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Pateel Mekhitarian Staff Writer On Tuesday, April 21, Dr. George Bournoutian presented his third and final lecture in a series on the Armenian Churches of Persia, Russia, and South Asia. The lecture covered the many areas in South Asia where Armenian churches exist and are maintained. Dr. Bournoutian accompanied his talk with slides that he had taken during his numerous ...

By: Marisa Isquierdo On Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 PM, Dr. George Bournoutian gave the second of his three part lecture series on “The Armenian Church Under Foreign Rule: Persia, Russia, and South Asia 1600-1800,” to a full audience in the Alice Peters Auditorium at Fresno State. In this lecture, Dr. Bournoutian covered the topic “The Armenian Church under Russian ...

Hagop Ohanessian Staff Writer Dr. George Bournoutian, Professor of History at Iona College in New York, was appointed as the seventh Henry Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies for the Spring 2009 semester. This semester he taught a three unit course on the Armenian Diaspora and Genocide, Monday evenings from 6:00-8:50 PM. The course focused primarily on the Diaspora, ...

Staff Report Congratulations to Bill Erysian, who received his doctorate degree in Economics from the State Agrarian University (SAUA) of Armenia in November 2008. Erysian’s accomplishments in the branches of transitional economies and agrarian reform are the result of more than a decade of research and participation in numerous agricultural development initiatives in the Central Caucasus, particularly in Armenia. Erysian ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Director of the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State, participated in a workshop on Armenian literature held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 16-19. Organized by Dr. Kevork Bardakjian, Marie Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian Literature at the University of Michigan, the workshop brought together eighteen graduate students and scholars from throughout ...

Staff Report Dr. Bill Erysian, one of the original editors and co-founders of Hye Sharzhoom, shared some of his thoughts on the early years of the newspaper during the Armenian Studies Banquet held March 15. His remarks are reprinted below. It’s not difficult to recall what was happening on this campus, in this community and in the Diaspora thirty years ...

Hagop Ohanessian Staff Writer Friday, April 24, marked the 94th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, and Armenians all over the world came together to remember the past, even as students of Fresno State’s Armenian Students Organization (ASO) held their own commemorative event. Students from Fresno State, both Armenian and non-Armenian, and members of the community, came together in the Free ...

Staff Report For busy college students occupied with classes and jobs, participating in a workshop to promote participation in the political process may not seem to be high on their radar screen. But the Armenian Students Organization organized such a workshop to bring students face to face with the challenges that politics can bring. Yeghig Keshishian, Director of the Western ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno held its 21st Annual Banquet on Sunday, March 15, at the Fort Washington Golf and Country Club in Fresno. There was an exciting feeling in the air as many notables joined guests for this special occasion. Fresno State President Dr. John Welty greeted the special guests at the Banquet: ...

By: Hagop Ohanessian As the Spring semester is coming to an end, the Armenian Students Organization, together with the Armenian Studies Program has continued to cosponsor several events. This semester we have had the privilege to hear three public lectures by Dr. George Bournoutian, who was appointed as the seventh Henry Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies for the ...