Watertown 24 March 2010
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
March 24 Event at ALMA in Watertown Postponed
Due to unavoidable complications, the Wednesday, March 24, presentation at ALMA, "Images of Armenia in Turkey 100 Years Ago" by Osman Köker, has been postponed indefinitely.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by this change and we hope to be able to reschedule his presentation at another time.
Other Upcoming NAASR Events in Massachusetts
Tuesday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.: Tufts Day of Remembrance, with talk by former Governor of Massachusetts Michael S. Dukakis and Mrs. Kitty Dukakis, "Do We Really Remember the Armenians?" Sponsored by Tufts University, the Darakjian-Jafarian Chair in Armenian History, the Department of History, and NAASR. The commemoration and lecture will take place in Goddard Chapel on the Tufts Medford, MA, campus. A reception will follow in the Coolidge Room in nearby Ballou Hall. Contact NAASR at hq@naasr.org for more information.
Friday, April 9, 8:00 p.m.: Public Program, "The Armenian Genocide: 95 Years Later, Academic and Personal Reflections." Featuring Prof. Richard Hovannisian (UCLA), Prof. Margaret L. Anderson (UC-Berkeley), Dr. Nazan Maksudyan (Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin), and Dr. Ugur Ungor (Univ. of Sheffield, UK). At Higgins University Center, Clark University, Worcester, MA.
This event is part of the academic workshop "The State of the Art of Armenian Genocide Research: Historiography, Sources, and Future Directions," organized by Taner Akçam, Kaloosdian/Mugar Professor of Armenian Genocide Studies, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University; Eric Weitz, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of History and Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Professor, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota; and NAASR. For more information please visit the workshop website:
www.clarku.edu/departments/holocaust/chgsconference/Armenian/Welcome.html
Saturday, May 15, 12:00 noon: 56th Annual Assembly of Members. Assembly sessions are open to all NAASR members in good standing (with dues paid for the current calendar year), who "have the right to attend, be heard, and vote." Non-members may attend as observers. Luncheon reservations should be made by May 10 at $15.00 per person by phone at 617-489-1610 or e-mail at hq@naasr.org.
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