Professor Peter Balakian tours U.S. in advance of 100th anniversary of Armenian genocide

Peter Balakian is seated a table teaching an English class in Lathrop Hall

Peter Balakian teaches an advanced writing class at Colgate. Photo by Andy Daddio

By: Colgate University
March 11, 2015

On April 24, 1915, the arrests of 250 cultural leaders in Constantinople/Istanbul set in motion the mass-killing of more than a million Armenians in Turkey. The Armenian genocide became the template for genocide in the 20th century.

Peter Balakian, Colgate’s Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the humanities, a leading international expert on the subject, has discussed the genocide on The Charlie Rose show and on 60 Minutes with Bob Simon. He is the author of numerous books including The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response, and Black Dog of Fate, both New York Times “notables” and best sellers.

Black Dog of Fate, winner of the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir, and a best book of the year for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Publisher’s Weekly, was recently issued in a 10th anniversary edition.

Here are Balakian’s upcoming appearances to discuss the Armenian genocide:

At Colgate, Balakian and others are organizing a series of events:

Balakian is the author of the forthcoming books Vise and Shadow: Essays on the Lyrical Imagination, Poetry, Art and Culture and Ozone Journal, both from the University of Chicago Press.