Haig Bosmajian

Haig Aram Bosmajian (March 26, 1928- June 17, 2014) was an author, lecturer, and professor, who received the 1983 Orwell Award for his book The Language of Oppression (1974).{{cite news|title=Haig Bosmajian Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=Haig-Aram-Bosmajian&pid=171734514|accessdate=9 August 2015|agency=The Seattle Times|date=15 July 2014}} Haig Bosmajian received a PhD in 1960 from Stanford University. His work has explored rhetoric and the freedom of speech. Bosmajian was professor emeritus at the University of Washington, in the Speech/Communications Department, where he taught since 1965. He was married for 57 years to Hamida Bosmajian, also a published author and a professor at nearby Seattle University.

"Haig Bosmajian", Sheftman.com,

September 1999, webpage:

[http://www.sheftman.com/ewrt1a/basma/index.html Sheftman-Basma].

"Department of Communication at the Univ. of Washington - News",

University of Washington, August 2005, webpage:

[http://www.com.washington.edu/program/news/bosmajian UW-Bos]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Haig and Hamida Bosmajian wrote the textbook, The Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement (1969), which has been published as a student textbook to analyze strategies of rhetoric.

"CCR 751 Richardson & Jackson: African American Rhetoric(s)",

Jacqueline Jones Royster, October 2007, webpage:

[http://revasias.wordpress.com/category/ccr-751-richardson-jackson-african-american-rhetorics/ Wordpress-CCR-751].

Works

Selected works by Haig Bosmajian include:

  • Anita Whitney, Louis Brandeis, and the First Amendment

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  • Burning Books (March 2006, 233 pages) {{ISBN|0-7864-2208-4}}.
  • The Freedom Not to Speak (New York, 1999, 248p.) {{ISBN|0-8147-1297-5}}.
  • Metaphor and Reason in Judicial Opinions (July 1992)
  • The Freedom to Publish (New York: Neal-Schuman, 1989, 230p.)
  • The Freedom of Religion (First Amendment in the Classroom) (June 1987)
  • Freedom to Read (April 1987)
  • Censorship, Libraries, and the Law (1983)
  • The Language of Oppression (1974)
  • The Principles and Practice of Freedom of Speech (1971)
  • Dissent, Symbolic Behavior and Rhetorical Strategies
  • Readings in speech (1965)
  • "The Communist Manifesto: Critical Essay"
  • "Lying to the People", Western Journal of Speech Communication, Fall 1991.
  • "Dehumanizing People and Euphemizing War", Christian Century, December 5, 1984.

Notes

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References

  • "Haig Bosmajian", September 1999, Shefman.com, webpage: [http://www.sheftman.com/ewrt1a/basma/index.html Sheftman-Basma].