International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
(A Division of the Zoryan Institute)
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Torrey Swan
DATE: November 14, 2006
TEL: 416-250-9807
Zoryan Institute Announces Special Issue of Genocide Studies and
Prevention on Armenian Genocide
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) announces that the second issue of
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal has just been
released. It is a special issue dedicated to the Armenian Genocide.
Professor Israel W. Charny, President of the International Association
of Genocide Scholars, commented, "There is important new research on
the Armenian Genocide in this issue, dealing with gripping particular
issues of the period, as well as the larger picture of the Genocide. I
am particularly encouraged to see the work of two innovative Turkish
scholars together with a major study by senior Armenian scholar Vahakn
Dadrian, and contributions from several countries, including Ireland,
Denmark, The Netherlands, and the USA. We truly have an international
journal."
"This issue will be not only an important contribution to scholarship
on the Armenian genocide, but also to genocide studies in general,"
declared Eric Markusen, Consulting Senior Researcher in the Department
of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the Danish Institute for
International Studies and one of the editors of the journal. "It
includes articles by one of the foremost legal scholars of genocide
in the world, William Schabas, as well as by distinguished senior
scholars and also young researchers on the Armenian genocide."
George Shirinian, Executive Director of the IIGHRS, observed that
"With the recent passage of the bill criminalizing denial of the
Armenian Genocide in France and the European Union’s upcoming
assessment of Turkey’s accession application, there is heightened
attention focused on this case, not only in France and Turkey, but
also internationally. The timing of this issue could not be more
fortuitous, as it provides in-depth historical and legal analytical
studies of what has come to be understood as the archetypal case of
genocide in modern times."
The contents of GSP Volume 1, Number 2 are as follows:
Roger Smith, "The Significance of the Armenian Genocide after Ninety
Years."
William Schabas, "The ‘Odious Scourge’: Evolving Interpretations of
the Crime of Genocide."
Vahakn N. Dadrian, "The Agency of "Triggering Mechanisms" as a Factor
in the Organization of the Genocide against the Armenians of Kayseri
District."
Taner Akcam, "The Ottoman Documents and the Genocidal Policies of
the Committee for Union and Progress (Ittihat ve Terrakki) toward
the Armenians in 1915."
Simon Payaslian, "The Destruction of the Armenian Church during
the Genocide."
Ugor Ungor, "When Persecution Bleeds into Mass Murder: The Processive
Nature of Genocide."
Matthias Bjørnlund, "When the Cannons Talk, the Diplomats Must Be
Silent:" A Danish Diplomat in Constantinople during the Armenian
Genocide."
"GSP is a team effort by some very dedicated scholars in the field
and is a product of the editorial board’s years of hard work and
preparation," declared K. M. Greg Sarkissian, GSP Director of Economic
Affairs, "In this issue, Alex Alvarez, as editor-in-charge, played
a critical role."
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal was
co-founded by the International Association of Genocide Scholars and
the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
(A Division of the Zoryan Institute). The journal’s mission is to
understand the phenomenon of genocide, create an awareness of it as
an ongoing scourge, and promote the necessity of preventing it, for
both pragmatic and moral reasons. It is the official journal of the
International Association of Genocide Scholars and is published three
times a year by the University of Toronto Press. For more information,
contact the IIGHRS (Zoryan Institute), [email protected],
Tel: 416-250-9807.
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