HOVANNISIAN PASSES BATON TO PROFESSOR SIMPSON

[MosJan]

HOVANNISIAN PASSES BATON TO PROFESSOR SIMPSON

The Armenian National Institute's (ANI) Academic Council shaped its 2002 agenda in December during its annual meeting in Washington, DC, highlighting a year in which ANI marked its fifth anniversary and completed a major phase of retrieval of archival evidence of the Armenian Genocide from around the world.

 

 

ANI will now turn its attention to examining its collections and developing publications designed to reach a wider audience, a press release by ANI said. Dr. Richard Hovannisian, long-time Academic Council Chairman and a noted authority on the Armenian Genocide stepped down, passing the baton to Council member American University Professor Chris Simpson. With his expertise in the field of electronic communications, Simpson will lead the Council as it focuses its attention on developing new technology to make ANI's archival documentation accessible to scholars researching the Armenian Genocide.

 

 

Among ANI highlights for 2001 was the retrieval of a major collection of some 6,000 documents from Armenia and the establishment of the online capability to effectively search the new database. Research was also initiated in the Vatican archives. In conjunction with its archival documentation, ANI is also collecting photographic records.

 

 

ANI's Legal Department continued to expand its legal research and analysis by reviewing and examining a large number of archival materials, some containing Ottoman and Turkish laws, providing evidence of a well-organized plan to seize and confiscate

 

 

Armenian assets.

 

 

ANI remains committed to the full-time study, research and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide through its legal research and analysis, promotion of scholarship, outreach, fundamental research and documentation, education and publication programs.

 

 

Simpson is a professor of journalism and public affairs at American University's School of Communications in Washington. He is the author of four books concerning genocide, international human rights law and national security as well as numerous articles in journals and professional publications.

 

 

The Armenian National Institute, founded in 1997, is dedicated to the study, research, and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide.

 

 

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