USA- 13 march -2010
NAASR Board Members, Academic Affairs Director to Participate in MIT Conference: "America's Response to the Armenian Genocide: From Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama"
On Saturday, March 13, three members of NAASR's Board of Directors, Mr. Greg Aftandilian, Dr. Suzanne Moranian, and Prof. Simon Payaslian, and Director of Academic Affairs Marc Mamigonian will take part in the one-day conference "America's Response to the Armenian Genocide: From Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The conference is organized by the Faculty of History, the Center for International Studies, the Office of Religious Affairs, and the Program on Human Rights & Justice at MIT.
The conference will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Building 10, Room 250, at MIT. A campus map is available here http://whereis.mit.edu/. For more information, email bedross@mit.edu.
Conference Schedule
"America's Response to the Armenian Genocide:
From Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama"
10:00 a.m.:
OPENING REMARKS: Bedross Der Matossian (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.:
SESSION I: WOODROW WILSON AND THE ARMENIAN QUESTION
Chair: David Engerman (Brandeis University)
Presenters:
Christopher Capozzola (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Woodrow Wilson Views the World-The World Views Woodrow Wilson"
Suzanne Moranian (Armenian International Women's Association)
"America's Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide: 1915-1927"
Gregory Aftandilian (Independent Scholar)
"Sympathy but Lack of Political Will: The Wilson Administration's Response to the Armenian Genocide and Its Aftermath"
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.:
SESSION II: THE COLD WAR AND THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Chair: David Ekbladh (Tufts University)
Presenters:
Richard G. Hovannisian (UCLA)
"From Turkey to the Soviet Union and Back"
Michael Bobelian (Author, Lawyer, and Journalist)
"The Truman Doctrine and America's Abandonment of Wilson's Principles"
Dennis R. Papazian (University of Michigan-Dearborn)
"Captive Nations as Pawns in the Cold War"
1:00pm-2:00pm:
LUNCH BREAK
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.:
SESSION III: POST-COLD WAR PERIOD AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
Chair: Jens Meierhenrich (Harvard University)
Presenters:
Simon Payaslian (Boston University)
"Genocide Recognition and the Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Policy"
Rouben Adalian (Armenian National Institute)
"Morality, Policy, and Diplomacy"
Marc Mamigonian (National Association for Armenian Studies and Research)
Turkish-Armenian 'Reconciliation' and the Road to Obama's 'Medz Yeghern'"
3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.:
COFFEE BREAK
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Richard G. Hovannisian (UCLA)
"Humanitarianism versus Pragmatism: The United States and the Armenian Question"
5:00 p.m.:
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Christopher Capozzola (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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