Armenian Studies Program
News and Events 2016-2017
Monday, April 24 • 12:00PM-1:00PM
"Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day"
Armenian Genocide Monument, Maple Mall, Fresno State.
Wednesday, April 26 • 7:30PM
"Echo of Silence"
Fethiye Cetin, Human Rights Lawyer from Turkey
Author of "My Grandmother: A Memoir"
Thursday, April 27 • 4:00PM
"Melodic and Rhythmic Considerations in Oud Performance"
Richard Hagopian
Sunday, April 30 • 1:00PM reception; 1:30 film screening
"Women of 1915"
Bared Maronian, director
Friday, April 7 • 5:30PM
The Fresno premiere of the film "Lost Birds"
with directors Ela Alyamac and Aren Perdeci (from Turkey
Tuesday, April 4 • 7:30PM
"The Drowned, the Saved, and the Forgotten: Genocide and the Foundations of Modern Humanitarianism"
Dr. Keith Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis
Sunday, March 19 • 5:00PM
"Armenian Studies Program 40th Anniversary Banquet"
with special guest Dr. Mary Papazian, President, San Jose State University
Tuesday, March 7 • 7:30PM
"The Curious Case of Armenian Genocide Perpetrator Ahmed Faik Bey"
Dr. Ümit Kurt, Research Fellow, Harvard University
Friday, February 17 • 7:00-9:30PM
"15th Annual Armenian Film Festival"
Tuesday, February 7 • 7:30PM
"The Silk Road and Armenian Textiles Throughout the Centuries"
Dr. Levon Chookaszian, Yerevan State University
Friday, February 3 • 7:30PM
"War, Peace, and the Making of Minorities in the Post-Ottoman Middle East, 1919-1923"
Dr. Laura Robson, Portland State University
Sunday, January 29, 2017 • 3:00PM
Cello Concert by Narek Hakhnazaryan
Friday, January 27, 2017 • 7:30PM
"Armenian Communities of the Northeastern Mediterranean:Musa Dagh-Dört Yol-Kessab"
Dr. Richard Hovannisian, UCLA
Wednesday, November 30 • 7:30PM
"A Tale of Two Midwives: The Notebooks of Siphora and Nuritza Shnorhokian of Aintab, 1890-1930"
Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, Kazan Visiting Professor
Monday, November 14 • 7:30PM
"Armenian Educational Life in Lebanon: Haigazian University"
Dr. Paul Haidostian, President, Haigaizian University, Beirut
Friday, November 4 • 5:30PM
"If Only Everyone"
Film Screening in conjunction with CineCulture
Friday, October 14 • 8:00PM
Piano Concert by Sofya Melikyan (Armenia)
Thursday, October 20 • 7:30PM
"Don't Fall off of the Earth: The Armenian Communities in China from the 1880s to the 1950s"
Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, Kazan Visiting Professor
Tuesday, September 20 • 7:30PM
"Genocide and Humanitarian Resistance in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1917"
Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, Kazan Visiting Professor
Friday, September 30 • 7:30PM
"On the Trail of My Musa Dagh Ancestry"
Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, Director, Armenian Studies Program
Tuesday, September 27 • 7:30PM
"Turkey and the Armenians"
Garo Paylan, Member of Parliament of Turkey
Friday, September 9 • 7:30PM
"The Armenian Diaspora: Lebanon"
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Armenian Studies Program