Staff Report Dr. Ohannes Kılıçdağı has been named as the 17th Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies for the Fall 2020 semester at Fresno State. Dr. Kılıçdağı is a 2014 graduate of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, where he completed a Ph.D. titled “Socio-Political Reflections and Expectations of the Ottoman Armenians after the 1908 Revolution: Between Hope and Despair.” Dr. Kılıçdağı ...

Staff Report The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno announces the publication of The First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) on its Centenary: Politics, Gender, and Diplomacy, edited by Dr. Bedross Der Matossian and with a preface by Dr. Richard G. Hovannisian. The book is the second in the newly launched Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Publication ...

Staff Report The Greater Fresno Chapter of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) has donated $25,000 to Fresno State to establish an endowed scholarship fund in the Armenian Studies Program. The scholarship will benefit students who enroll in Armenian and Armenian Studies courses at Fresno State. The Chapter Executive Committee members are: Zaroohi Der Mugrdechian, Charles Jamgotchian, Sylva Guluzian, Karoun ...

CSU Public Affairs Department and News Sources The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has appointed Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D., to serve as the eight Chancellor of the California State University system. Castro has served as the eighth president of California State University, Fresno since 2013. He is the first California native and first Mexican American to be appointed ...