The event was specifically centered around Genocide, Truth, Memory, Justice, and Recovery.

Date: July 19-22, 2011

Location: Center for Genocide Studies, Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Circassian Cultural Institute recently presented at the 9th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Representatives of the Circassian Cultural Institute, Iyad Youghar and Tamara Barsik, attended the event to promote further discussions into the Circassian Genocide.

In addition, a resolution was submitted to the International Association of Genocide Scholars to recognize the Circassian genocide and condemn the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Presentation details:

Walter Richmond (Professor, Russian Studies Program,
Occidental College): How the future is uncovering the past: 2014 Sochi Olympics and the Circassian Genocide.

Tamara Barsik (Circassian Cultural Institute): They Stood Back and Watched: International Politics and the Circassian Genocide.

The conference program can be located at:

http://catedras.fsoc.uba.ar/feierstein/programagenocidio.pdf