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Upcoming Events-Spring 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019 • 7:30PM (Doors open 7:00PM)
"Lights! Camera! Saroyan!- A New Documentary on Saroyan
Satellite Student Union, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking. Permits not required.
William Saroyan Documentary
Friday, February 1, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Germans and Armenians: Historic and Artistic Relations"
by Dr. Levon Chookaszian
Chair of the Department of Art History at Yerevan State University
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit not needed for Friday lecture) in Lots P6
or P5.
More information.
Friday, February 22, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Liturgy and Property in Istanbul: The Armenian Minority
in Turkey Today"
by Dr. Christopher Sheklian
(Director, Zohrab Information Center, New York)
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit not needed for Friday lecture) in Lots P6
or P5.
More information.
Sunday, March 17, 2019 • 5:00 Reception/6:00 Dinner
Armenian Studies Program
31st Annual Program
Ft. Washington Country Club, Fresno
Tickets required. More information soon.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 • 7:30PM
"The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice"
by Dr. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh (UC Davis)
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking with parking code for Lots P6 or P5.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Historic Armenia Today: Western Armenia and the First Republic of Armenia 1918"-Book Launch
with author Matthew Karanian
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (free permit with code) in Lot P6 or P5.
Friday, April 26, 2019 • 8:00PM
"Cadence Ensemble" in Concert
Philip Lorenz Keyboard Concert Series
Concert Hall, Fresno State
Tickets required.
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
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.