Armenian Studies Program
Welcome to 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.
Ralph Shabazian Endowed Armenian Memorial Fund Established with Gift of $700,000
Ralph Shabazian Endowed Armenian Fund
Florence Elaine Hamparson Endowed Armenian Memorial Fund Established with Gift of $450,000
The Latest-Upcoming Events
"Microhistories in Armenian Studies"
An International Conference
Keynote speaker: Dr. Hans-Lukas Kieser (University of Newcastle)
Victoria Abrahamyan (University of Neuchatel); Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute); Sam Dolbee (Vanderbilt University); Robert Sukiasyan (AUA and Yerevan State University); Ümit Kurt (University of Newcastle); Hazal Özdemir (Northwestern University)
Friday, September 22, 2023 • 7:00PM
University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium
5245 N Backer Ave, Fresno State
Saturday, September 23, 2023 • 10:00AM
Smittcamp Alumni House
2625 E. Matoian Way, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit not required for Friday night or Saturday lectures)
Live streamed at: https://bit.ly/armenianstudiesyoutube
For more information: Microhistories Conference
"It Never Happened:
Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century"
Dr. Bedross Der Matossian
Friday, September 29, 2023 • 7:00PM
Smittcamp Alumni House
2625 E. Matoian Way, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking.
For more information: Dr. Bedross Der Matossian
"Jerusalem and the Armenians Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516)"
by Dr. Claude Mutafian
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • 7:00PM
University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium
5245 N Backer Ave, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking permit WITH PARKING CODE
For more information: Dr. Claude Mutafian
"Armenia Summer Study Program 2023: Reflections"
with Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian and Student Participants
Friday, October 13, 2023 • 7:00PM
University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium
5245 N Backer Ave, Fresno State
Free admission and free parking (permit not required on a Friday night)
Armenian Genocide Monument Unveiled at Historic Ceremony
4,000 plus attended on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Fresno State's Maple Mall
Photo by Paul Schlesinger, The Collegian
On Sunday, November 2, 2014 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 Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee-Fresno.