Francesca Piana: The 20th century is a century of extreme violence

YEREVAN, APRIL 23, ARMENPRESS. We often refer to the 20th century as a century of extreme violence. Researcher at the Swiss national science foundation Francesca Piana spoke of this during “Against the Crime of Genocide” second global forum.

“The violencetook different shapes, from uprooting to population, engineering genocides, denationalization, protracted asylum, and collective expropriation.The history of post-genocide Armenian refugees allows us to add knowledge to these historical processes. It is also a lens through which highlighting the specific circumstances – at the intersection of total war, peace, imperialism, nationalism, internationalism, and globalization – where Armenian refugees were under threat and were historically constructed as a threat to the peace in interwar Europe”, Piana concluded.

“Against the crime of genocide” second Global forum kicked off in Yerevan. It will be mainly focused on the issues of Genocide living survivors and refugees.

The Global forum will consist of 4 main sections. The official opening of the forum will be conducted by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. After that, sessions will be held which will be followed by question/answer session during which the participants can ask questions to the speakers.

Over 70 foreign media are accredited to illustrate the Global forum.