Writings from a denied genocide: Towards justice and dialogue

Friday, April 18, 2008

Visiting Armenian American Professor of Humanities and renowned poet Peter Balakian will read from the works of the Armenians writers who were murdered. It will be a poignant and powerful reminder of how oppressive Governments, past and present, control the voices of people by targeting the words of their writers.

Conversations about building justice and dialogue
This part of the evening will include conversations with the audience about the role of writers and community members in promoting justice and dialogue in Turkey, in Australia,
between diverse communities.

The evening will also include a discussion of the legacy of Armenian Turkish journalist, Hrant Dink who was murdered in Istanbul in 2007. Dink was a passionate advocate of both the recognition of the past, and a way forward for a reconciled future. His family and supporters have created the Hrant Dink Foundation.

Facilitated by Arnold Zable and Jackie Mansourian

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Peter Balakian is the author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response (2003), which received the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize (best book in English on the subject of human rights and genocide) and was a New York Times Notable Book and New York Times bestseller. He is the author of five books of poems, including, most recently, June-tree: New and Selected Poems 1974-2000. Peter’s memoir Black Dog of Fate(1997) was winner of the PEN/Albrand Prize for memoir and a New York Times Notable Book.

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