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Christine Pambukyan Staff Writer “Learning Armenian can open up a whole new world for students. I enjoy the process of interacting with students in teaching and in sharing their success as they learn the language,” said Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30PM to 4:45PM, students in ...

Dustin Vartanian Staff Writer “It is not just a job. These are my people. These are my family. These are my neighbors. These are my friends. These are the valley residents that come to Fresno State and whom I appreciate deeply.” These are the words of San Joaquin Valley native Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, on becoming Fresno State’s new Interim President. ...

Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Director Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced the publication of Dr. James R. Russell’s Misak Medzarents: The Complete Lyric Poems, Volume 12 in the Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno. Misak Medzarents, 1886-1908, was the second great lyric poet of the Western Armenian language after Bedros Tourian. During his tragically short life ...

Special to Hye Sharzhoom NAASR   The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prizes for Excellence in Armenian Studies: Prof. Houri Berberian for the monograph Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds (University of California Press) and Dr. ...

Sosse Baloian Staff Writer In a 2005 article written by Agos newspaper editor Hrant Dink, a French-Armenian woman passed away while visiting her childhood village in Turkey. When the question arose of where her burial ought to take place, a villager responded, “Let her be buried here… the water has found its crack.” This story embodies the Armenian longing for ...

Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Director Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced the publication of Dr. Vahram Shemmassian’s The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915, Volume 11 in the Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno. The Armenians of Musa Dagh is a comprehensive history of the people of Musa Dagh, who ...

Christine Pambukyan Staff Writer On Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3, 2020, six scholars participated in an international conference organized by Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian and Dr. Ümit Kurt, titled “The State of the Art of the Early Turkish Republic Period: Historiography, Sources, and Future Directions.” Those who were interested were able to register online in advance for access ...

Dustin Vartanian Staff Writer The roots of the tree stretch far down beneath the earth. An abundance of vividly red pomegranates lay within the branches. The immense peaks of Ararat are visible in the backdrop. This is an image of Armenian strength and homeland. These images are displayed on the T-shirts the Armenian Students Organization created and sold to support ...

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 2021. The Peters Foundation has donated over $240,000 to the Program since 2013. Leon S. Peters was respected as a businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist who lived ...

Staff Report Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro convened a meeting of the President’s Armenian Advisory Council in September. Members heard reports from President Castro, Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities, Dr. Honora Chapman, from Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, and from Interim Associate Dean Dr. Sergio La Porta. Members of the Council had an active discussion on ...