California State University, Fresno - Armenian Studies Program

Part I will consider the effect of World War I on the human psyche with special reference to the creation of perpetrators in genocide. German examples will be given, including Rudolph Hoss who served in the Mesopotamia theater of war alongside Ottoman troops and later became the SS commandant of Auschwitz. The German examples will help to understand the Ottoman soldier and irregular’s mentality, and what created a perpetrator in the Ottoman army and special police forces.

“Armenian Merchants of Isfahan: The Dissemination of Armenian Art Between East & West"

(He will also report on the recent destruction of Armenian khatchkars in Nakhichevan)
(Both presentations will be illustrated with slides)

Presented by Dr. Levon Chookaszian,
Chair of the Department of Art History at
Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.

Alice Peters Auditorium-University Business Center, CSU Fresno
Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.

Sunday, February 12, 2006
4:00PM-reception -5:00 PM Banquet
Residence Dining Hall
Fresno State campus

ASP 18th Annual Banquet

Featuring the Fresno Premiere of
"Khachaturian: The Film"

$50 per ticket- Fresno State students $20

Reservations required

Call the ASP office at 559-278-2669

7th Annual Armenian Film Festival

Films to be screened wil be announced in January.

Co-sonsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.Partially funded by the Diversity Awareness Program of the University Student Union.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005
7:30 PM
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center
Fresno State campus

"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Armenian Genocide Survivor Narratives"

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

Co-sonsored by the Armenian Studies Program, Psychology Department and Armenian Students Organization.

Monday, May 2, 2005
7:30 PM
Industrial Technology Building, Rm. 101
(Corner of Barstow and Campus Drive)
Fresno State campus

Authors David Kherdian and Nonny Hogogrian

will read from their new books:

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

Co-sonsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.

Friday, April 1, 2005
7:00-10:00 PM
A. Peters Auditorium, Room 191
University Business Center
Fresno State campus

6th Annual Armenian Film Festival

For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

Critically acclaimed classical guitarist Iakovos Kolanian makes his exciting North American debut.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

"William Saroyan and His World"
• A panel discussion on the life of Fresno's native-son, author William Saroyan.

Co-sponsored by the William Saroyan Society, Armenian Studies Program, and Armenian Students Organization.

Moderated by Dr. Dickran Kouymjian
Director, Armenian Studies Program
with an Introduction by John Kallenberg
President, William Saroyan Society
Berge Bulbulian-"Fresno in the Time of Saroyan"
Fresno author/historian

Barlow Der Mugrdechian-"Saroyan the Writer"
Armenian Studies Program
Ed Hagopian-"Reminiscences and Recollections"
Writer and friend of William Saroyan
William Secrest, Jr. -"Collecting Saroyan"
Fresno County California Collection Librarian and Book Collector

For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

"My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia"

a new book presented by author Markar Melkonian.

My Brother’s Road is the story of Markar’s brother, Monte Melkonian, a third-generation California boy, who grew up to become a promising archaeologist, a witness to revolution in Iran, a militiaman in the streets of Beirut, a guerrilla in southern Lebanon, a prison strike leader in France, and a commander of 4000 fighters in one of the most vicious wars raging on the ruins of the former Soviet Union.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004
7:30 PM
A. Peters Auditorium, Room 191
Fresno State campus

Presented by Lucille Apcar (granddaughter of the author,
Diana Agabeg Apcar)

For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004
7:30 PM
A. Peters Auditorium, Room 191
Fresno State campus

For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669.

Saturday, September 18, 2004
10:00AM-Noon
Music Building East, Room 186
Fresno State campus

For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669.

Thursday, September 23, 2004
7:30 PM
University Business Center, Room 194A-C
Fresno State campus

"The Development of the Armenian Liturgy
The Divine Liturgy-Surp Patarag"

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

Pianist Sergey Babayan

Performing works by Leighton, J.S. Bach, and Liszt

Ticket prices: General -$12.50 • Seniors-$7.00 • Students-$5.00

For tickets please call 278-2337. For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669.

The Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble will present a concert of Armenian songs and music.

There is an admission fee. The public is welcome.

More information on the concert will be forthcoming soon.

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Knights of Vartan, Fresno chapter.
For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669.

Friday, March 19, 2004
7:00-10:00 PM

5th Annual Armenian Film Festival
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center, Fresno State

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program and sponsored by the Diversity Awareness Program of the University Student Union.

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

Monday, February 2, 2004
7:00 PM
Haig Berberian Hall, St. Paul Armenian Church, Fresno

Dr. Martirosyan will be speaking about the current state of the University. an open forum with questions and answers will follow the presentation.

