Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian participated in the 14th Annual Genocide Awareness Week, held at Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, April 13-16, 2026. This year’s conference examined some of the...
The Armenian Studies Program awarded scholarships to fifty-one students from forty-seven different endowments or scholarship funds for a total of $137,000.
In addition to providing needed financial...
On Sunday, March 22, 2026, the Fresno State Armenian Studies Program hosted its Thirty-Eighth Annual Banquet at Fort Washington Country Club. This banquet brought together students, faculty, donors, and...
The film “Mayrig” was screened at Fresno State by the Armenian Studies Program on Thursday, April 23. “Mayrig” is a semi-autobiographical work, written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker...
The Armenian Studies Program hosted author Sassoon Grigorian, via Zoom, on Thursday March 12, 2026, to discuss his recent book Smart Nation A Blueprint for Modern Armenia (London: Gomidas Institute, 2016,...
On Sunday, April 26, 2026, a large audience gathered for an afternoon of music featuring the internationally acclaimed pianist Sergei Babayan. The concert was part of the Philip Lorenz International Keyboard...
On Tuesday, April 14, Dr. Anna Aleksanyan, Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, presented the third lecture in her series on women and the Armenian Genocide. This lecture focused on the extraordinary...
On Friday, April 10, the Armenian Studies Program screened the movie “What’s Next? Armenian Genocide Restitution in the Post-Recognition Era.” Dr. Taner Akçam, director of the Armenian Genocide...
The week of April 24th is marked by memorials, acts of awareness, and commemorations for Armenian communities around the world. On Tuesday, April 21, Dr. David Zakarian, Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor...
Natalie Agazarian
Interior Design
Minor in Armenian Studies
What encouraged you to take an Armenian Studies course?
I was encouraged to take an Armenian Studies course in high school...
Kazan Visiting Professor Dr. Anna Aleksanyan presented a lecture on “Armenian Women’s Daily Life in Transit and Con-centration Camps (1915–1918)” at Fresno State on Friday, March 6, 2026. The lecture...
The Fresno County Archaeological Society and the Fresno State Art History Program welcomed Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian on Monday, April 6, for a lecture titled “Armenia: Discovering the Pre-History...
