International Institute for Genocide
and Human Rights Studies
A Division of the Zoryan Institute
2017
Diúlia Binelo
Panambi, Brazil
Organization or Institution: OAB/RS
Profession(s): Lawyer
Language(s): Portuguese; English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Lawyer; Master in Human Rights. Most interested in the regional systems of protection of human rights; democracy; social control.
Alison MacAulay
Toronto, Canada
Current Position: PhD Student
Organization or Institution: University of Toronto
Profession(s): Student
Language(s): English, French, Kinyarwanda (basic)
Interest(s)/ Expertise: My doctoral dissertation explores the history of film in Rwanda, paying particular attention to how the genocide was documented in 1994, and how filmmakers in post-genocide Rwanda have made sense of their histories on-screen.
2016
Regina Galustyan
Yerevan, Armenia
Current Position: Junior Researcher, Librarian
Organization or Institution: Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
Profession(s): Historian
Language(s): Armenian, English, Russian
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Genocide studies; the history of the Armenia genocide; Turkish identity construction; state-building and nation-building projects; memory.
Sedda Antekelian
Los Angeles, USA
Current Position: Blended learning instructor
Organization or Institution: Method Schools Arcadia
Profession(s): Teacher
Language(s): Armenian, English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: My professional background includes teaching elementary, middle school and high school students history. I have a Masters degree in Teaching, 2011, and a Bachelor's in History and Humanities, 2009. I have up to 3 years of museum experience. I enjoy research and making history comprehensible for all student learners.
Fidan Mirhanoglu
Paris, France
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: Université Paris 8
Profession(s): Journalist
Language(s): Kurdish and Turkish (Mother tongue), Ottoman Turkish, English and French (intermediate)
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Writing semi academic articles and stories.
2015
Diana Yayloyan
Ankara, Turkey
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: Ankara University
Profession(s): Research Associate
Language(s): Russian, Armenian, English, Turkish
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Nationalism Studies, Armenian Studies, Turkish Studies, Collective Memory and Social Perception, Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma.
2014
2013
Jacob Evoy
Montreal, Canada
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: University of Western Ontario
Profession(s): Graduate Student
Language(s): English, French
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Queer theory, queer history, Holocaust and genocide studies, intergenerational trauma, transnational justice and post-conflict reconstruction, pop culture, AIDS history and activism, gender and sexuality studies, trauma studies.
Jalesa Taylor
Richmond, USA
Current Position: Library Assistant
Organization or Institution: Chesterfield County Public Schools
Profession(s):
Language(s): English, Spanish, Portuguese
Interest(s)/ Expertise: female perpetrators of genocide, the role of women in political violence in Africa, the us of domestic courts to try war criminals.
Camilo Torres
Calgary, Canada
Current Position: M.A. Candidate - Department of Political Science
Organization or Institution: University of Calgary
Profession(s): Graduate Student
Language(s): English, Italian, Spanish
Interest(s)/ Expertise: My M.A. these seeks to examine the use of forms of political communication and propaganda in the Holocaust. In addition, I am working on a project linking securitization theory to cases on genocide, and have presented at a round-table on the topic of genocide prevention at the 2016 Canadian Political Association Annual Conference.
2012
Asya Darbinyan
Amherst, United States
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: Strassler Center for Holocaust Studies, Clark University
Profession(s): Historian, Researcher, Museum worker
Language(s): Armenian, Russian, English, French
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Refugee Crises and Humanitarianism during and after genocide; the Armenian genocide; International Relations and Human Rights; History of the Russian Empire; Imperialism and Colonization
Vahram Ayvazyan
Manizales, Columbia
Current Position: Climate Reality Leader
Organization or Institution: Climate Reality Project
Profession(s): Climate Change Expert; Human Rights Activist and Peacemaker; IR & Genocide Scholar; Teacher
Language(s): English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (basic)
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Earned a Bachelors and Masters from Yerevan State University, Armenia, and has over seven years of experience working in the non-profit sector. While working as a Youth Peace Ambassador at the Council of Europe, Vahram focused on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in conflict affected communities in the South Caucasus and in the Balkans. In 2015, he joined the Climate Reality Project, and has since been working on projects relating to climate change diplomacy and climate justice.
