Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian 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. Lucille Apcar, Mariposa, for the copy of the book From the Book of One Thousand Tales, Stories of Armenia and its People, 1892-1922, written by ...

Staff Report Web Address: www.zoryan.org Contact: zoryan@idirect.ca Categories: Genocide and Human Rights University Program, About Us, What’s New, Publications, Books for Sale, Genocide, Turkish-Armenian Dialogue, Diaspora, Armenia, How You Can Help Brief Summary: The Zoryan Institute is an international center devoted to the research and documentation of contemporary issues related to the history, politics, society, and culture of Armenia and ...

Jack Arikian Special to Hye Sharzhoom As an Armenian born and raised in the United States, I have heard hundreds of stories about the difficulties and challenges our people have endured throughout history. In fact, almost every Armenian has heard the stories concerning the battles of our bravest warriors, King Drtad and Vartan Mamigonian, or of Armenia being the first ...

Alex Bunch Staff Writer For three intense weekends, twenty students spent their Friday afternoons and Saturdays in a class, Armenian Studies 121-“Armenian Miniature Painting.” Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State and Director of the Armenian Studies Program, taught the course. The class had many interesting discussions about Armenian painting. Students learned that the themes of ...

Hakop Tataryan Staff Writer On Friday, March 19, 2004 the Armenian Students Organization, along with the Armenian Studies Program and the University Student Union Diversity Awareness Program, put together the 5th Annual Armenian Film Festival, which attracted a large audience. Films screened represented a new and old generation of writers, producers, and directors. The festival’s organizing committee, who chose the ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov and Marine Ekezyan Staff Writers Sevag Tateosian Major: Criminology-Law Enforcement Minor: Armenian Studies How has getting an Armenian Studies minor and taking Armenian Studies courses influenced you as an individual? The Armenian Studies Program, through its Armenian courses, has positively influenced me tremendously. The classes I took made me realize that Armenia and Armenians have always been the ...

Staff Report Professor Arra Avakian of Fresno, retired professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State, has donated his entire library of color slides to the Armenian Studies Program. The collection constitutes more than 12,000 slides taken over forty years of travel by Dr. Avakian. The slides cover a wide number of places visited by Dr. Avakian, especially slides of important ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer One of the twentieth century’s greatest post-modern slogans simply states, “The only constant is change.” Irrespective of the truth (or the lack thereof) of this statement, the simple thought of an ever-changing society is a source of uncertainty for many, myself included. In the March 2004 edition of Hye Sharzhoom, I wrote concerning the stability offered ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer Earlier this March, Dr. Arman Martirosyan and Dr. Karen Yeghoyan, business professors from Yerevan State University (YSU), visited the Fresno State campus. The two professors spent seventeen days in the United States, almost all of these in Fresno. This first trip to the United States for both of the Armenian professors is part of an ongoing ...

Mitchell Peters Staff Writer When he speaks, you listen, when he paints, you respond, and when he smiles, you have no choice but to smile back. This is the mystery behind Ronald Dzerigian and his art. In the heart of Fresno’s Tower District sits a small coffee shop where Dzerigian relaxes drinking hot mint tea. He’s trying to recover from ...