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By Ara Jabagchourian Thanks to Dr. Vida Samiian, Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at CSU, Fresno, our community received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer several symposia on pluralism and identity. The goal of the project is to give an initial push in first trying to grasp the real problems that ...

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Dr. Levon Marashlian presented a lecture, “Finishing the Genocide: Ankara’s Extirpation of the Armenian Remnants and Its Implications for Yerevan Today”, on Friday, April 19, 1996 as part of a weekend class, Armenian Studies 120T, The Armenian Genocide, taught by Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian.   By Mike Pogosian On April 19, 1996 Fresno State students and individuals around the community ...

(March 1-April 15, 1996) Patron Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Friend Norma & Rose Marie Avedian Hagie Kandarian Michael S. & Jackline Matosian Mary Ann Mazman Sharp, in memory of Frank S. Mazman and James Sharp Sponsor Armenian Society of Los Angeles Francois & Susy M. Antounian Marian Bagdasarian Kenneth & Lilyan Chooljian Richard & Armon Darmanian George Divanian Anahid Eleazarian ...

Staff Article Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program was selected to receive the Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Award for Faculty Service. The formal announcement of the award was made by Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at a reception honoring the recipient. The Faculty Service Award was one of four awards for Excellence in Teaching ...

    Staff Article University of California Berkeley has decided upon Dr. Dickran Kouymjian as the second Saroyan Professor of Armenian Studies. The endowed chair, officially called the The William Saroyan and Krouzian Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies, bring a distinguished Armenian specialist to the Berkeley campus in each fall semester to offer a course in his or her area ...

In a moving press conference on April 8, California State University, Fresno President, Dr. John Welty, formally announced the gift of $300,000 made by Victoria and Henry Kazan of Juno Beach, Florida for the establishment of the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Professorship in Modern Armenian and Immigration History. The Kazans, long time residents of Long Island, were present with members ...

Dr. Ludmila Haroutunian, Chair of the Department of Sociology of Yerevan State University, was a special guest of the Armenian Studies Program, the Department of Sociology, and the Women’s Study Program of Fresno State from Thursday, February 22 through Tuesday, February 27. Dr. Haroutunian was invited by the Armenian Studies Program of Fresno State to spend a week in Fresno ...

BARLOW DER MUGRDECHIAN–ADVISOR Yerevan State University and State Engineering Institute of Armenia officials were in Fresno for a two-day visit, February 13-14, with Fresno State officials. The Armenian Studies Program hosted the delegation, whose visit and itinerary were developed with the assistance of Dr. Harold Haak, President Emeritus of Fresno State, who deserves special recognition for his participation. The officials ...

STAFF REPORT The immediate reaction towards Ara Dolarian’s exibition Interior Energy Fields, currently at the Fresno Art Museum, February 13 through March 31, is the power of his scale and the movement he creates. Dolarian leaves the representational attributes to the audience. “People say they look like palm trees or the ocean,” explains the artist, “that’s okay. To me it ...