Zoryan Institute

News and Events

January 31, 2012
Prof. Vahakn Dadrian to Lecture on Significance of the Trials of the Perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide
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Dec 22, 2011
Synopsis of Judgment at Istanbul ...Read More

Nov 21, 2011
Zoryan Announces New Book that Sets Post-WWI Ottoman Trials in Their Historical and Legal Context ...Read More

Oct 11, 2010
New Issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention Presents Original Research on Rwanda, Adana, the Holocaust and Prevention ...Read More

What People Say

"The Zoryan Institute is a beacon of light in a world that is often shadowed by darkness. Not only has the Zoryan Institute done highly significant work vis-a-vis the Armenian Genocide but it has also taken a lead in preparing young scholars to teach and conduct research into the broader area of genocide studies."

by: Dr. Samuel Totten, Professor- University of Arkansas Fayetteville

"The Zoryan Institute was founded at a time when the Diaspora recognized it needed tools by which to begin to document, study and understand itself. From its extensive oral history and genocide documentation work to its groundbreaking Diaspora studies, the Zoryan Institute was a pioneer."

by: Vartan Oskanian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs-Republic of Armenia

"Zoryan was one of the principal Diaspora institutions to give scholarly attention to Soviet Armenia, then seperated from much of the Armenian world ideologically and politically. It brought cool, detached consideration of the Armenian genocide. Zoryan remains a valued ally of those who look seriously and dispassionately at the major issues confronting Armenians in the troubled twenty-first century. If this was the only activity in which Zoryan was involved it would have contributed a great deal. Its mission and its work is broader and more inclusive, and in that sense, it is truly an 'international center' serving all of humanity."

by: Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor Emiritus of Political Science & History- University of Chicago

Zoryan's core concept:

Zoryan's core concept is to serve the cause of scholarship and public awareness relating to issues of universal human rights, genocide, and diaspora-homeland relations. This is done through the systematic continued efforts of independent scholars, and specialists using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach and in accordance with the highest academic standards.

Zoryan's Featured Activities

Ragip Zarakolu, Human Rights Champion in Turkey, and Zoryan Institute Collaborate on Turkish Publication of German Foreign Office Archives

Toronto-Ragip Zarakolu, a publisher in Istanbul and a renowned champion of human rights, has collaborated with the Zoryan Institute to lay down one more building block on the foundation of a common body of knowledge for Turks and Armenians. Zarakolu, despite being in jail since October 2011 allegedly in connection with the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) trials, has not stopped his efforts to bring out the historical truth about the "events of 1915" and thereafter. Read More

Noted Scholar Joyce Apsel Appointed Course Director of Zoryan's Genocide and Human Rights University Program

Toronto, Canada-Prof. Joyce Apsel has been appointed Course Director of the Genocide and Human Rights University Program by the Program Development Committee. The program is held annually in partnership by the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) and the University of Toronto.

How Will the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Represent Genocide?

The lack of responsiveness of the CMHR and the absence of information about how cases of the gross violation of human rights will be represented raise questions as to which cases will be included, how much space will be allotted to each case, what their content will be, if they will have a permanent or only temporary exhibit, and how these decisions are made.

Genocide is not genocide in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

An article titled, "Memory becomes a minefield at Canada's Museum for Human Rights," by Ira Basen in the August 20, 2011 issue of the Globe and Mail, provides an expose of the controversy surrounding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The appearance of this article calls for reflection on two critical factors regarding the museum, which have not been adequately discussed: the important relationship between human rights and genocide, and the requirement of federal institutions to adhere to Canada's official policy of multiculturalism...

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