Biden recognizes Armenian genocide
“The American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide,” the president said in a statement. By BENJAMIN DIN, as posted on POLITICO on April 24, 2021 President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the Armenian genocide, fulfilling a campaign...
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR Co-Edited by Harrison Schreiber CMC ’22 The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth...
When Genocide is Caught on Film
From the New York Times Book Review by Susie Linfield THE RAVINEA Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre RevealedBy Wendy Lower “What does one do upon discovering a photograph that documents a murder?” Wendy Lower asks in her new book, “The Ravine.” Lower, a...
Statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
The Mgrublian Center condemns the violence against civilians in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh) region. Heavily comprised of Armenians since the 8th century BC, Nagorno-Karabakh lies within a mountainous region of Azerbaijan. While conflict is not new to...
Human Rights Career Panel!
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2020-21 Research Fellowships – Call for Applications!
The Mgrublian Center for Human Rights is currently accepting applications for the 7th annual Human Rights Student Research Fellowship Program. Research fellows work closely with a faculty advisor on a year-long (2020-21 academic year) project related to the...
In Memoriam: Dr. Eva Fleischner, Holocaust Survivor and Founding Advisory Board Member
Dr. Eva Fleischner, a loyal and distinguished member of the Mgrublian Center’s founding advisory board, died in Claremont on July 6, 2020, one day before her 95th birthday. Born in Vienna in 1925 to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, Fleischner fled the Nazis to...
Armenian Genocide Commemoration
From LAist.com April 24th, 2020 marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Despite the “shelter in place” directive there are still many ways to commemorate this day and to support communities in need. Here’s How LA’s Armenian Community Is...
Atrocity Prevention Simulation
Join the Mgrublian, Keck, and Salvatori Centers on Friday, March 6th for a one-day Atrocity Prevention Simulation. Work with expert practitioners to devise policies and strategies to de-escalate an international atrocity situation in “real-time”. RSVP now...
OPINION: Hong Kong police aren’t just using force. They’re using unnecessary violence
Published November 21, 2019 in The Student Life by Anna Choi (POM ’23), Mgrublian Center Research Fellow. Miles away in a university not unlike ours, police are laying siege to students fighting for democracy and justice. Miles away in a city not...