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Michael Rettig Special to Hye Sharzhoom For decades, Armenians around the world have congregated every April 24 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. Protests and vigils are held in every city with an Armenian community without fail. In Yerevan, thousands march to the Armenian Genocide memorial complex at Tsitsernakaberd to pay their respects to those lost in 1915. Year after year, ...

  Dr. Arnold & Dianne Gazarian were to be honored at the Armenian Studies Program 32nd Annual Banquet on March 22. Through their philanthropy, the Gazarians have played an instrumental role in the flourishing of the Armenian Studies Program on campus.    Following is a brief history of the establishment of the Berberian Chair, provided by Dr. Dickran Kouymian.   ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program, announced that a ground-breaking new book, Armenians and Kurds in the Later Ottoman Empire, has been published by the Armenian Series of The Press, at California State University, Fresno. Armen-ians and Kurds is volume 9 in the Armenian Series and is number 1 in the Armenian Studies ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program awarded scholarships for the academic year 2019-2020 to forty-nine students from twenty-nine different endowment or scholarship funds for a total of $75,500. In addition to providing needed financial support, the scholarships encourage stu-dents to pursue Minors in Armenian Studies and to enroll in the various course offerings. We ask our students and our supporters ...

Staff Report The Leon S. Peters Foundation has been a key supporter of the Armenian Studies Program for many years, and for the past eight years in particular. Their annual support has allowed the Program to award student scholarships, to organize a Lecture Series, featuring presentations and films, and to provide student support for a study program to Armenia. This ...

Staff Report The Renaissance Cultural & Intellectual Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Artur Janibekyan, is pleased to announce that the Saroyan House Museum, in cooperation with “The Interactive World” company, has recreated William Saroyan’s presence in the Museum. Visitors can now view an updated Saroyan Hologram, which includes the “Three Ages of Saroyan.” Months of research were conducted to ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program, announced that Bedros Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches has been published by the Armenian Series of The Press, at California State University, Fresno. “Keljik’s stories offer us a glimpse into the soul of the Armenian people, whether in their historic homeland or finding their way in America.” Bishop Daniel ...

Christine Pambukyan Staff Writer House of Hope – Mer Hooys, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed in December 2008 with the purpose of aiding young, disadvantaged girls in Armenia by providing housing, a family environment, education, life and job skills training, family rehabilitation, and other forms of aid. Since it opened its doors to fifteen teenaged girls in October 2012, ...

Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced that the Leon S. Peters Foundation has made a generous donation of $30,000 to the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State for 2020. This continues the generosity of the Peters Foundation which has directly supported the Armenian Studies Program since 2013. Leon S. Peters was born in Fowler, California, ...

Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer Shortly before the beginning of the Spring 2020 semester, the Armenian Studies Program announced that Dr. Ari Şekeryan was appointed as the 16th Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies for the Spring 2020 semester at Fresno State. As part of his assignment, Dr. Şekeryan is teaching a three-unit course entitled “Armenians in the Ottoman Empire after ...