Community Conversation with Peter Balakian

Event Date:	05/12/2009	Event Fee:	No Fee
Event Time:	7:00pm-8:30pm
Location:	Lick-Wilmerding High School San Francisco, CA

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Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation present Community Conversations

Community Conversation with Peter Balakian

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco
7:00-8:30PM

Scholar and best selling author Peter Balakian will discuss the newly translated book, Armenian Golgotha, a dramatic and comprehensive eyewitness account of the first modern genocide. Peter Balakian is also well known for his past works, Black Dog of Fate and The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Raphael Lemkin Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University and teaches at Colgate University, where he is a Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities.
Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation present a series of community-wide dialogues across the US. Prominent scholars, authors, filmmakers, and policy leaders will speak and participate in discussions about civic engagement, individual and collective responsibility and tolerance.

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