Armenian Studies Program
News and Events 2013-2014
Tuesday, April 1 • 7:30PM
"Saving Armenians: The United States
and the Armenian Genocide Thesis, 1915" On the occasion of the publication of "Inside
Constantinople: A Diplomat's Diary..."
by Lewis Einstein
by Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute)
Sunday, March 30 • 3:00PM
"Remembering the Armenians of Bitlis"
An Exhibit in the Library-Open March 30-April 30
Opening reception – hors d'oeuvres and refreshments
4:00PM – "Down and About Bitlis: An Exhibition on Bitlis Armenians on the Shores of Lake Van"
by Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute)
Library, Fresno State, Second floor.
Thursday, March 20 • 7:30PM
"An Armenian Eccentric: The Life and Times of Kara Darvish"
by Dr. James Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University
Friday, March 7 • 8:00PM
Sergei Babayan and Daniil Trifonov – works for two pianos
Keyboard Concert Series-Fresno State Concert Hall.
Tickets: $18 per person; $12 Seniors; $5 for Fresno State Students.
Call 278-2337 for tickets.
Sunday, March 2 • 5:00PM Reception; 6:00PM Dinner
Armenian Studies Program 26th Annual Banquet
Fort Washington Golf and Country Club, Fresno.
Tickets: $50 per person; $25 for Fresno State Students.
Thursday, February 20 • 7:30PM
"The Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Arabs and Jews:
The British Colonial Ethos After WWI"
by Dr. Artin Arslanian, Marist College, New York
Saturday, February 1 • 2:00-5:00PM
"Armenian Dance & Song Workshop"
by Hasmik Harutyunyan
Thursday, January 30 • 7:30PM
"Art & Society in Armenian Constantinople"
by Dr. Ron Marchese, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
Thursday, November 21 • 7:30PM
Book Launch – "David of Sassoun: Critical Studies on the Armenian Epic"
Remarks: Dean Vida Samiian, College of Arts and Humanities
"The Armenian Epic" by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Armenian Studies Program
Remarks: Dr. Sergio La Porta, Armenian Studies Program
Friday, November 15 • 7:30PM
A Special Presentation on Karabagh
“Irredentism at the Crossroads of Nationalism, Communism and Diverging Interpretations of the Soviet Experience: The Armenian Diasporan Press on Mountainous Karabagh, 1923-1985”
by Dr. Ara Sanjian, University of Michigan – Dearborn
and
“Drawing Borders in the Caucasus-the Early 1920's”
by Dr. Arsen Sapararov, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Tuesday, October 8 • 7:30PM
"Landmine Free Artsakh Awareness Campaign"
by Galina Danilova of the HALO Trust
Thursday, October 3 • 7:30PM
"Armenian American Contributions to Humanity after The Armenian Genocide and The Armenian World: A Photographic Journey"
by Stepan Partamian
Friday, Sept. 27, 2013
"Historic Armenia II: Armenian Cilicia"
by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Armenian Studies Program
Tuesday, September 17 • 7:30PM
"The Emergence of the New Wealthy Class between 1915-1922: The Seizure of Armenian Property by the Local Elites in Aintab"
by Ümit Kurt, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Thursday, September 5 • 7:30PM
"A Hundred Years Ago... the Armenians of Bitlis"
by Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute, London)