Chris Tozlian Staff Writer Though it’s difficult to admit, I am currently enrolled in my twelfth consecutive semester at Fresno State. I know what you’re thinking… “Boy, he has really taken his time, hasn’t he?” Well, it’s true; I have been taking my time. When I began attending Fresno State in the fall of 1998, there was no SaveMart Center, ...

Carina Karakashian Staff Writer Fresno State students and guests woke up exhausted on Sunday, February 1st, following a weekend full of nothing but Armenian dancing! Special guest instructor, Tom Bozigian, came to Fresno State for the third year in a row to add to the diversity of classes offered by the Armenian Studies Program. The Armenian 120-T course began Friday ...

Staff report “For 3,000 years Armenians survived conquerors, calamities, and diaspora. Defiance and a long memory continue to sustain them as they rebuild their Caucasus homeland.” The March 2004 issue of National Geographic, now on newstands, is featuring a special 22 page story and photo essay on Armenia, entitled “The Rebirth of Armenia.” The story is by Frank Viviano with ...

Staff Report La Storia di Alessandro il Macedone (The History of Alexander of Macedonia) Codice miniato armeno del secolo XIV (Venezia, ms. San Lazzaro 424), Giusto Traina, editor, in collaboration with Carlo Franco, Dickran Kouymjian, and Cecilia Veronese Arslan. Volume 5 in the series “Helios” Collana editoriale del Centro Veneto Studi e Ricerche sulle Civiltà Classiche e Orientali, 2 vols., ...

Staff Report The Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble was founded in 1991 by dudukist Gevorg Dabaghyan in Yerevan. The group uses only traditional Armenian instruments, maintaining an authentic sound with the duduk, zurna, dhol, kanon, kamancha, shvi, and other instruments. Singers Hasmik Harutyunyan and Aleksan Harutyunyan are known throughout Armenia, the former Soviet Union, and Europe for their unique interpretation of ...

Nyrie Karkazian and Barlow Mugrdechian Staff Writer and Advisor Dr. Radik Martirosyan, President of Yerevan State University, paid an official visit to Fresno State on February 2-3. This was the second visit of the President to Fresno; his first visit was in 2000. Dr. Martirosyan’s visit was part of the NIS College and University Partnership Program grant, which has partnered ...

Sevag Tateosian Editor On January 27, 2004, the New York Life Insurance Company signed a “Settlement Agreement” with the descendants of policyholders who were killed in the Armenian Genocide. The agreement, which still has to be approved by United States District Court Judge Christina Snyder, ensures payment for twenty-four hundred open life insurance policies. Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire ...

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. Aram I Catholicos Keshishian,  Havadk Arakelutiwn, (The Apostleship of Faith), Antelias, Lebanon, 2003. Gift of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of ...

Carina Karakashian and Nyrie Karkazian Staff Writers QUESTION: HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELED TO ARMENIA? IF SO, SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND IF NOT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO, AND WHY? Christina Zvart Karakashian: When I was 10 years old I went to Armenia with my family. Since I traveled there at such a young age, I was not able to experience ...

Dear Dr. Kouymjian: You probably don’t remember me. I had taken a few history courses with you at AUB in 1971-72. Recently I came across this book, Respected Citizens, by Nadia Wright. While I was reading it I remembered a paper that I had written for one of my history classes with you-“Merchants of the Caspian Sea.” It was a ...