BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AUA Newsroom - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://newsroom.aua.am X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AUA Newsroom REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Yerevan BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221103T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221103T160000 DTSTAMP:20240329T115557 CREATED:20221028T103834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T103855Z UID:51065-1667487600-1667491200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Օvercoming traumatic memories after escaping Baku\, Azerbaijan DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nJoin a discussion of the book “Nowhere\, a Story of Exile\,” translated by the Newmag Publishing House. \nDuring the event\, author Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte will talk about her experience as a young girl documenting the organized terror in Baku\, her life as a refugee\, and her struggle to find herself\, all against the backdrop of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Astvatsaturian Turcotte will also talk about traumatic memories and how to overcome them. \nAbout the Speaker: \nAnna Astvatsaturian Turcotte is an Armenian-American writer\, lecturer\, philanthropist\, and activist. She wrote the book “Nowhere\, a Story of Exile\,” which is now published in Armenian. Anna has lectured extensively about the plight of Armenians in Azerbaijan in the context of human rights and international law. She has also defended the political rights of Armenians to establish autonomy in Nagorno-Karabakh. Astvatsaturian Turcotte was instrumental in achieving the passing of a 2013 State of Maine resolution recognizing the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In 2015\, she was elected a member of the Westbrook\, Maine\, City Council. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/%d6%85vercoming-traumatic-memories-after-escaping-baku-azerbaijan/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Human Rights & Social Justice,Political Science & International Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/10/BAPG_Anna_Astvatsaturian.png ORGANIZER;CN="College of Humanities & Social Sciences (CHSS)":MAILTO:chss@aua.am END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR