WCAT Radio The Open Door (June 12, 2020)

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder focus on the Armenian Genocide and its on-going consequences. Our guest is Siobhan Nash-Marshall, Professor of Philosophy at Manhattanville College and prolific author. The *Sins of the Fathers* is her first book-length treatment of genocide and genocide negationism. After the breakout of the war in Syria, Nash-Marshall and some friends founded CINF, the Christians In Need Foundation, through which they help ancient Christian cultures of the world that are now in peril. Our questions for Prof. Nash-Marshall include the following. Feel free to suggest your own!

1. You are both an academic and an activist. How did this “interesting” predicament come about?
2. Can you tell us a bit about your students?
3. Is there a future for authentically Catholic higher education in this country?
4. Your Godmother, Antonia Arslan, has written powerfully evocative novels about Armenia, the latest of which is Silent Angel. What influence has she had on you?
5. Just what counts as a genocide? Is the term sometimes misused, even deliberately?
6. A recent and widely used ethics text suggests that the Old Testament account of the Hebrew occupation of the Holy Land points to genocide. How would you evaluate that suggestion?
7. Would you explain the origin of the Christians In Need Foundation? What are its current projects?
8. How difficult is it for you to travel to Armenia? For Armenians to travel to the United States?
9. Can you explain the significance of Glendale, California for Armenians in the diaspora?
10. What do you see yourself doing five years from now?