Renowned French Armenian historian and academic, Raymond Kevorkian, is embarking on a lecture tour of Canada and the United States in May to present and discuss the new English translation of his important book, The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History.

Kevorkian’s tour began on May 3 in Toronto, where AGBU Toronto hosted the visiting academic at the AGBU Manoogian Center. On May 4-6, the author travels to Montreal, where he will present three separate lectures: “Armenian Refugees in the Near East during the 1920s” on May 4, under the auspices of the AGBU Manuel Keusseyan Armenological Lecture Series; “The Geopolitical Situation in the South Caucasus” on May 5, which is sponsored by the AGBU Young Professionals of Montreal; and a book reading on May 6, which will focus on Kevorkian’s new book and its remarkable findings.

On May 9, the author will travel to California’s Silicon Valley to speak to the local AGBU chapter. The following evening, Kevorkian will give a presentation at the AGBU Pasadena Center hosted by the Pasadena-Glendale Chapter. His tour will continue in Detroit, where he will speak at the invitation of AGBU Detroit at the Hagopian Showroom on May 12. The Detroit event is co-sponsored by the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School, the Tekeyan Cultural Association, the Knights of Vartan, and the Detroit Armenia Fest Committee. The final stop of the tour will be the AGBU Central Office in New York, where he will speak on May 13, The Armenian Weekly reported.