Staff Member of the Month October 2024
Written by Dessalines Yamoussou, editor-in-chief
Meet Dennis Ashong, a graduate research student, born in Ghana, West Africa, and raised...
Nou Her finds it hard to say things verbally in person, but writing is an easy way to express herself.
“I love the freedom in being able to make anything happen in my stories,” said Her, a Fresno...
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian met with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Kristina A. Kvien on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Prof. Der Mugrdechian was in Yerevan to participate in the International Armenological Congress,...
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...
Fresno State’s Armenian Studies Program welcomed Ambassador Erin McKee to campus on Thursday, August 29, 2024 to speak about the USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and its activities...
On Friday, September 20th, the members of the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) celebrated Armenian Independence Day near the Fresno State Library. On September 21, 1991, the modern Republic of Armenia...
“The 50th anniversary of the Armenian Students Organization is a significant milestone,” said Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian. “We are recognizing the efforts and dedication of hundreds of members who...
On Friday, September 27, Dr. Simon Maghakyan, Kazan Visiting Professor in Ar-menian Studies, held the first of his three-part lecture series entitled, “The Past of the Past: Armenian Heritage in Ottoman...
Natalie Agazarian
Editor
The Armenian Studies Program is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. David Zakarian as the Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies.
Born...
“New families came into being, and a stable foundation was established for future generations…” narrates Gov. George Deukmejian in the film “Strangers in a Promised Land.”
On Friday, September...
Ken Khachigian, author of Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with Reagan & Nixon, spoke to a large audience at Fresno State on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Khachigian recounted his experiences at the...
