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Special Report (Los Angeles) The Artsakh Heritage Committee of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of North America held an international conference on human and cultural security prospects for Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh in Los Angeles on November 11-13, 2022 that featured top experts from across the world to discuss cultural preservation, geopolitics, diplomacy, and legal matters concerning Armenian existence. [The ...

Eddy Thurber Staff Writer I was born and raised in Fresno, California. I never spoke Armenian as my grandparents, concerned with the redlining and segregation they and their parents experienced in the early 1900s, made sure that my parents and their siblings spoke English, that did not speak Armenian at home, and had American names. I grew up hearing the ...

Andrew Hagopian Editor The voices of Armenian students at Fresno State were heard on November 7-8, 2022, in response to a planned presentation “International Coffee Hour (ICH) Celebrates Azerbaijan,” which was scheduled to take place in the University Library. On Tuesday, November 7, students were alerted to the presentation by an email from the International Office inviting them to take ...

Andrew Hagopian Editor “I could feel that some of them [students] at least were surprised, to really hear about the history and present-day conditions of Armenians remaining in Turkey. And this is not uncommon. This is not specific to Fresno Armenians or Armenians in the United States. It is a global phenomenon,” said Dr. Hrag Papazian. Dr. Papazian, who is ...

Staff Report Armenian 1A, Elementary Armenian, is an introductory language course for students at Fresno State. The course, offered twice weekly, brings together students from diverse backgrounds to study the Armenian language. Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian has been teaching the course for thirty-eight years and is enthusiastic in bringing his passion for the language to his students. Through the language ...

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 ...