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Staff Report Dr. Hrag Papazian has been named as the 19th Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at Fresno State for the Fall 2022 semester. The Kazan Visiting Professorship was established in Fall of 2000. Dr. Papazian graduated from the Social Anthropology MPhil program at the University of Oxford, and then continued with his DPhil studies at ...

Eddy Thurber Staff Writer Editor’s note: Five students from Fresno State are studying in Yerevan, Armenia this fall, thanks to the generosity of the Kashian Family Foundation. The students are studying for a semester at the American University of Armenia (AUA), where they have the opportunity to learn both in the classrooms as well as from their rich environment in ...

Staff Report Oud master Richard Hagopian was one of five musicians inducted into the Valley Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater on Wednesday, September 21. The 2022 class of inductees included Hagopian, Gene Bluestein, The Fresno Musical Club, Alan and Faye Harkins, and Ray Camacho. Biographical and historical notes were presented about each ...

Natalie Agazarian Staff Writer The Adana Massacres of 1909 “were caused by a range of complex, intersecting factors that were deeply rooted in the shifting local and national ground of political and socioeconomic life,” stated Dr. Bedross Der Matossian discussing his new book The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century. Dr. Der Matossian, Associate Professor ...

Christine Pambukyan Staff Writer “Armen Ohanian seemed [to be] one of the rare personalities not only in Armenian history but also… in women’s history,” exclaimed Artsvi Bakhchinyan during a lecture describing the life of Ohanian, a “dancer of the Armenian diaspora.” On Saturday, September 17, 2022, Vartan Matossian and Artsvi Bakhchinyan discussed their new publication in a lecture titled “A ...

Sara Beberian Staff Writer The Armenian Studies Program celebrated another successful year at Fresno State with the 34th Annual Armenian Studies Program Banquet. Fresno State students, faculty, administrators, parents, donors, and community members came together to share a delicious dinner and celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Program. The banquet was held at the Fort Washington Country Club on Sunday, ...

Staff Report The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno announces the publication of its fifteenth volume, From My Life and Thought: Reflections on an Armenian-American Journey, a memoir by Dennis R. Papazian, a well-known community leader, Professor Emeritus of History, and founding Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. Writer Michael ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program awarded scholarships to fifty students from thirty-four different endowment or scholarship funds for a total of $88,000 for the academic year 2021-2022. In addition to providing needed financial support, the scholarships encourage students to pursue Minors in Armenian Studies and to enroll in the various course offerings. We ask our students and our supporters ...

Staff Report The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) held a vigil on Friday, April 22, at the Armenian Genocide Monument on the Fresno State campus. The vigil was to honor the memories of the martyrs lost in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Somber duduk music greeted students and guests as they gathered by the Monument. ASO President Michael Mazman and executive ...

Staff Report Mark and Debbie Adishian-Astone have established a $25,000 Endowed Scholarship in Armenian Studies at Fresno State in honor of Debbie Adishian-Astone’s parents, George and Shenora (Kirishian) Adishian. “We are honored to be able to establish this scholarship to support Fresno State students and the Armenian Studies Program. Establishing an endowed scholarship ensures that the scholarship is sustainable for ...