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Clark U doctoral scholar presents moving TEDxFulbright talk on genocide and justice

Samantha Lakin, a doctoral student at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, channeled years of research and the voices of survivors during a heartfelt TEDxFulbright talk, where she joined selected Fulbright scholars from around the world who are recognized for fighting prejudice, ignorance, and intolerance. Lakin, of New Jersey, participated…

Wallenberg Foundation lauds Akcam’s work on Armenian Genocide and ‘unsung heroes’

Taner Akcam recognized at Congressional reception welcoming Armenia’s president Clark University Professor Taner Akçam, Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, recently was lauded at a Congressional reception organized by the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF), where President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan presented the Wallenberg Medal to Robert Morgenthau, former U.S. Ambassador…

‘Manufacturing Denial’ conference delves into multi-disciplinary genocide scholarship

Historians, social scientists, philosophers, and natural scientists gathered recently at Clark University to discuss the phenomena of genocide denial and the denial of scientific truth—from evolution to climate change—during an academic conference held at both Clark and Worcester State University. “Manufacturing Denial: the Assault on Scholarship and Truth” (Oct. 24-25) was co-sponsored and organized by…

Sept. 11: Best-selling author Bohjalian at Clark to discuss ‘Narrating Genocide’

Best-selling author Chris Bohjalian and scholar/expert Khatchig Mouradian will present “Narrating Genocide,” a public discussion beginning at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Higgins Lounge in Dana Commons at Clark University. Organized by the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the event…

Akçam book reveals ‘The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity’

Drawing on unprecedented access to greatly extended and once secret  documents from the Ottoman archives of 1913 onward, Taner Akçam, associate professor at Clark University has written a timely new book, “The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire” (Princeton University Press 2012), which  covers factors that…