Vancouver hosts panel on Armenian Genocide in literatureJanuary 27, 2015 - 15:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 130th annual Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention—the largest conference of academic humanities in the world, where several thousand conference papers are given each year—was held in Vancouver, Canada, earlier this month and featured a prominent panel titled, “The Armenian Genocide in Literature and Memory.” According to the Armenian Weekly, the panel was convened and moderated by James Hiester Najarian, Professor of English at Boston College. The three papers given covered a wide range of literature. Prof. Peter Balakian of Colgate University presented a paper titled, “Yeghishe Charents, ‘Dantesque Legend,’ and the Poetics of Atrocity,” which dealt with the young Armenian poet Charents and his transformative poem about the Turkish atrocities he witnessed on a volunteer mission in 1915. Prof. Eda Dedebas Dundar of University of Nevada, Reno, presented, “The Islamized Armenians of Turkey and Historical Dialogue and Awareness through Fethiye Cetin’s ‘My Grandmother’ and ‘The Grandchildren.’” Prof. Walter Kalaidjian’s “The Glare of the Real: Light, Trauma, and Genocidal Memory in the Writings of Peter Balakian,” dealt with the poetics of perception in Balakian ‘s memoir Black Dog of Fate and in his poetry. The panel and discussion was attended by academics and a large number of Vancouver’s Armenian community. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |