ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Monday, January 26th, 2015

A view of the Arizona State Campus

Keynote Speakers Professor Taner Akcam and Professor Peter Balakian

TEMPE, Ariz.–On Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, the
ASU Law Students Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee will host
“100 Years Later,” a two-day conference on the Armenian Genocide at
the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Conference speakers and
panelists include scholars, attorneys, and community leaders from
across the state, the nation, and around the world.

The inaugural keynote will be given by Professor Taner Akcam on
Saturday evening, and will be followed by a networking event. Sunday’s
program will feature four afternoon panels, including “The Armenian
Genocide in a Comparative Perspective,” “The Legal Framework of the
Armenian Genocide,” “Armenian Futures: Reconciliation & Remediation,”
and “From the Ashes: Perspectives on Post-Genocide Culture and Art.”

The conference will conclude with a keynote by Professor Peter
Balakian.

The conference is generously co-sponsored by the ASU Jewish Law
Students Association, The ASU Melikian Center, The ASU Center for
Jewish Studies, The ASU Center for the Future of War, The ASU School
of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, and countless
other individual sponsors.

Conference attendance is free and is open to the public. To register,
and for more information, visit the event website.