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Saturday Armenian School of St. Paul ArmenianChurch.
For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669.

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
7:30 PM
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center, Fresno State

"The Armenian Quest for Mountainous Karabagh Under Soviet Rule: 1923-1987"
Part I-"The Question of Mountainous Karabagh in Soviet Armenian Politics: 1923-1987"

by Dr. Ara Sanjian
Henry Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies

The first lecture covers developments in both Soviet Armenia and the Mountainous Karabakh Autonomous Region with emphasis on successive efforts to unite the autonomous region with the neighboring Armenian Soviet republic. The lecture will analyze the positions taken by various actors (Yerevan, Stepanakert, Moscow and Baku) in this continuing struggle and the way the nature of the struggle changed in light of political changes in the Soviet capital.

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.
For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

Tuesday, September 30, 2003
7:30 PM
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center, Fresno State

Vahram Dadrian (Agop Hacikyan transl., Ara Sarafian ed. and intro), "To the Desert: Pages from my Diaries"

discussed and presented by Ara Sarafian
Gomidas Books

Vahram Dadrian (1900-1948) started writing his diaries on 24 May 1915 because of the calamitous events facing Armenians on the horizon. This was the period when Ottoman authorities began the vilification of Armenians, as
a precursor to mass deportations and massacres. The Armenians of Chorum, where the Dadrians lived, fared no differently than other communities. They were deported to Aleppo, and then on to Jeresh (Jordan), where they
remained until the end of WWI. Surviving members of the family returned to
Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1919, where Vahram composed his diary-notes
for publication. His account was first printed as a book in the Armenian
original in 1945. This is the first English translation of that work.
Dadrian's work is a somewhat unusual narrative written by a child survivor
of the Armenian Genocide. Vahram relates the fate of thousands of Armenians who were not sent to Der Zor in 1915, but to the wastelands south of Aleppo, as far as Maan and Es Salt in Jordan. Vahram relates his family's deportation, survival strategy, and luck throughout this period. He also notes the condition of other deportees on the way. Though the Dadrian
family did not experience a general massacre like so many other Armenians, they still lost half of their members by 1919.

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.
For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

Author Peter Balakian will introduce his latest book: The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response.

The book tells the history of the more than 1 million Armenians who were killed in 1915 under the cover of World War I, as well as the story of the many unsung heroes here in America who helped launch America’s first international human rights movement. The book is the first detailed history of this genocide from a major trade book publisher, written by the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian. Balakian’s memoir, Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past was a landmark book – winning the PEN/Albrand Award for Memoir and selected as a New York Times Notable Book, and a Best Book of the Year for the Los Angeles Times.

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization.
For more information please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

Free Admission-Copies of The Burning Tigris will be available for purchase the eveining of the lecture.

Friday, March 14, 2003

4th Annual Armenian Film Festival
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center, Fresno State

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program and sponsored by the Diversity Awareness Program of the University Student Union.

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

Sunday, February 9, 2003

Armenian Studies Program 17th Annual Banquet
with special guest and keynote speaker

H.E. Arman Kirakossian
Ambassador of Armenia to the United States

4:00 PM Reception
5:00 PM Dinner

For reservations, please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

$50 per person donation; Fresno State students $15 per person

Sunday, February 23, 2003

Armenian Heritage Celebration
Barnes and Noble Booksellers

Armenian Authors to Present New Books

Dr. Arra Avakian, Berge Bulbulian, Dr. Robert Hewsen, Dr. Dickran Kouymjian

2:00 PM Presentations
3:00 PM Refreshments and Question an Answer Period

For reservations, please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669 or Barnes and Noble, 437-0484

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Armenia Tree Project Presentation
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center, Fresno State

Representativs of the Armenian Tree Project (ATP) will present information about their activities in Armenia. ATP was founded in 1993 to assist the Armenian people in using trees to improve their standard of living and protect the global environment.

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

For reservations, please contact the Armenian Studies Program at
559-278-2669

Wednesday, March 5, 2003

NK ARTS
Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center, Fresno State

Neery Melkonian, founder and director of NK ARTS, will speak about the NK ARTS project and its accomplishments.

Upcoming Lectures and Programs
Spring 2006

The Fresno Premiere of the Film

"The Genocide in Me"

Presented by Director Araz Artinian

Upcoming Lectures and Programs Spring 2006

The Fresno Premiere of the Film

"The Genocide in Me"

Presented by Director Araz Artinian

Upcoming Lectures and Programs
Spring 2006