Florida Atlantic University

MEDIA CONTACTS: Polly Burks
561-297-2595, pburks@fau.edu or
Stacia Smith
561-297-2971, ssmith@fau.edu

FAU Conference on Genocide Draws Scholars from Around the World

BOCA RATON, FL (May 16, 2005) - Florida Atlantic University will host the sixth biennial conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Saturday, June 4 through Tuesday, June 7. The conference, titled "Ninety Years after the Armenian Genocide and Sixty Years after the Holocaust: The Continuing Threat and Legacy of Genocide," will be held at FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road, and at the Hilton Suites Hotel, 7920 Glades Road, Boca Raton. There is a conference registration fee of $200, which includes a banquet and two lunches. Reservations must be made by visiting http://www.isg-iags.org/events.html or calling 561-297-2979.

Over the course of the three days, over 120 scholars from more than 20 countries will examine the legacy of genocide and ways to prevent future tragedies. Some of the issues that will be examined include:

the legacy of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust for survivors, perpetrators, bystanders and the world community;
identification of communities where genocide may occur in the future, including the current genocidal catastrophe in Sudan;
the legacy of genocide in Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda;
the denial of genocide;
the representation of genocide in literature, art, film and music; and
commemoration, restitution and reconciliation.

The conference is sponsored by the International Association of Genocide Scholars; James and Marta Batmasian; Alan L. Berger, Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair of Holocaust Studies; and the Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz in FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

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