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The Armenian Genocide and Modernity - A Lecture by Peter Balakian

Presented by Middle Tennessee State University

March 18, 2011

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Peter Balakian - poet and award-winning author of several books on the Armenian Genocide (including the Pen/Albrand Prize-winning memoir, Black Dog of Fate) will be giving a public lecture at MTSU on The Armenian Genocide and Modernity. Dr. Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English at Colgate University, where he also runs the Creative Writing Program, and he is a well-known advocate for greater recognition of one of the 20th century's worst episodes of mass violence, in which some 1.5 million Armenians (including members of Dr. Balakian's family) were killed by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, Fresh Air, The Charlie Rose Show, and numerous other national programs discussing the killings and the struggle to obtain Turkish recognition of the genocide. His lecture will explore the significance of these events and the place they hold in the bloody history of the 20th century.

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    MTSU State Farm Room

    Business and Aerospace Bldg., 1301 E Main St
    Murfreesboro, TN 37132

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    March 18, 2011

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    Friday 6:30pm-8:30pm

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