Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Prof. Sergio La Porta, and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts, either offered personally, or to the Program.
Adrienne Alexanian, New York, for a copy of Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2017), 145pp., in English. This memoir recounts the life of Yervant Alexanian, a native of Sepastia, whose experiences as an army soldier provide unique insight into the Genocide. The book is edited by his daughter Adrienne Alexanian, with an introduction by Dr. Sergio La Porta, Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State.
Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, for copies of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015 and Vol. 2, No. 1, 2015) and for a copy of his book Armenian Sports and Athletics in the Ottoman Empire (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide, Museum & Institute, 2015), 275pp., in English.
- Aras Ergüneş, Hrant Dink Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, for a copy of Izmitli Ermeniler Konuşuyor (The Izmit Armenians Speak), 133pp., in Turkish. Vol. 4 in a series of books on Armenians published by the Hrant Dink Foundation.
Leon Garoyan, Ph.D., Davis, California, for a copy of his autobiography, Return From Denial (Davis, CA, 2016), 223 pp., in English. The memoir chronicles the family history of Leon Garoyan and the story of the Garoyan family’s immigration to America.
Dr. Vatche Ghazarian, Monterey, California, for a copy of Ազգային Պատուիրակութեան Գործունէութիւնը 1915-1916 (The Activities of the Armenian National Delegation 1915-1916) (Documents), Vatche Ghazarian, ed. and annotator, 480pp., in Armenian. This is a compilation of documents focusing on the activities of the Armenian National Delegation, under the leadership of Boghos Nubar Pasha. He has been appointed the chair of the National Delegation of Armenians in the negotiations with the European Powers for an improved status of Armenia. The primary sources for the book are correspondence, reports, and notes from the Nubarian Library in Paris.
Allan Arpajian and Susan Arpajian Jolley, Delran, New Jersey, for a copy of Out of My Great Sorrows: The Armenian Genocide and Artist Mary Zakarian (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2017), 197pp., in English. Out of My Great Sorrows is the story of Philadelphia artist Mary Zakarian, whose life and work were shaped by the experiences of her mother, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. The story touches on may questions including ethnicity, gender, immigration, and assimilation.
Lerna Karakutuk, Istanbul, Turkey, for a copy of her book of poems, Երթաս Բարով (Goodbye) (Istanbul, 2017), 126pp., in Armenian, with the main theme of the Armenians in Istanbul, but also broader themes.
Deborah Krug, Winooski, Vermont, for an Armenian Alphabet flash card set.
Dr. Rubina Peroomian, Glendale, CA, for a copy of My Father: A Man of Courage and Perseverance-A Survivor of Stalin’s Gulag (2017), 257pp., in English. The book relates to the life of Baghdassar (Baghdik) Minasian, who was abducted by the Soviet NKVD from Tabriz, Iran, during the last years of World War II. It recounts his ten years of hard labor in Siberia, 1944-1954, his later release, and the difficulty of reintegrating into society after his release.
Very Rev. Fr. Dajad Yardemian, Los Angeles for the gift of The History of Armenian Monasticism and the Rank of “Vartabed”s (Burbank, CA: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church, 2015), 166pp., in Armenian, with an English synopsis and The “Vartabed”s of the Armenian Church as Teachers of Faith and Theologians (Los Angeles, 2016), 149pp., in Armenian with an English synopsis.