Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Staff Report
The Society for Armenian Studies announced the results of recently held elections and the new Executive Council includes Fresno State’s very own Barlow Der Mugrdechian, President; Peter Cowe, Vice President; Levon Chorbajian, Treasurer; Houri Berberian, Secretary; along with council members-without-portfolio Robert Hewsen, Richard Hovannisian, and Dickran Kouymjian. Dennis Papazian, as last year’s President, will serve a one year term as an ex-officio member of the Executive Council.
Outgoing members of the Executive Council are George Bournoutian, Dennis Papazian, and James Russell.
In November of 2001, the Society will be holding its annual meeting in San Francisco in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association. The Society is planning several panels on a variety of Armenian-related topics.
The Society of Armenian Studies is composed of scholars, students and patrons of Armenian Studies. Although its membership is international, the overwhelming majority of members are based in the United States and Canada.
The Secretariat of the Society is now at the California State University, Fresno, Armenian Studies Program, 5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4, Fresno, CA 93740-8001.
The Society for Armenian Studies was founded in 1974 and is dedicated to the development of Armenian Studies as an academic discipline.
The aims of the Society for Armenian Studies are to promote the study of Armenian culture and society, including history, language, literature, art, and social, political, and economic questions, to facilitate the exchange of scholarly information pertaining to Armenian studies around the world, and to sponsor panels and conferences on Armenian studies.
The programs of the Society include publication of a Newsletter (three times a year) on the Society’s activities and on current research on Armenia, publication of The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (annually), encouragement, sponsorship and publication of research on all facets of Armenian culture and society, and such other activities as the SAS Executive Council may from time to time determine.