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Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer “I argue that through a focus on the lived experience of children during genocide, we can build a comparative framework for the global study of indigenous genocide,” said Dr. Keith Watenpaugh. “I make this argument because during most genocides, there is a systematic and shared pattern of the treatment of children.” On Thursday, February 1, 2024, ...

Ani Sargsyan Staff Writer “The living heritage has been displaced, and might be able to continue the intangible heritage in many ways… but the tangible heritage, especially the immovable ones, were left behind,” said Simon Maghakyan. On Monday, January 29, 2024, guest speaker and investigative researcher Simon Maghakyan presented his findings on Artsakh’s cultural monuments in the aftermath of the ...

Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer “Manuscripts are the living works of the Armenian people,” said Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian. On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Prof. Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State, gave a presentation on “Armenian Manuscript Painting: The Early Tradition.” Prof. Der Mugrdechian has taught courses in Armenian art and architecture at Fresno State ...

Compiled by Sara Beberian Eddy Thurber Political Science Minor in Armenian Studies What encouraged you to take an Armenian Studies course? My grandparents did not teach my parents Armenian, hoping that they would fit into an English-speaking society and succeed. It worked and I grew up knowing my family’s history but wanting to learn our mother tongue. I decided to ...

Ani Sargsyan Staff Writer “Every day I used to go and touch the memoir and say – when is your time going to come?” said Maggie Mangasarian-Goschen, director of Ararat Eskijian Museum, in reference to a visionary memoir by Setrak Timourian. On Saturday, November 11, 2023, the Armenian Studies Program held a Zoom presentation on the publication of Timourian’s memoir, ...

Sara Beberian Staff Writer Jerusalem: the Holy City. A land that is important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and that has been contested for centuries. The period of the Crusades, from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries, brought different leaders and religious authorities to rule over Jerusalem. However, in the eyes of many, the Armenians presence in the Holy Land ...

Staff Report Fresno State alumnus James L. Melikian, hosted an annual September gathering of friends at his home in Southern California, in support of the James L. Melikian & L.A. Brothers Scholarship fund, which was established at Fresno State in 2019. This year’s gathering raised over $5,000, which will be awarded to deserving students studying in the Armenian Studies Program ...

Sosse Baloian Yanez Special to Hye Sharzhoom The Armenian Studies Program has recently acquired some interesting unpublished works donated to the Armenian Studies Program Library and Archive. One of the newest collections, “The Margossian Collection,” was donated by Knarik Clara Margossian, daughter of Margos Der Margossian. The collection contains Margos Margossian’s handwritten diaries and family history; two of his published ...

Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer On Saturday, April 29, 2023, the Armenian community of Fresno gathered at the Massis Ararat Cemetery to witness the groundbreaking of the Mousa Ler [mountain] monument. The event was planned by the Mousa Ler Association of Fresno and consisted of several guest speakers and a religious service. A reception took place after the groundbreaking at First ...

Hannah Paloutzian Staff Writer Armenian 1A, Elementary Armenian, is a four-unit course offered every Fall Semester by the Armenian Studies Program. The class is taught by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian and is a language course for beginners. Western Armenian is a dialect that was spoken by Armenians who lived in the Ottoman Empire prior to the Armenian Genocide. Survivors of ...