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Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer The second Artsakh war, initiated by the Republic of Azerbaijan, against the Republic of Artsakh served to relay another reminder to the Armenian people of their past struggles that have now extended into the present. On Saturday, January 30th, 2021, Eric Hacopian, a political correspondent from CivilNet in Armenia joined the Fresno State community through the ...

Carina Tokatian Staff Writer The French philosopher Roland Barthes once wrote, “When we define the photograph as motionless images, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not emerge, do not leave: they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.” Ironically, as Dr. Zeynep Devrim Gürsel highlights, the Ottoman Empire’s ...

Sara Beberian Staff Writer Want to feel more connected to your local Armenian community? The podcast “All Things Armenian” is the place for you! Airing from 2:00-3:00PM every Sunday on Multicultural 1600AM and hosted by Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian from the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State, listeners enjoy hearing interviews covering a variety of topics including; music, art, Fresno ...

            Society for Armenian Studies President Dr. Bedross Der Matossian conducted the SAS Annual Meeting. Staff Report On January 16, 2021, the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) held its 46th Annual Membership Meeting on Zoom. More than forty members, including the Executive Council, were present at the meeting, which was open to all members of ...

Dustin Vartanian Staff Writer Dr. Ohannes Kılıçdağı, the 17th Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at Fresno State taught a new course called “Awakening, Death, and Survival: History of the Ottoman Armenians in Modern Times,” during the Fall 2020 semester. This course focused on the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire prior and during the Armenian Genocide. Each Kazan Visiting Professor ...

Christine Pambukyan Staff Writer Imagine this. Your father was drafted for a war months ago and you are now living in your family home with your grandparents, your siblings, and your mother. Holidays come and go, yet there is no sign of your father. Soon, your grandfather is arrested, and your mother asks you and your siblings to no longer ...

Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer The foundation of the new Republic of Turkey in 1923 presented a new challenge to the Armenian community in Turkey. The question was how Armenians and other non-Muslims should be defined under the new Republic. Dr. Ohannes Kılıçdağı, 17th Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies during the Fall 2020 semester, presented his second lecture of three ...

Fresno State News Special to Hye Sharzhoom For Breanna Aivazian, a chance to save money on college by living at home felt like a gift to her future self. Aivazian is just one among dozens of Fresno State alumni this fall who have landed new jobs teaching English and language arts at area high schools. Aivazian teaches freshmen and juniors ...

Sara Beberian Staff Writer “The least you can do is let it not be in vain,” said Karine Shamlian. “You feel responsible for who we are as a people.” Shamlian understands the terrors her grandmother, Genocide survivor Asdghig Tetezian Alemian, underwent and strives to preserve Armenian culture and traditions to honor her. Alemian, however, is not the only Armenian to ...

Staff Report The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Executive Council held a meeting on November 11, 2020 to choose its new Executive officers for 2021. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) was re-elected as SAS President. Also elected were Vice-President Dzovinar Derderian (American University of Armenia); Secretary Nora Lessersohn (University College London); Treasurer Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno); ...