vava Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Taner Ackam - at McGill Centre for Human Rights Friday, February 16th, at 5.00 p.m. in the Moot Court The Zoryan Institute in collaboration with the Armenian Student Association of Montreal present a public lecture by Taner Akçam, author of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. Taner Akçam was born in Ardahan province, Turkey, in 1953. He was granted political asylum in Germany after receiving a ten-year prison sentence for his involvement in producing a student journal, which resulted in his adoption in 1976 by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience. He is the author of ten scholarly works of history and sociology, as well as numerous articules in Turkish, German and English. He is currently Visiting Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. This public lecture and book launch is hosted by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies of Concordia University. Professor Akçam will be introduced by Professor Payam Akhavan of the McGill Faculty of Law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Is anyone planning on going? I going to see if I can make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I'd say it is a must-not-miss. Not because he is such a brilliant scholar but because people must show their support for people like him. Overall I think it could also turn out interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I'd say it is a must-not-miss. Not because he is such a brilliant scholar but because people must show their support for people like him. Overall I think it could also turn out interesting. It did not make a sense what you have said Stormig. Sorry, no logic. Just like your slogan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 It did not make a sense what you have said Stormig. Sorry, no logic. Just like your slogan... Well, I thought she was clear there. While Dink was living, he got not much support. If something was to be learned from it, is that such people must feel they are supported and backed and not left ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Well, I thought she was clear there. While Dink was living, he got not much support. If something was to be learned from it, is that such people must feel they are supported and backed and not left ignored. Most eloquent. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 This guy is not respected by turks but I guess well respected by us Armenians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 This guy is not respected by turks but I guess well respected by us Armenians. By "this guy" are you referring to Akcam? If I understand well, he was a political prisoner in Turkey in the 70's. He escaped from the country and I don't believe he has been back since. So it should not be of any surprise that he's not respected by Turks. Maybe someone else can back me up on that. He's not the only Turkish scholar to recognize the Armenian Genocide (Pamuk & Shafak amongts several others) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubépine Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 He regularly comes to Turkey. I've seen him in a TV programme here recently. I know that he couldn't visit Turkey back in the eighties and nineties after he escaped from prison. I saw his father's funeral announcement in a paper a few months ago. He was to buried in Ankara and Taner Akçam came too. All I know is that Kurdish militants were or are still after him, for what reason I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 If my memory is not failing me, he was in Turkey recently in defence of his publisher, of his latest book. The publisher was charged for insulting Turkishness by publishing "The shameful Act" in Turkish, which accepts the Armenian Genocide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) I did not realise he had been back to Turkey recently Aubépine, thank you. And Yervant too. So is anyone (in Montreal) going tomorrow? Quebecer? Dave? Irlandahye? Yervant? Edited February 15, 2007 by vava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 By "this guy" are you referring to Akcam? If I understand well, he was a political prisoner in Turkey in the 70's. He escaped from the country and I don't believe he has been back since. So it should not be of any surprise that he's not respected by Turks. Maybe someone else can back me up on that. He's not the only Turkish scholar to recognize the Armenian Genocide (Pamuk & Shafak amongts several others) Thanks vava, I didn't know those facts. Thanks for educating me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I did not realise he had been back to Turkey recently Aubépine, thank you. And Yervant too. So is anyone (in Montreal) going tomorrow? Quebecer? Dave? Irlandahye? Yervant? It's a bit of a drive for me specially in this winter weather. One time on the way in was beautiful but the return home took us more than 12 hours due to a freak unexpected snow storm. So many cars ended up in the ditches, luckely not us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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