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Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer For many Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-1880s, migration to the United States presented opportunities of political and economic prosperity and security. This was the case for one Armenian by the name of Ohannes Topalian, who like many Armenian men, immigrated to the United States in the early 1890s. He worked for several years ...

Yervand Boyajyan Staff Writer The month of February ended with an amazing and professional concert with pianist Nara Ave-tisyan. The Philip Lorenz In-ternational Keyboard Concerts and the Fresno State Armenian Studies Program presented the third and final musician in the “Young Armenian Talent” series, bringing joy to the audience with a memorable performance of various repertoires. The Concert was made ...

Staff Report Dr. Ari Şekeryan was scheduled to give the third of his three-part lecture series on “Armenians in the Istanbul in the Armistice Period,” on Thursday, April 2. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the lecture was postponed, however, a summary of the lecture is provided below. In this lecture,  “The Armenian Patriarchate, Politics and the Postwar Settlement in Istanbul: ...

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 ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program was recently awarded a California Humanities grant of nearly $5,000 for “Amplifying Community: Recording the History of the San Joaquin Valley Armenian Music Production,” which is dedicated to recovering the history of Armenian-American music production in the San Joaquin Valley during the first half of the 20th century. Drawing upon the reminiscences and expertise ...

Claire Kasaian Staff Writer On Tuesday, January 28, author Sato Moughalian gave a presentation titled, “David Ohannessian and the Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem.” Moughalian, who lives in New York City and wrote the book Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian, is the principal flutist for the American Modern Ensemble and the Gotham Chamber Opera. David Ohannessian, ...