Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) has enjoyed a fun and productive Spring semester! In January, the Executive Board planned a “Trivia and Game Night” complete with board games, pizza, and a specially designed Armenian “Jeopardy” Tournament. ASO members formed teams and brought out their competitive spirit as they learned more about Armenian history and culture while ...

Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer “As much as the Internet is developing,” said Dr. Bedross Der Matossian, “denial is developing with it.” On Friday, April 11, 2025, Dr. Der Matossian presented a lecture on “Denial of the Armenian Genocide in the Digital Age: Re-fashioning the ‘Events of 1915’ on the Internet and Beyond.” Dr. Der Matossian is a Professor of Modern ...

Ani Sargsyan Staff Writer On Friday, March 28, 2025, the Armenian Studies Program welcomed Dr. Talin Suciyan, Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, for her third lecture of the semester titled “Kept with Care: Letters from Purgatory.” Dr. Suciyan discussed a series of letters written between 1913 and 1917 from Arabgir to Philadelphia, between Kevork Shamlian, and his younger brother ...

Anahid Valencia Staff Writer Dr. Hakem Al-Rustom, Manoogian Professor of Modern History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, gave a lecture titled “From Natives to Foreigners: Enduring Erasures of Armenians in Turkey” on Friday, March 21, 2025, at Fresno State. The presentation was organized by the Armenian Studies Program and the Ralph Shabazian Armenian Memorial Fund. Dr. Al-Rustom grew ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian participated in the 13th Annual Genocide Awareness Week program, held at Arizona State University, March 31-April 3, 2025. This year’s conference, “Remembrance, Memorialization, and Repair,” featured a panel on Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabagh, on Thursday, April 3. The session on “Nagorno-Karabagh: Destruction of Indigeneity,” featured three panelists: Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program at ...

Natalie Agazarian Editor “My camera is one of my best friends; I always take an extra day or two wherever I travel to document what I see. Every place I went to in Armenia I documented and put them in my computer hoping I would get to do something special with them one day,” said David Karamian. On Friday, March ...

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. David Karamian, Oakland, CA, for a copy of his book, Armenia – The Lone Stone: Invincible Through the Ages (Oakland, CA: NorArtGallery LLC, 2022) 358 pp., in English and Armenian. This ...

Rachel Yepremian-Owens Staff Writer On March 16, Fresno State students, family members, faculty, and administrators gathered at Fort Washington Country Club in Fresno for the Armenian Studies Program 37th Annual Banquet. The Armenian Studies Program Annual Banquet recognizes scholarship recipients, and the Program was pleased to announce that $110,000 in scholarships was awarded to 52 students for the 2024-2025 academic ...

  Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program awarded scholarships to fifty-two students from forty different endowment or scholarship funds for a total of $110,000 for the academic year 2024-2025. In addition to providing needed financial support, the scholarships encourage students to pursue a Minor in Armenian Studies and to enroll in the various course offerings. We ask our students and ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State is pleased to announce the release of its latest publication, Microhistories in Armenian Studies, volume 22 in the Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno. Based on five probing papers delivered at an international conference organized by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program and Dr. ...