimligi ve Ermeni Sorunu (The Armenian Question and Turkish National
Identity), published in 1992.