ArmInfo.From April 20 to April 22 Armenia will host a unique international “Challenges of Armenian Genocide Education in the 21st Century” scientific conference, within which 29 reports will be presented. Director of Armenian Genocide Museum- Institute Harutyun Marutyan announced this on April 18 at a meeting with journalists, announcing commemorative events dedicated to the 107th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
According to him, the key speakers from Armenia, the U.S., Spain, Rwanda, Cambodia, Libya and Israel will present 29 reports.
“On April 20, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will open a new non-permanent exhibition, called : “Testimonies of an Enlightened Nation in the Footsteps of Armenian Schools.” The Armenian people left a huge legacy in the Ottoman Empire, Western Armenia and Cilicia. Under the pressure exerted on them, the Armenians were able to organize educational activities. That is what the Exhibition is dedicated to. The author of the exhibition is Seda Parsamyan. Nevertheless, everything will not be limited to this. So, on April 23 at 12:00, an exhibition of graphic paintings “Death March in the Desert” by French artist of Armenian origin Jean Pierre Seferian will kick off at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute . On April 29 an exhibition of a Dutch researcher titled “Armenian Terrors through the Eyes of the Dutch” will open , Marutyan said.
At the same time, he said that on April 24, representatives of the Armenia-Israel and Armenia- Syria parliamentary friendship groups will visit the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to pay their respects to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
“The memorial will also be visited by a minister from the Netherlands and a representative of the International Organization of La Francophonie,” the director of the Museum-Institute said, recalling that, as a rule, on this day the memorial is visited by many guests from abroad.
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