October 18, 2023, TORONTO: The NAASR/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues, the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute), and the Genocide Studies International Journal announce a virtual panel discussion, The Blockade of the Lachin Corridor and the Conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh, taking place on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 2:00 pm EST.
This panel discussion is based on the latest issue of Genocide Studies International, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor Crisis, and will feature presentations from three contributing authors and one of the journal’s co-editors, Dr. Henry Theriault. This session will be moderated by Marc Mamigonian, the Director of Academic Affairs of NAASR, with introductory remarks from Megan Reid, Deputy Executive Director of the Zoryan Institute.
Panelists
Dr. Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Impunity, Lack of Humanitarian Intervention, and International Apathy: The Blockade of the Lachin Corridor in Historical Perspective
Geoffrey Robertson KC
Founding Head, Doughty Street Chambers
Nagorno-Karabakh’s Right to Self-Determination
Ani Garabed Ohanian
Doctoral Candidate, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University
The Karabakh Flashpoint: Turkish Authoritarian Rule and the Recurrence of Genocide
Dr. Henry Theriault
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Worcester State University, and Past President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars
The Conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh
