Dr. David Zakarian, standing center, with elementary Armenian language students. Nellie ChobanyanStaff Writer At Fresno State, the Armenian 1A-Elementary Armenian course continues to draw students from a variety of majors and backgrounds, united by a shared goal: learning the Armenian language and connecting more deeply with its culture. For many, the class is more than just fulfilling a requirement, it’s ...

Left to right: Sosse Baloian Yanez, Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Dr. David Zakarian, and Dr. Talin Suciyan. Rachel Yepremian-OwensStaff Writer On Friday, May 9, 2025, Dr. David Zakarian, Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State, gave a lecture titled “Glimpses into Women’s Lives in Medieval Armenia.” The purpose of the lecture was to explore how Armenian ...

Director Emily Mkrtichian, fourth from right, and students and faculty at the screening of Mkrtichian’s film. Rachel Yepremian-OwensStaff Writer On Friday, September 19, in honor of the 2-year anniversary of the Artsakh war, the Media, Communications and Journalism CineCulture course collaborated with the Armenian Studies Program to screen Emily Mkrtichian’s film, “There Was, There Was Not.” CineCulture Prof. Mary Husain ...

Anahid ValenciaStaff Writer The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) held its first meeting of the fall semester on Wednesday, September 3. Elections for ASO officers took place and the following were elected: Grigor Terpogosyan (president), Anahid Valencia (vice president), Jordan Mazmanian (treasurer), Emily Sahakian (secretary) and Lara Habib (public relations). Grigor TerpogosyanPresident When Terpogosyan transferred to Fresno State, he immediately wanted ...

Nellie Chobanyan, second row, far right, with Armenian Assembly interns in Washington, D.C. Syuzanna KovalenkoStaff Writer What was once an unexpected opportunity quickly became the best experience of her life. Fresno State student Nellie Chobanyan has lived in Fresno, CA, nearly her entire life and finally had the opportunity to live in another part of America for a few short ...

Anahid ValenciaStaff Writer Since its signing on August 8, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project has brought hefty discussion to the Armenian diaspora. A poll by Gallup shows that nearly 60% of Armenians oppose the corridor. U.S. President Donald Trump brought Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia, and Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, together ...

William and his cousins posing in Fresno. Helen Minasian (cousin), Archie Minasian (cousin), William Saroyan, Kirk Minasian (cousin), 1920s, Fresno. “There is no end to a town, any town, if it’s where you were born in the first place, and where you were born again, as it is written all men must be. But oh the weather there, the heavenly ...

Th 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. Krikor Djabourian, Los Angeles, CA, for a copy of two books in honor of his late brother, Hampartsoum Djabourian, «Մեր Ժամանակին Մեծ Երաժիշտն ու Նուիրեալ Ազգասէրը»  The Great Musician and Dedicated ...

Seated, left to right: Dr. Talinn Grigor and Dr. Houri Berberian. Standing, left to right, Dr. David Zakarian, Dr. Hagop Ohanessian, and Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian. Natalie AgazarianEditor Armenian women, as a minoritized ethnoreligious and gender category, played a pivotal role in shaping Iranian modernity. Dr. Houri Berberian (Professor of History, Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, and Director ...

Staff Report The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno, announces the publication of Vis-à-vis Christianity: An In-Depth Conversation Exploring the Life and the Work of Archbishop Hovnan Derderian (408 pages, in English, with color photographs). The volume is number 21 in the Armenian Series, and the publication was made possible through The Clara Margossian Trust, approved ...