Armenian Genocide: An Exchange of Narratives
Exchanging Stories
2015
2015 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Narine Karapetyan, an Armenian law student, and Emrah Altındiş, a Turkish scholar talk about their respective national identities and perspectives on genocide. In the wake of this exchange, they are working together on projects for the 2015 Centenary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. TRANSCRIPT
This film was produced by Richard Kearney and Sheila Gallagher with support from the Guestbook Project.
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