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Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program’s collection includes rare books that are difficult to find in libraries around the country, even around the world. One such work is a remarkable album of reproduced photographs entitled Hay kamaworner (Armenian Volunteers). Published in 1916 in Tiflis, the book offers a pictorial glimpse of the volunteer units training and fighting against the Ottoman ...

RUZAN ORKUSYAN – Staff Writer “On the Wings of Song,” we traveled to our ancestral lands, captivated by the haunting beauty of the glacial melodies, the impeccable blending of luminous voices and instruments, and the delicate fusion of art and history. Traveling back in time, we escaped the toils of everyday life to witness the gentle love of Armenian mothers ...

ANDREW ESGUERRA – Staff Writer The Armenian Studies Program has energized the San Joaquin Valley Armenian community by being a staple for armenology in the region. The Program highlights Armenian culture through guest speakers, publications, study abroad opportunities, and courses, and there are very few aspects of Armenian identity with which the Program is not involved. One such example is ...

SUREN OGANESSIAN – Staff Writer Fresno is famous in the American Diaspora for its Armenian cuisine, with plenty of restaurants and delis to choose from. But it has always been harder to find a good Armenian deli in neighboring Clovis; that is until recently, when on October 2, 2013, the “Ararat Market” opened. Located in a shopping center at the ...

TATEVIK HOVHANNISYAN – Staff Writer An important facet of the history of the Armenians includes their fascinating activities in the Diaspora. To be able to prosper, invent, and progress outside the boundaries of ones nation shows the true diligence of the Armenian people. The work of Armenian artists from the Crimea and Romania was the focus of a lecture on ...

SUREN OGANESSIAN – Staff Writer For much of its history, Armenia has been a pawn or a bargaining chip for larger empires, and during the First World War, one of the most tumultuous times in Armenian history, the Armenians, as well as other peoples in the Middle East, naturally came to be used by the Allies, specifically Great Britain, for ...

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. Vrej-Armen Artinian, St-Laurent, Québec, Canada, for a copy of his new book Im Oughebadoumuh (My Travelogue/Mémories) (Montreal, 2013), 317pp., in Armenian. Dr. ...

TATEVIK HOVHANNISYAN – Staff Writer The Armenian Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Main Categories: The Armenian Church Today, Catholicos of All Armenians, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, “Etchmiadzin Monthly,” Origins of Christianity, Education, Just for Youth, Services, Video Gallery, Feature Video and Feature Story. Do you ever have questions about the Armenian Apostolic Church? Do you want to be ...

EMMA SHALJYAN – Staff Writer The Armenian community of Constantinople at the turn of the twentieth century was estimated to be over 200,000, and together with the Greeks, they constituted a majority of the population of the city. The Armenian Studies Program invited Dr. Ronald Marchese, Professor of Ancient History and Archeology, at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, as a guest ...

ANDREW ESGUERRA – Staff Writer The Armenian Studies Program of Fresno State is pleased to announce the publication of a volume entitled, Negotiating Co-Existence. Communities, Cultures and Convivencia in Byzantine Society, co-edited by Haig and Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies, Dr. Sergio La Porta. The volume is the result of a conference convened in 2010 by Dr. Barbara Crostini ...