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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GENOCIDE SCHOLARS (IAGS) Ninety Years after the Armenian Genocide and Sixty Years after the Holocaust: The Continuing Threat and Legacy of Genocide 6th Biennial Conference, June 4-7, 2005 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida, USA. Local Host: Prof. Alan Berger Program Chair: Dr. Stephen Feinstein, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota: E-mail: feins001@umn.edu Membership and Registration: Professor Steven L. Jacobs, IAGS Secretary-Treasurer, POB 86193, Tuscaloosa, AL. 35486-0015 USA: E-mail: sjacobs@bama.ua.edu NINETY YEARS AFTER THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST: THE CONTINUING THREAT AND LEGACY OF GENOCIDEFollowing the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, it was believed that “never again” would genocide be allowed to occur. However, events in Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and for indigenous peoples in other parts of the world, have demonstrated the continuing threat of genocide. These have left survivors, perpetrators, bystanders, and rescuers, and the world community confronting the legacy of mass-murder and extermination. The International Association of Genocide Scholars welcomes proposals for scholarly papers and sessions dealing with a variety of related themes such as: 1. The origins of and accountability for the Armenian Genocide and/or the Holocaust. 2. The legacy of the Armenian Genocide and/or the Holocaust for survivors, perpetrators, bystanders, and the world community, including international law and organizations. 3. Identification of endangered communities and the prevention of genocide, including the current genocidal catastrophe in Sudan. 4. The origins of and accountability for genocides in Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and for indigenous peoples. 5. The legacy of genocide in Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and for indigenous peoples, and for the world community, including international law and organizations. 6. The denial of genocide. 7. The representation of genocide in literature, art, film, and music. 8. Commemoration, restitution, and reconciliation. Participants should submit a brief (no more than one page) abstract and a short resume (no more than one page), indicating which of the eight themes their paper addresses. Scholars are encouraged to assemble a group of papers as a theme panel, but participation by individuals is limited to no more than two (2) panels in the role of presenter, discussant, or chair. All proposals are due by January 15, 2005 Please send 2 hard copies and email attachments in Microsoft word of abstracts, resumes, and proposals for panels to Dr. Stephen Feinstein, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0125, USA. Tel: 612-626-2235. E-mail: feins001@umn.edu KEYNOTE ADDRESSES scheduled include Prof. Richard
G. Hovannisian, holder
of the Armenian Educational Foundation Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian
History at UCLA; Dr. Michael Berenbaum, formerly the Director of the United States Holocaust
Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, then Chief Executive
Officer of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, now with the Berenbaum Group
and the Sigi Ziering Institute at the University of Judaism;. Dr. Juan
E. Mendez, recently appointed
the United Nations Special Adviser on Genocide by Kofi Annan; and Ambassador
David Scheffer, U.S. Ambassador
at Large for War Crimes Issues during the second Clinton administration
and head of the American delegation to the UN talks on the International
Criminal Court. To join the Association or to clarify any aspects of membership, please contact Professor Steven L. Jacobs, IAGS Secretary-Treasurer, at POB 86193, Tuscaloosa, AL. 35486-0015. USA. E-mail: sjacobs@bama.ua.edu You must be a member of IAGS in order to present at the Conference. For more information about the site and about housing: Host Institution: Florida Atlantic University (www.fau.edu ), Boca Raton, Florida (Campus Info and Campus Map ). The local organizer is Prof. Alan Berger: aberger@fau.edu, assisted by Bonnie Lander: blander@fau.edu Accommodations: IAGS has arranged for conference participants to stay for a discounted rate at the Hilton Suites Boca Raton.
The Hilton is 4.6 miles west of FAU's Boca Raton Campus (777 Glades Road). There will be shuttle bus service. |
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