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Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Prof. Sergio La Porta, and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts, either offered personally, or to the Program. Maggie Goschin, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA, for a copy of Armenian Churches of Iran and Armenian Treasures in Romania. Armenian Churches ...

Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer “This book [The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora] tells the story of how Istanbul became the world’s largest Armenian intellectual and demographic center in the aftermath of mass migrations caused by a civil war – a rebellion in the Ottoman Empire that took place in the seventeenth century,” stated Dr. Henry Shapiro. On Thursday, January ...

Benjamin Kirk Communications Specialist College of Arts & Humanities When the late Ralph Shabazian learned about the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State in early 2016, he knew he wanted to be a part of helping students explore their heritage to help share the Armenian story. Shabazian never learned the Armenian language. However, he had a keen interest in the ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program announces the publication of The State of the Art of the Early Turkish Republic Period: Historiography, Sources and Future Directions, Volume 17 in the Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno. Edited by Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Ümit Kurt, and Ara Sarafian, The State of the Art of the Early Turkish Republic ...

Hannah Paloutzian Staff Writer “I am convinced that there is much more which unites Armenians today than that which separates us,” stated Dr. Dennis Papazian, in a speech given at the 70th Anniversary celebration of Armenian Independence, June 4, 1988, in New York City. On Thursday, February 23, 2023, Dr. Papazian and his wife, Dr. Mary Papazian, discussed his very ...

Natalie Agazarian Editor Hrair Hawk Khatcherian was born with an artistic eye, and he used that gift to travel to his homeland and capture its beauty, history, and character. His photos transcend the lens, portraying great emotions, harsh realities, and cultural depth. During a series of visits to Artsakh starting in 1988, Hawk compiled years of images into a book ...

Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced that the Leon S. Peters Foundation has continued their generous support of the Armenian Studies Program with a grant of $30,000 for 2023. The Peters Foundation support for the Program over the past eleven years has reached $330,000. This continues the tradition of the Peters Foundation in supporting the ...

Dr. Allen Azizian A few days after the onset of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) war, a group of medical and mental health professionals from Armenia and the Diaspora, myself included, started to volunteer in hospitals that were treating military service members. It did not take long for most of us to realize that the aftermath of the war was going ...

Hannah Paloutzian Staff Writer “Immediately following the Genocide, Armenians did not want to return to Armenia, as it represented death and loss. As generations continued, Armenians wanted to return to their ancestral homeland” stated Dr. Carel Bertram as she discussed her new book, A House in the Homeland: Armenian Pilgrimages to Places of Ancestral Memory. Dr. Carel Bertram is Professor ...

Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer “I am a Muslim by faith, and an Armenian by lineage, by blood. Genetically, I am Armenian, and that’s unchangeable. Just as I took my “Y” chromosome from my father, I took my Armenian identity from him. But I was born a Muslim,” stated Yusuf, a Muslim Armenian, who Dr. Hrag Papazian narrated in his own ...