Taner Akcham to lecture at Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Taner Akçam, author of "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility", visited the Armenian Catholicosate at Antelias on the 3rd of January. He has been one of the first Turkish intellectuals who through his publications and lectures has stressed the necessity of the official recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish Government.



Mr. Akçam was Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota and in 2008, he was appointed to the Chair of 'Armenian Genocide' Studies at Clark University, Worcester, MA irrespective of local Turkish opposition. Four years ago, when HH Aram I was invited to lecture at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota, Dr. Akçam expressed the desire to visit the Catholicosate of Cilicia, a victim of the Genocide.



The Turkish Historian's visit will last for five days, when he will be giving lectures and meeting Armenian intellectuals as well as University students, reported press-service of Armenian Catholicosate at Antelias.