Author Peter Balakian to speak at Salem State UniversityFebruary 24, 2016 - 08:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University, Massachusetts, will welcome Dr. Peter Balakian on March 3, for a special day of education and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Weekly reports. The day’s events will culminate in a public lecture by Balakian as part of the Sonia Schreiber Weitz Series. An award-winning scholar, poet and author, Balakian is an eloquent voice on the Armenian Genocide. Balakian is the recipient of many awards, prizes, and civic citations, including a Movses Khorenatsi Medal from the Republic of Armenia; a Guggenheim fellowship; a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship; the Spendlove Prize for Social Justice, Tolerance, and Diplomacy; and the Emily Clark Balch Prize. He has appeared widely on national television and radio, including 60 Minutes, ABC World News Tonight, PBS, and Charlie Rose, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. He currently serves as Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities, professor of English and director of creative writing at Colgate University. Professor Balakian will read excerpts from his memoir, Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past, and discuss his experience growing up in a suburban family haunted by memories of the Armenian Genocide. The memoir won the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir, and was selected as best book of the year by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Publisher’s Weekly. Related links: 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |