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TATEVIK HOVHANNISYAN – Staff Writer The Armenian Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Main Categories: The Armenian Church Today, Catholicos of All Armenians, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, “Etchmiadzin Monthly,” Origins of Christianity, Education, Just for Youth, Services, Video Gallery, Feature Video and Feature Story. Do you ever have questions about the Armenian Apostolic Church? Do you want to be ...

EMMA SHALJYAN – Staff Writer The Armenian community of Constantinople at the turn of the twentieth century was estimated to be over 200,000, and together with the Greeks, they constituted a majority of the population of the city. The Armenian Studies Program invited Dr. Ronald Marchese, Professor of Ancient History and Archeology, at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, as a guest ...

ANDREW ESGUERRA – Staff Writer The Armenian Studies Program of Fresno State is pleased to announce the publication of a volume entitled, Negotiating Co-Existence. Communities, Cultures and Convivencia in Byzantine Society, co-edited by Haig and Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies, Dr. Sergio La Porta. The volume is the result of a conference convened in 2010 by Dr. Barbara Crostini ...

STAFF REPORT Last spring Prof. Dickran Kouymjian, Haig & Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies, Emeritus, was informed that the Scientific Council of the Academy of the Ambrosiana Library of Milan had nominated him to become a member. On November 11, 2013, at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Dr. Kouymjian was officially confirmed a member of the Academy by the President, Archbishop ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program and Special Collections of the Henry Madden Library announce the launching of the Kloian Armenian Genocide Collection. Richard Kloian (1937-2010), whose passion for learning and teaching about the Armenian Genocide arose after his father’s death in 1976, was the founder of the Richmond, California-based Armenian Genocide Resource Center (AGRC). Kloian discovered his father’s diary, ...

Editor Marine Vardanyan Layout Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Vartush Mesropyan Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian barlowd@csufresno.edu Staff Writers Denise Altounian Andrew Esguerra Tatevik Hovhannisyan Tamar Melkonian Suren Oganessian Ruzan Orkusyan Emma Shaljyan Armenian Studies Program Faculty: Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator, Armenian Studies Program and Director of the Center for Armenian Studies, ASO Advisor, Hye Sharzhoom Advisor (barlowd@csufresno.edu) Sergio ...

Staff Report Berge Bulbulian’s The Fresno Armenians has been republished as an eBook by The Press at California State University, Fresno, in cooperation with the Armenian Studies Program. The Fresno Armenians explores the fascinating journey of Armenians to the San Joaquin Valley and how the community thrived. Available at The Press website http://www.thepressatcsufresno.org/ or by calling 559-278-3056.

Staff Report The Second International Congress on Armenian Studies “Armenian Studies and the Challenges of Modern Times,” was held October 17-19, 2013 in Yerevan, Armenia. The Congress was sponsored and organized by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, under the Presidency of Dr. Radik Martirosyan. The Congress coincided with the 70th anniversary celebration of the founding ...

Andrew Esguerra Staff Writer Armenian Studies began at Fresno State with a mere couple of classes just over half a century ago. Today, the Armenian Studies Program is one of the staple such Programs in the United States, offering courses that disseminate knowledge of Armenian language, culture, art, literature, and history to students. In addition, the steadily growing Program, based ...

Staff Report Kevork Ajamian History Minor in Armenian Studies What encouraged you to take an Armenian Studies course? I was encouraged to take Armenian Studies courses primarily because I am Armenian, and also because of the great things I had heard about the Program and Prof. Der Mugrdechian, through my mother and aunt who had also taken courses. It also ...