NAASR to host talk reparations for Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - Prof. Henry Theriault of Worcester State University will present Thursday, May 21, a talk entitled, “‘Resolution with Justice’: Reparations for the Armenian Genocide Considered,” at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center in Belmont.

Dr. Theriault chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group that in March 2015 published its final report, “Resolution with Justice: Reparations for the Armenian Genocide.” The report attempts to provide analysis and recommendations that would lead to steps toward a larger process of reparation for the extensive outstanding damages of the genocide than has previously been undertaken.

With the gradual increase in genuine, non-denialist engagement with the genocide in Turkey, and with the emergence of a global reparations movement involving numerous human rights violations and victim groups, it is an appropriate time to take a serious look at a long-neglected topic, the Armenian Weekly says.

Theriault is professor in and chair of the Philosophy Department at Worcester State. His research focuses on reparations, victim-perpetrator relations, genocide denial, genocide prevention, and mass violence against women and girls. He has published numerous journal articles and chapters in the area of genocide studies and was recently named co-editor of Transaction Publishers’ Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review book series. From 2007 to 2012, he served as co-editor of “Genocide Studies and Prevention,” and was guest editor of the “International Criminal Law Review” special issue on “Armenian Genocide Reparations” (2014), and the “Armenian Review” special issue on the “New Global Reparations Movement” (2012). His autobiographical article, “Out of the Shadow of War and Genocide,” is one of 15 featured in the forthcoming “Scholars of Genocide Studies: New Generations.”