Author Michael Bobelian to give lecture in Florida

PanARMENIAN.Net - Author Michael Bobelian will give a pair of lectures in Boca Raton, Florida, on March 15 and 18, in connection with his acclaimed book Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice (Simon & Schuster).

On March 15, he will present “America and the Armenian Genocide” at Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly Library in Boca Raton. On March 18, he will speak at St. David Armenian Church. Both talks are co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), The Armenian Weekly reported.

The grandson of the Armenian Genocide survivors, journalist Michael Bobelian struggled to rationalize how an event as widely reported as the Genocide could fade from the public consciousness.

Based on years of archival research and personal interviews, Bobelian’s groundbreaking Children of Armenia is the first book to trace this post-genocide history and reveal the events that conspired to eradicate the “hidden holocaust” from the world’s memory, and the story of the Armenians who struggled to seek redress in the face of recalcitrant perpetrators and an indifferent world.

Bobelian is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. A lawyer and journalist, he has written for Forbes.com, American Lawyer, and Legal Affairs magazine, and has been featured on NPR’s Leonard Lopate Show. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

Children of Armenia will be on sale at both lectures and available for signing by the author.