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Staff Report The Republic of Artsakh was attacked on September 27 by regular forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The self-defense forces of Artsakh repelled the Azeri forces in a series of clashes which lasted from September 27-October 9. Armenians from throughout the world have assisted in the self-defense of the country. Many consider the Azeri aggression as a continuation ...

Staff Report Dr. Ohannes Kılıçdağı has been named as the 17th Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies for the Fall 2020 semester at Fresno State. Dr. Kılıçdağı is a 2014 graduate of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, where he completed a Ph.D. titled “Socio-Political Reflections and Expectations of the Ottoman Armenians after the 1908 Revolution: Between Hope and Despair.” Dr. Kılıçdağı ...

Staff Report The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno announces the publication of The First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) on its Centenary: Politics, Gender, and Diplomacy, edited by Dr. Bedross Der Matossian and with a preface by Dr. Richard G. Hovannisian. The book is the second in the newly launched Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Publication ...

Staff Report The Greater Fresno Chapter of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) has donated $25,000 to Fresno State to establish an endowed scholarship fund in the Armenian Studies Program. The scholarship will benefit students who enroll in Armenian and Armenian Studies courses at Fresno State. The Chapter Executive Committee members are: Zaroohi Der Mugrdechian, Charles Jamgotchian, Sylva Guluzian, Karoun ...

CSU Public Affairs Department and News Sources The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has appointed Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D., to serve as the eight Chancellor of the California State University system. Castro has served as the eighth president of California State University, Fresno since 2013. He is the first California native and first Mexican American to be appointed ...

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 ...