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.
Vrej-Armen Artinian, St-Laurent, Québec, Canada, for a copy of his new book Im Oughebadoumuh (My Travelogue/Mémories) (Montreal, 2013), 317pp., in Armenian.
Dr. Vahé Baladouni, Falls Church VA, for a copy of the book Hmayeak Shems: An Anthology (Yerevan, Armenia: Literary and Art Museum, 2013), 302pp., in Armenian. An anthology of poems and other works by Diasporan author, teacher, community organizer, and literary critic Hmayeak Shems.
Haig & Elza Didizian, England, London, for the gift of the book Religious, Theological, and Armenian Studies Works, by Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, Vol. 10 (Armenian Series) (London, England: Haig & Elza Didizian Fund, 2013). Edited by Vazken Ghougassian. 292pp., in Armenian.
Sergio La Porta, Haig & Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies, Fresno State, for a copy of his new book, Negotiating Co-existence: Communities, Cultures, and Convivencia in Byzantine Society (Bochumer Altertumswissenschaftliches Colloquium, 2013) eds. Barbara Crostini and Sergio La Porta, 299pp. The book includes an article “Re-Constructing Armenia: Strategies of Co-Existence amongst Christians and Muslims in the Thirteenth Century,” authored by La Porta.
Knar Manjikian, Studio City, California, for a copy of the book Defying Fate, the memoirs of Aram and Dirouhi Avedian (California: H. & K. Manjikian Publications, 2014). 30pp., in English. This is Volume 5 in the Genocide Library series of Manjikian Publications. Aram and Dirouhi Avedian were survivors of the Armenian Genocide and the memoir details their difficult journey and eventual survival of the Genocide. The book was edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Knar Manjikian.
Malia Mooradian, Fowler, California, for a CD of an oral interview conducted with her husband Thomas Mooradian’s grandmother, Oghda Boghosian, who was a Genocide survivor.
Helene Pilibosian, Watertown, MA, for the gift of her new book, My Literary Profile: A Memoir (Watertown, MA: Ohan Press, 2010), 311pp., in English. This is an account of the author’s Armenian immigrant parents, their life in historic Armenia, as well as their journey to America. It is the highly personal account of the author’s own life journey.
Serina Babigian Rosenkjar, Simi Valley, California, for the biography of her grandmother Serpoohi Babigian, as well as for a variety of Armenian language books.