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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 ...

Armen Postoyan Staff Writer Website Address: www.TeachGenocide.org Categories: Home, Video, Survivor Accounts, Books, Teaching Guides, Website, Documents & Maps and History of Genocides Brief Summary: This website was established at the beginning of 2004 by the San Francisco Armenian National Committee. This website was developed to inform high school teachers throughout California on the Armenian Genocide and to teach them ...

Staff Report Fresno State alumnus Deacon Armen Devejian was ordained a priest in the Armenian Apostolic church on Thursday, February 19, becoming the first American-born clergyman ever ordained in Holy Etchmiadzin. Deacon Armen Devejian had first visited Armenia in 1990, while a student at Fresno State, participating in an Armenian study tour under the direction of Barlow Der Mugrdechian of ...

Staff Report A branch of the Friends of Yerevan State University, Inc. has been established in Fresno following the visit of Yerevan State University President Dr. Radik Martirosyan to Fresno in February. The purpose of the Friends of Yerevan State University is to develop and advance the educational curriculum at Yerevan State University, to promote the educational and scientific training ...

Editor Sevag Tateosian Layout Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Dikran Chekian Barlow Der Mugrdechian Copy Editor Hakop Tataryan Staff Writers Gevork Aristakesyan Zhanna Bagdasarov Dikran Chekian Marine Ekezyan Carina Karakashian Nyrie Karkazian Mitchell Peters Hakop Tataryan Chris Tozlian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian

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. Sylvia Agémian, Archives Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Catalogue, vol. I, Bibliothèque arménienne de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Antelias: Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, 2003, 351 pages. A ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov and Marine Ekezyan Staff Writers One might think that taking a weekend class would be time consuming and that you might lose a weekend of relaxation. However, taking the Armenian Studies 120T-Armenian Church class offered by the Armenian Studies Program during the weekend of October 10th and 11th proved to be an atypical experience. As soon as the ...

Hakop Tataryan Staff Writer On Wednesday, November 19th, 2003 a large audience attended the last of the three-part Armenian Studies Program Kazan lecture series on “The Quest for Mountainous Karabagh.” Dr. Ara Sanjian, who is the Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies this fall, lectured on “The Armenian Church in Mountainous Karabagh Under Soviet Rule.” The first two lectures in ...

Staff Report Vol. 1, No. 1 April 16-24, 1979 Editors: Mark Malkasian, Mark Najarian Staff: Bryan Bedrosian, Dale Tatoian, Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Patty Torosian Advisor: Dr. Dickran Kouymjian Vol. 2, No. 1 November 2, 1979 Editors: Mark Malkasian, Bill Erysian, Mark Najarian Staff: Dick Ashjian, Warren Paboojian, Maro Kechejian, Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Bryan Bedrosian, Bill Sahatdjian Advisor: Dr Dickran Kouymjian ...