Former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will give a talk entitled “Speaking To Be Heard: A Statesman Looks Back,” on Wed., June 17, at 7 p.m. at Bentley University’s LaCava Center on the Bentley campus in Waltham, Mass. The lecture is co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Bentley Global Studies Department.
Oskanian served as Armenia’s foreign minister for a decade before leaving office last year. Having previously served as deputy foreign minister and first deputy foreign minister, he was Armenia’s chief negotiator in the Karabagh peace talks from 1993 to 2008. He has been a witness to and a participant in the historic events that have shaped the Republic of Armenia’s place in the world since achieving independence.
An eloquent speaker, Oskanian has just issued a volume of his speeches as foreign minister. Published by the Civilitas Foundation in Yerevan, of which Oskanian is the founder, Speaking To Be Heard: A Decade of Speeches, edited by Civilitas Foundation director Salpi Ghazarian, contains more than 90 speeches. NAASR is the North American distributor for the book. Speaking To Be Heard will be on sale and available for signing the night of the talk.
Oskanian holds a master’s degree in international law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, as well as a master’s degree in structural engineering from Tufts. This will be his only appearance in the Boston area.
The talk is free and open to the public. Parking is available in Bentley lots L1 and L6 adjacent to the LaCava Center. For driving directions to the Bentley University campus, visit www.bentley.edu/directions/car.cfm.
For more information, call (617) 489-1610 or email hq@naasr.org.
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