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.
A Brief History of the Armenian Studies Program
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The Armenian Studies Lecture Series
"Resilience and Reconstruction: The Armistice Period in the Ottoman Empire (1918-1923)"
International Conference
Twelve Scholars from thoughout the World
Friday, October 23, 2026
7:00PM-9:00PM
Saturday, October 24, 2026
10:00AM-1:00PM
Smittcamp Alumni House
2625 E Matoian Way
Fresno State
Zoom links:
https://bit.ly/Conference-Part1
https://bit.ly/Conference-Part2
The full program will be published soon.
Free admission and free parking for both days of the conference. The conference will take place in the Smittcamp Alumni House both days.
"Ancestral Songs, Prayers and Lullabies"
Isabel Bayrakdarian and friends
in conjunction with the Philip Lorenz Keyboard Concert Series
"...iridescent sound..."
Opera Magazine
Friday, October 30, 2026
7:30PM
St. Paul Armenian Church Sanctuary
3767 N. First St
Fresno CA
Tickets: Keyboard Concerts
General $30 • Senior $20 • Student $5
"Armenian Treasures in Oxford's Bodleian Library"
Dr. David Zakarian
Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies
Friday, November 6, 2026
7:00PM
Grosse Industrial Technology Building, Room 101
2255 E. Barstow Ave
Fresno State
Free parking and free admission.
Ralph Shabazian Endowed Armenian Memorial Fund Established with Gift of $700,000
Florence Elaine Hamparson Endowed Armenian Memorial Fund Established with Gift of $450,000
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.