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Staff Report The Third International Conference on Genocide was held on Friday, November 4, on the campus of Sacramento State University. A panel on the Armenian Genocide was organized and chaired by Dr. Sergio La Porta, Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State, and included five papers on various aspects of the Armenian Genocide by scholars including Fresno State’s ...

Ruzan Orkusyan Staff Writer The Fatal Night: An Eyewitness Account of the Extermination of Armenia Intellectuals in 1915. Studio City, CA: H. and K. Manjikian Publishers, 2007. 67pp. Volume 2 of the Armenia Genocide Library Book Series. Mikayel Shamtanchian vividly captures the events of April 1915 and the succeeding years with a poignant, tragic, and at times even a sarcastic ...

Staff Report From October 6-8, 2011, Dr. Sergio La Porta, Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies, attended the 30th anniversary meeting of the Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes (AIEA), which convened at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. The congress, which is held once every three years, is the largest such gathering devoted to Armenian Studies and ...

Armen Arikian Staff Writer Dr. Sebouh Aslanian, newly appointed Richard Hovannisian Professor of Modern History at UCLA, was invited to speak at Fresno State on “From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa” on Friday, October 21, as part of the Armenian Studies Program Fall Lecture series. Dr. Aslanian came with ...

Andrew Esguerra Staff Writer Armenian communities throughout the state of California and the western United States welcomed a special visitor in October of this year. His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, made a Pontifical visit to the Armenian community, his first to the United States in nearly 5 years. During his stay in the Central ...

Marine Vardanyan Staff Writer Traveling abroad as a student is an amazing experience; traveling to your homeland, an unbelievable experience. Last summer, fourteen students had the opportunity to do both when they visited the ancient land of Armenia on a two week Armenia Summer Study Trip with Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Director of the Armenian Studies Program. Professor Der Mugrdechian ...

Tatevik Hovahnnisyan Staff Writer One of the greatest things about being a student at Fresno State is the diversity on campus; there is a wide range of cultures and ethnicities represented on campus. It is the combination of all these spirits that bring the campus to life. One night in particular, “International Cultural Night,” has helped take this sense of ...

Editor Tamar Karkazian Layout Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Barlow Der Mugrdechian Erica Magarian Copy Editor Randy Baloian Staff Writers Denise Altounian Armen Arikian Evelyn Demirchian Andrew Esguerra Mari Koshkakaryan Suren Oganessian Ruzan Orkusyan Emma Shaljyan Marine Vardanyan Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian barlowd@csufresno.edu    

Before Taking an Armenian Studies Course – What did you know about Armenia or the Armenians Marine Vardanyan Staff Writer Henry Minh Freshman Armenian Studies 20- Arts of Armenia Before taking an Armenian Studies course, all I knew was that Armenia is a Christian country, near Turkey. Now I have learned about Armenia’s ancient history and I know that they ...

Armen Arikian • Staff Writer Armenia Info www.armenianinfo.am Main Categories: About Armenia, Why Armenia, Travel & Transportation, Lodging & Dining, Entertainment & Culture, Activities, Sites of Interest. Summary: Terms such as “scenic beauty” and “rich history” often come to mind when referring to Armenia, but “vacation getaway” and “tourist destination” may not be as common. This is partly due to ...