Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation Announces 2019 Lemkin Scholarship for Foreign Researchers

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation has announced 2019 LEMKIN SCHOLARSHIP program for foreign young researchers and PhD candidates. Raphael Lemkin scholarship is intended to extend research on the Armenian Genocide, promote multilayered research of the theme and engage young scientists, the AGMI Foundation stated.

The program will enable up to 40-year-old foreign PhD students or young researchers who specialize in the field of genocide research and work on their doctoral thesis, to spend one month in Armenia and conduct their research at the archives of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, as well as other local scientific institutions and libraries.

About the program:
-The duration of the scholarship is one month.
-The AGMI Foundation will cover travel and accommodation expenses.
-The deadline for application is February 15, 2019.
-The name of the winner will be known on March 1, 2019.

At the end of the program, the scholarship holder is required to make a report and present a summary of the work done within the month. He/she will also submit an article as a result of a research to be considered for publication in the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies within 1 year from the end of his/her visit to Armenia.

A round-table discussion with Armenian specialists and the AGMI Foundation researchers will be organized during the program with the scholarship holder.

The program will run from April 1.

Required documents for the submission:
– CV or resume
– Research proposal (not less than 2 pages)
– List of published works (if any)
– Two letters of reference
– A filled application form.

The winner will be selected by the Scientific Council of the AGMI Foundation.

The Lemkin Scholarship was founded in 2010. So far there have been 12 winners.

About Raphael Lemkin
Lawyer Rafael Lemkin (1900-1959) coined the term “genocide” as well as participated in the preparation of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948.

The Armenian Genocide has a special place for study in Lemkin’s extensive scientific heritage.

Rafael Lemkin was greatly impressed by the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.When studying at Lvov University, he learned from the local newspaper about the murder of ex-Minister of Interior of the Ottoman Empire Talaat Pasha by Soghomon Tehlirian in Berlin. The impunity of Turkish criminals who committed the Armenian Genocide caused anxiety to Lemkin. He decided to go into the field of international law, specializing in the study of crimes against humanity. Unable to find appropriate international norms to prevent genocide and punish the perpetrators, he himself undertook the task of creating those norms.