ARMENIAN INSTITUTE

LECTURE

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES

Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 pm
Nevart Gulbenkian Hall, Iverna Gardens, London W8

(Tube: High Street Kensington)

UK Director, Michael McIntyre speaks about the important work of this organisation, creating multimedia resource materials for schools and training teachers to deal sensitively with the difficult questions of history. The Armenian genocide is one of more than 30 topics addressed by the Facing History team. In its series on “Crimes against Humanity and Civilization”, the resource package on the Genocide of the Armenians includes a resource book and companion DVD, Lesson plans for teachers, documentary DVDs, posters and a map. Tonight Michael McIntyre will use excerpts from the DVDs and we follow up with a showing of the companion DVD, The Genocide Inside Me, at our monthly Film Club showing the next evening at Pushkin House.

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FILM CLUB

THE GENOCIDE INSIDE ME

Written, filmed and directed by Araz Artinian

Thursday, 17 April, 7:30 pm

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1

(Tube: Holborn)

Donations at door: £7 (£5 for members of AI or Pushkin House)

From the 1915 Armenian Genocide to contemporary North America, via modern Turkey, The Genocide Inside Me is a moving personal journey in which Canadian–Armenian filmmaker Araz Artinian confronts the reality of her life in the Canadian melting pot of cultures and asks herself the universal question “Where do I belong?”.

“A stunning, truly beautiful and deeply affecting film” Atom Egoyan

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CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP

PUPPETS AND PUPPET–MAKING

Saturday, 19 April, 1:30–4:00 pm

Armenian Institute Library

Nevart Gulbenkian Hall, Iverna Gardens, London W8

(Tube: High Street Kensington)

Maral Kerovpyan, artist, will lead a workshop on puppet–making for children (7–13 year old). The group will create puppets from a variety of materials and then use them to tell a story for a performance at the end of the session. Parents and friends are invited to enjoy the puppet show at 3:45 pm.

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The Armenian Institute is a London-based registered charity dedicated to making Armenian culture and history a living experience, through innovative programmes, educational resources, workshops, exhibits and performances. Its work is supported by friends, patrons and voluntary donations. For more information about the Armenian Institute or to find out about supporting the important work of the Institute, please visit our website at www.armenianinstitute.org.uk, contact us at info@armenianinstitute.org. or call 020 7978 9104.

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