Topic: Zoryan Institute

TORONTO — The Board of Directors of the Zoryan Institute has unanimously appointed Professor Bedross Der Matossian as Director of Genocide Research, succeeding the late Professor Vahakn N. Dadrian, who[...]

This week, The president of Zoryan Institute, K. M. Greg Sarkissian, interviewed Prof. Bedross Der Matossian, who was born and raised in Jerusalem, on the state of the city’s Armenian[...]

By Bedross Der Matossian It was in the early 1990s that my interest in the Armenian Genocide, late Ottoman history, and the study of mass violence first began to take[...]

TORONTO — The Zoryan Institute recently announced the creation of the Levonty Kazarian Award for Genocide Studies, made possible through an endowment from Dr. Shahe Kazarian in memory of his[...]

TORONTO — The Zoryan Institute announced recently the publication of a special issue of Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, edited by guest editor Dr. Sarah Wilson, head of Sociology,[...]

The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (IIGHRS), A Division of the Zoryan Institute, announces and mourns the passing of Prof. Israel Charny at 93 years of age[...]

TORONTO — The Zoryan Institute is pleased to announce its return for the second consecutive year to Genocide Awareness Week, an event hosted at Arizona State University (ASU) from April[...]

OTTAWA — On February 22, 60 new members were invested into the Order of Canada at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Order of Canada is a Canadian state order and[...]

TORONTO — December 10 marks the 75th Anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. For[...]

TORONTO — The Zoryan Institute has announced a book talk with Dr. Elyse Semerdjian, titled, “Sifting through Remnants: Locating the Voices of Women Survivors.” This free event is taking place[...]