ILLINOIS TO HOST OTTOMAN GENOCIDES OF ANATOLIAN CHRISTIANS SYMPOSIUM

May 2, 2013 – 14:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Less than a month after the Illinois Holocaust Museum
& Education Center ran its first program on the Armenian Genocide,
a two-day symposium covering even more ground is slated for the same
venue, Skokie Review reported.

The Ottoman Turkish Genocides of Anatolian Christians: A Common Case
Study will draw scholars from around the world to present original
research on the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides.

The conference, due on May 10-11, is moderated by Zoryan Institute
Executive Director George Shirinian, who edited the book: “The Asia
Minor Catastrophe and the Ottoman Greek Genocide: Essays on Asia Minor,
Pontos, and Eastern Thrace, 1913-1923.”

Organizers include the Armenian National Committee, the Assyrian Center
for Genocide Studies and the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Center,
which was founded by George Mavropoulos.