About us

Hye Sharzhoom is a supplement of The Collegian and the newspaper of the Fresno State Armenian Students Organization and the Armenian Studies Program and is funded by the Associated Students. Articles may be reprinted provided Hye Sharzhoom is acknowledged. Hye Sharzhoom welcomes prose, poetry, articles and other material from its student readers.

For further information concerning the newspaper or the Armenian Studies Program:

Armenian Studies Program
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Telephone (559) 278-2669

Hye Sharzhoom

Prof. Der Mugrdechian Visits Texas Armenian Community – Presentation on Western Armenia

By Staff Report

Oct 25, 2024

ASP Archive

Left to right: Anna Khachatryan, Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Mary Mukhtarian, and Fr. Ghevond Ajamian after the May 17 talk.

Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian was a guest speaker at the St. Sarkis Armenian Church of Carollton, Texas on Friday, May 17. His talk “Western Armenia on the Eve of the Armenian Genocide: 1878-1914” focused on Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire, prior to the Armenian Genocide.

This was Prof. Der Mugrdechian’s first visit to the Dallas community and he enjoyed his brief visit there. A committee led by parish priest Rev. Fr. Ghevond Ajamian, Anna Khachatryan, Mary Mukhtarian, Dr. Sarkis Kechejian, and Lusine Meeks, hosted Der Mugrdechian for his presentation.

The Treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, signed in 1878, marked the beginning of the Internationalization of the Armenian Question. Prof. Der Mugrdechian gave an overview of the challenges that Armenians faced in this tumultuous period.