Haidostian in Conversation with Mouradian at Ramapo College in NJ

MAHWAH, N.J. (A.W.)—On Tues., Feb. 10, Haigazian University President Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian will speak at Ramapo College on “The Scourge of Genocide: A Century of Angst in the Middle East,” exploring a century of violence from the Armenian Genocide to the rise of ISIS—and the angst it created among the peoples of the Middle East.

Organized by the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo, the event will feature a conversation between Haidostian and Khatchig Mouradian, the coordinator of the Armenian Genocide Program at the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR) at Rutgers University.

Following a nine-year teaching career at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Haidostian was appointed in 2002 as president of Haigazian University, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Haidostian holds a B.A. in psychology from Haigazian University, a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from the Near East School of Theology, and a Master of Theology (Th.M.) and Ph.D. in pastoral theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. In addition to his local and international responsibilities in educational, ecclesial, and ecumenical organizations, he teaches, lectures, and writes in Armenian, Arabic, and English on a wide variety of topics including Armenian identity, ecumenism, youth, social issues, pastoral theology, and the Middle Eastern community. He is married to Maral Purzekian and they have two daughters, Garin and Talar.

Mouradian is coordinator of the Armenian Genocide Program at CGHR at Rutgers, where he also teaches in the history and sociology departments as adjunct professor. Mouradian was the editor of the Armenian Weekly from 2007-14.

The event is free and open to the public. It will begin at 7:30 p.m., and will be held at the Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1 and 2), at the Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd., Mahwah, N.J. For more information call 201-684-7409, or e-mail holgan@ramapo.edu.