Peter Balakian to talk about history of Armenian Genocide at SJSUApril 5, 2018 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian will be joining San José State University President Mary Papazian for a discussion on the history of the Armenian Genocide on April 12. Balakian won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for “Ozone Journal”, which recounts the speaker’s memory of excavating the bones of Armenian Genocide victims in the Syrian desert with a crew of television journalists. He is the author of five other poetry collections and the memoir “Black Dog of Fate”, winner of the PEN/Albrand Prize for memoir, and “The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide” and America’s Response’. Balakian has published essays on poetry, culture, art, and social thought, and he’s appeared widely on national television and radio: ABC World News Tonight, The Charlie Rose Show, Terry Gross’s “Fresh Air”; NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” and CNN. He teaches at Colgate University. Holding bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in English from the University of California, Los Angeles, Papazian became SJSU’s 30th president in 2016. Both of them are of Armenian descent. Read also: And the Pulitzer Prize went to… a lot of Armenians Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |