News & Events:

Friday, February 22, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Liturgy and Property in Istanbul: The Armenian Minority in Turkey Today"

Dr. Christopher Sheklian, Zohrab Information Center, New York
University Business Center, Room 191, Fresno State
Free admission. Free parking in Lot P6 or P5 near the University Business Center. Parking permits are not needed for Friday events.
More information about the lecture.

Friday, March 1, 2019 • 5:00PM
"Armenian Song Repertoire of the Middle East: Part II"

with oud-master Richard Hagopian
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit not needed for Friday lecture) in Lots P6 or P5.

Thursday, March 7, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Armenia's Road to and Since the 'Velvet Revolution'"

by Dr. Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit code available from the Armenian Studies Program) in Lots P6 or P5.
More information.

Monday, March 11, 2019 • 7:30PM
"How We Lived: The HoushamadyanProject"

by Dr. Vahe Tachjian
Director, Houshamadyan Project
University Business Center, A. Peters Auditorium, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit code available from the Armenian Studies Program) in Lots P6 or P5.
More information.

Friday, March 15, 2019 • 7:30PM
"The Denial of the Armenian Genocide and the Killing Order of Talat Pasha"

by Dr. Taner Akçam
(Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies, Clark University)
Co-sponsored by the Knights of Vartan, Yeprad Lodge.
Satellite Student Union, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit not needed for Friday lecture). Enter at Barstow and Maple Aves.
More information.

Sunday, March 17, 2019 • 5:00PM Reception/6:00PM Dinner
Armenian Studies Program
31st Annual Banquet

Special guest-H.E. Dr. Armen Baibourtian, Consul General of the Republic of Armenia
Ft. Washington Country Club, Fresno
Tickets required. Invitation.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Calouste Gulbenkian: Mr. Five Per Cent"

Presented by biographer Dr. Jonathan Conlin
University Business Center, Room 191, Fresno State
Free admission. Free parking, with parking code, in Lot P6 or P5.
More information.

Thursday, April 4, 2019 • 7:30PM
"The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice"

Dr. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis
University Business Center, Room 191, Fresno State
Free admission. Free parking, with parking code, in Lot P6 or P5.
More information.

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, Room 191, Fresno State
Free admission. Free parking, with parking code, in Lot P6 or P5.
More information.

Friday, April 26, 2019 • 8:00PM
"Cadence Ensemble" Concert

Philip Lorenz Keyboard Concert Series
The Concert Hall, Fresno State
Tickets required.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Letters to Barbra"
by Paul Chaderjian and Stefani Booroojian

Friday, February 1, 2019 • 7:30PM
"Germans and Armenians: Historic and Artistic Relations"
Dr. Levon Chookaszian, Chair, Department of Art History,
Yerevan State University

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 • 7:30PM
"The Hidden Map of Armenia"
with explorer Steven Sim and producer Ani Hovannisian
with a special screening of the film "The Hidden Map"

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 • 7:30PM
"The Curious Case of Ahmed Necmeddin Bey: A Look into the Socio-Political Climate in Aintab on the Eve of 1915"
Dr. Ümit Kurt, Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies

Friday, November 2, 5:30PM
The screening of "Roots"
with producer Lilit Martirosyan

Thursday, November 1, 2018 • 7:30PM
"The Republic of Armenia: A Daring Endeavor, 1918-2018"
Dr. Richard Hovannisian, UCLA, USC, and Chapman University

Thursday, October 25, 2018 • 7:30PM
"Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, 1915: A Geographic and Demographic Gazetteer"
Ara Sarafian, Gomidas Institute

Friday, October 19, 2018 • 8:00PM
"Jazz pianist/Composer Tigran Hamasyan"

Friday, October 12, 7:00PM
Saturday, October 13, 10:00AM
"The Committee of Union and Progress: Founders, Ideology, and Structure"
An International Conference

"The Business of Regret: War, Chaos, and the Rejection of Violence"
Featuring the works of Henrik Abedian and Varaz Samuelian
Wednesday, October 3-5:30-6:30PM-Artist /Panel Talk-University Business Center, Fresno State
Thursday, October 4-5:00-8:00PM-Opening Reception-M Street Graduate Studios, 1419 M Street, Fresno

Friday, September 21, 2018 • 7:30PM
"A Rescuer, an Enigma, and a Génocidaire: Cemal Pasha"
Dr. Ümit Kurt, Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies

Friday, August 31, 2018 • 6:30PM
"Grand Opening Celebration of the William Saroyan House Museum"

Thursday, September 6, 2018 • 6:30PM
"Genocides of the 20th Century" Exhibition-Reception
Inaugural Ceremony-7:30PM
Peters Ellipse, Second Floor, Henry Madden Library
The exhibit is designed, created, and distributed by the Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris, France and will be open September 1-October 31, 2018.