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DESCRIPTION:Over a century later\, the 1915 Armenian Genocide continues to 
 offer us many insights about human rights\, competing national interests\,
  and the role of history in identity and narrative-building.\n\nJoin Dole 
 Institute senior archivist and head of collections Sarah Gard\, historian 
 Alice Kelikian\, and journalist Michael Bobelian for a conversation inspir
 ed by the Dole Institute’s original exhibit\, “Dole & Dr. K\,” that 
 builds on the stories of loss and recovery turned advocacy for Armenia.\n\
 n \n\nSarah Gard\, C.A.\, serves as the Dole Institute’s senior archivis
 t and head of collections. In her role\, she preserves and provides access
  to the Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archives and Special Collections—one o
 f the largest congressional archives in the United States. She holds a B.A
 . in art history from the University of Mary Washington and an M.S.I.S. wi
 th a specialization in archives and records enterprise from the University
  of Texas at Austin. Sarah is also an active member of the Association of 
 Centers for the Study of Congress and the Congressional Papers Section of 
 the Society of American Archivists.\n\nAlice Kelikian is an associate prof
 essor of history at Brandeis University working on Italian culture and cin
 ema. She took her first degree at Princeton University and got her doctora
 te at the University of Oxford. Kelikian is also the daughter of Dr. Hampa
 r Kelikian\, the Armenian surgeon Senator Bob Dole credited with his menta
 l and physical recovery after World War II.\n\nMichael Bobelian is an awar
 d-winning author\, lawyer\, and journalist who has written about and discu
 ssed human rights\, the Supreme Court\, and legal affairs for outlets like
  the Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, Forbes.com\, C-SPAN\, and NPR. 
 A graduate of the University of Michigan Business and Law schools and the 
 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism\, he is the author of tw
 o books\, including Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Cent
 ury-Long Struggle for Justice. Bobelian also served as the Dole Archives F
 ellow for Armenian Advocacy in 2018\, and his research was the foundation 
 for the “Dole & Dr. K” exhibit.
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LOCATION:Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
SUMMARY:Why the Armenian Genocide Still Matters
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 -matters
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CATEGORIES:Academic
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