The 10th Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week, held April 4-9, 2022, is a series of lectures, exhibits and storytelling by distinguished survivors, scholars, politicians, activists, artists, humanitarians and members of law enforcement. This week-long event seeks to address how we, as a global society, confront violent actions and current and ongoing threats of genocide throughout the world, while also looking to the past for guidance and to honor those affected by genocide.
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April 4th - 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge (Room 202)
The impact of the declaration of Jihad 1914, and the participation of the Kurds in the Assyrian genocide of 1915
Sabri Atman
The University of Texas at Dallas
Sabri Atman was born in Arbo, Nsibin (Tur Abdin, Assyria) in southeastern Turkey, in the Indigenous lands of the Assyrians. He moved to Austria due to political reasons, and to Sweden five years later. He studied economics at the University of Gothenburg and has a master’s degree in human rights and genocide studies from Kingston University in London, Siena University in Italy, and Warsaw University in Poland, and Frankfurt University in Germany. He also has a third master's degree in history from Massachusetts University.
April 5th - 9 – 10:15 a.m.
Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge (Room 202)
The Assyrian Genocide: Historical Overview and Analysis
Dr. Anahit Khosroyeva
Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia
Professor Anahit Khosroyeva is an Assyrian human rights defender and genocide scholar born in Armenia. She is a leading researcher at the Department of Armenian Genocide Studies in the Institute of History, Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Khosroyeva is the author of a dozen research books and monographs, as well as numerous articles papers on the history of the Armenian/Assyrian/Greek genocide during the Ottoman period (1894-1923) in various languages. Her research interests include comparative genocide studies and human rights. She has presented at various worldwide academic and political conferences. On March 24, 2015, with the continuous efforts of Dr. Khosroyeva, a month before the commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Greek and Assyrian genocides committed by the Ottoman Empire during 1915-1923. For her outstanding services, Dr. Khosroyeva has received numerous awards and state medals (including presidential). Today she continues to be an active voice in bringing further awareness, recognition, and justice for the Assyrians and Armenians using international human rights law.
