• Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro appointed an Armenian Leadership Council, which held its first meeting on March 2, 2017.

  • The Armenian Studies Program 29th Annual Banquet was held on March 19, 2017 at the Ft. Washington Country Club.

    San Jose State President Dr. Mary Papazian, third from left, was the keynote speaker.

    The Armenian Studies Program celebrated its 40th Anniversary.

  • Author Fetihye Cetin, fourth from left, was a guest speaker of the Armenian Studies Program on April 26, 2017.

  • Left to right: Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Garo Paylan, and Dr. Sergio La Porta. Paylan, an MP in the Turkish Parliament, spoke to a standing room only audience at Fresno State on September 27, 2016.

  • Fresno State Armenian Studies Program Director Barlow Der Mugrdechian and Professor Hagop Ohanessian led a group of thirteen students on the Armenia Summer Study Trip, May 24-June 9, 2017.

    At the Monastery of Odzun in the Lori region of Armenia.

Welcome to The Armenian Studies Program


Read the latest news about the Armenian Studies Program on the Arts & Humanities blog.

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Upcoming Events:

Friday, September 8 • 7:30PM
"Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France: A Zenith of Diasporan Writing"
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Christopher Atamian
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Room 191
Fresno State
Free admission. Free parking on Friday evenings. Lots P6 or P5.
Read about the lecture.

Friday, September 22 • 7:00PM
Saturday, September 23 • 10:00AM
An International Conference
"Armenians, Greeks, and Kurds: A People's History of the Ottoman Empire"
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Room 191
Fresno State
Free admission. Details and Full program upcoming.

Friday, September 29 • 5:00PM
Special Screening of "The Promise"
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In conjunction with CineCulture.
Leon and Pete Peters Educational Center Auditorium (Woodrow and Shaw Ave.-West end of the Save Mart Center)
Fresno State
Free admission and free parking. Details upcoming.

Monday, October 9 • 7:30PM
"The AGBU Nubar Library in Paris: Safeguarding Western Armenian Heritage through Documentation, Research, and Publication"
Dr. Boris Adjemian, Director of the AGBU Library in Paris
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Room 191
Fresno State
Free admission. Details and Full program upcoming.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 • 7:30PM
"Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Army"
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Adrienne Alexanian
University Business Center, Room 191
Fresno State
Free admission. Free parking with code.

Friday, March 2, 2018 • 8:00PM
"Chilingirian Quartet"
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The Concert Hall (East Music Building)
Fresno State
in cooperation with the Keyboard Concert Series.
Tickets required. Details and full program upcoming.

The Armenian Studies Program

The Armenian Studies Program was established in 1977 and the Center for Armenian Studies was founded in 1988. The Center provides an opportunity for students and faculty to interact and currently houses the Armenian Studies Program, the Sahatdjian Armenian Studies Library, the Avedian Armenian Studies Archives, the newspaper Hye Sharzhoom/Armenian Action, the Armenian Students Organization, and the Index of Armenian Art.

The Haig and Isabel Berberian Endowed Chair in Armenian Studies, established in the fall of 1988, is one of several Armenian Chairs in the United States and provides financial support for a distinguished Armenologist. The endowment honors Haig and Isabel Berberian and was established by their son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Arnold H. and Dianne Gazarian. Other friends of the Armenian Studies Program have made significant contributions to the endowment.
Read more-A Brief History of the Armenian Studies Program

Armenian Genocide Monument Unveiled at Historic Ceremony
4,000 plus attended on Thursday, April 23
Maple Mall, Fresno State

Armenian Genocide Monument

The Armenian Genocide Monument.
Photo by Paul Schlesinger, The Collegian

Armenian Genocide Monument to be Built on Fresno State Campus
-Groundbreaking Held on Sunday, November 2, 2014
Fresno—On Sunday, November 2, the Armenian Community of the San Joaquin Valley  broke ground on a Monument dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The event began at 2:30 p.m. and took place at the Fresno State Maple Mall, located south of the Satellite Student Union. 
For more information, go to the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee-Fresno website.

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"A Century of Rebirth"-Armenian Students Organization organized
100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Commemoration-April 24, 2015




Armenian Genocide Monument Groundbreaking, Fresno State November 2, 2014.