Caroline Cormier
Toronto, Canada
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: Department of History, University of Toronto
Profession(s): Doctoral Student
Language(s): English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Caroline's current research examines the forced displacement of Jews from their private homes that occurred as a result of the urban planning projects and exclusionary housing policies introduced by the Nazi regimes in Berlin in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Her project also explores how these places have been used for reconciliation programs and commemoration projects in the post-war period. For her research, Caroline has received a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is also currently a recipient of the Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies and will be a Junior Research Fellow at the Vienna Wisenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies in Austria in the summer of 2017.
Anna Aleksanyan
Watertown, United States
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University
Profession(s): Historian
Language(s): Armenian, Russian, English, French
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Her dissertation, directed by Taner Akcam, explores gendered aspects of the Armenian genocide in the experiences of its female victims. She worked at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute as a scientific researcher for seven years. She has published widely both in academic and non-academic journals in Armenian, Russian, French, Turkish, and English.
Neeko Collett
Toronto, Canada
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Organization or Institution: University of Toronto
Profession(s): Doctoral Student
Language(s): English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: State violence against religious minorities; Baha'i in Iran; Ahmadiyya in Pakistan; early warning systems; public policy; genocide prevention
2011
Pilar Perez
Bariloche, Argentina
Current Position: Faculty and Researcher
Organization or Institution: National University of Rio Negro and National Scientific and Technical Council
Profession(s): Historian
Language(s): Spanish, English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Genocide on Indigenous populations in Argentina and Patagonia, and settler colonialism in South America.
Heitor Loureiro
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Current Position: Lecturer
Organization or Institution: Federal University of Sao Paulo
Profession(s):
Language(s): Portuguese (native), English, Spanish, French, Armenian (beginner)
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Armenian genocide and diaspora; diaspora studies; Brazilian Foreign Affairs; Human Rights in Latin America
Lilit Banduryan
Yerevan, Armenia
Current Position: Leading Expert
Organization or Institution: President's Administration of the People of Armenia
Profession(s): International Relations
Language(s): Armenian, English, Russian, French
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Geopolitics in the South Caucasus and in general; international relations; conflict resolution; law and armed conflict; use of force; judicial remedies; human rights; collective security systems; peacekeeping under international law; double standards in international law; state responsibility; international criminal law; integration processes; R2P; self-determination principles of Uti Possidetis Juris; genocide and crimes against humanity in international law
Leonidas Theodosiou
Brussels, Belgium
Current Position: Associate
Organization or Institution: Clifford Chance LLP
Profession(s): Lawyer, Admitted in New York, Brussels and Greece
Language(s): English, Greek
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Anti-Trust Law; International Criminal Law; Criminal Law with a focus on the crime of genocide. Leonidas graduated from Harvard University with a Masters of Laws; Cambridge University with a Masters of Laws; and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a Bachelors of Laws.
2010
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2009
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2008
Deniz Cenk Demir
Ankara, Turkey and Montreal, Canada
Current Position: Masters Students
Organization or Institution: The Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
Profession(s): Graduate Student, Freelance Journalist
Language(s): Turkish, English, Arabic (Intermediate)
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Turkish and Kurdish politics, Middle & Near Eastern Studies, civil-military relations, exile politics, Sufism Ottoman cosmopolitanism, Late Ottoman history, Turkish and Kurdish political history, anthropology of power and state, Turkish literature, life writing, journalism, cultural studies, sociology of music
Desmond Kamara
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Current Position: Radio Host
Organization or Institution: UMFM 101.5
Profession(s): Human rights advocate, film producer, social worker
Language(s): English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: I am interested in advocating for human rights. In 2010, I produced a film, "The Kids of St. Michaels" which was shot in Sierra Leone and documented the pros and cons of child rehabilitation programming. As a radio host, I champion issue effecting society.
2007
Elizabeth King
New York City, United States
Current Position: Associate Professor of International Education and Politics
Organization or Institution: New York University
Profession(s): Professor
Language(s): English, French, Spanish (proficient), Italian (beginner)
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Conflict; peacebuilding; education; development; evaluation; Africa; Rwanda; Kenya; research; teaching; consultancy.
2006
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2005
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2004
Steri Rotstein
Toronto, Canada
Current Position: Associate Director
Organization or Institution: March of the Dimes
Profession(s): Director, Teacher
Language(s): English
Interest(s)/ Expertise: Informal education; Curriculum development.