Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professors
Armenian Studies Program, Fresno State (2000-2011)

1-Fall 2000-Richard Hovannisian
“The Armenian Genocide  and Its Denial”
a) “Remembrance and Denial: The Armenian Genocide”- October 8, 2000
b) “The Last Generation of Ottoman Armenians: Bitter Sweet Memories” -October 30, 2000
c) “Historical Memory and Armenian Foreign Affairs” -December 5, 2000

2-Fall 2001-Robert Hewsen
“The Conversion of Armenia to Christianity”
a) “Armenia on the Eve of the Conversion” –October 4, 2001
b) “The Conversion of King Trdat: Reading Between The Lines”-November 1, 2001
c) “The Conversion of the Armenian People” –December 6, 2001

3-Fall 2002-Barbara Merguerian
“The Armenian Question in United States Foreign Policy”
a) “The Impact of the American Missionaries” -October 22, 2002    
b) “The Witness of the American Consulates” -November 12, 2002
c) “Isolationism vs. Internationalism in US Foreign Policy: The Case of Armenia” -December 6, 2002

4-Fall 2003-Ara Sanjian
“The Armenian Quest for Mountainous Karabagh Under Soviet Rule: 1923-1988”
a) “The Question of Mountainous Karabagh in Soviet Armenian Politics, 1923-1987” -September 24, 2003
b) “The Armenian Quest for Mountainous Karabagh and the Diaspora: 1923-1987” -October 15, 2003
c) “The Armenian Church Under Soviet Rule” -November 19, 2003

5-Spring 2006-James Reid
“Inner Dimensions of the Armenian Genocide”
a) “The Effect of World War I on the Human Psyche” -February 21, 2006
b) “The ‘Death World’ and its Influence on Victim Survivors” -March 22, 2006
c) “Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Genocide Survivor Writing” -April 25, 2006

6-Fall 2006-Levon Chookaszian
“Armenian Massacres and Genocide Reflected in Armenian Art of the 20th Century”
a) “The Armenian Painters of Constantinople at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries” -September 27, 2006
b) “Armenian Massacres and Genocide and the Liberation Movement as Reflected in Armenian Art” -October 18, 2006
c) Armenian Art Treasures Saved from the Genocide”-November 15, 2006

7- Spring 2009-George Bournoutian
“The Armenian Church Under Foreign Rule: 16th-20th Centuries (Russia, South Asia, and Iran”
a) “The Armenian Church Under Persian Rule: 1600-1800”
-March 3, 2009
b) “The Armenian Church under Russian Rule: 1600-1800”
-March 24, 2009
c) “The Armenian Church in South Asia: 1600-1800” -April 21, 2009

8-Spring 2010-Abraham Terian
“In the Darkness of the Genocide”
a) “Armenian Identity and the Genocide” –February 17, 2010
b) “The Loud Cry: Early Literary Responses to the Genocide”–March 11, 2010
c) “The Less-Known Victims of the Armenian Genocide” –April 29, 2010

9-Spring 2011-Barlow Der Mugrdechian
“Armenian-American Literature in English”
a) “Armenian-American Literature: The First Generation,”
-February 23, 2011
b) “The Theme of Genocide in Twentieth Century Armenian-American Literature”-April 27, 2011