104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to be remembered at Fresno State

April 23, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The events mark the anniversary of the April 24, 1915 arrests of Armenian intellectuals and leaders by the Ottoman Empire which started a genocide in which 1.5 million Armenians were killed.

Dr. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh to Present ‘The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice’

April 1, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh - "The Missing Pages - The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript from Genocide to Justice"

In 2010, the world’s wealthiest art institution, the J. Paul Getty Museum, found itself confronted by a century-old genocide.

Armenian Studies Program inspires with a holistic approach to community-oriented events

November 29, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

William Saroyan House Museum opening ceremony

The sense of community that flourished at the Armenian Studies Program’s well-attended events made the Fall 2018 semester exceptional. Between the ceremony for the opening of the William Saroyan House Museum, a jazz piano concert, a CineCulture movie, and a series of riveting lectures, Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program […]

Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies Dr. Ümit Kurt gives second public lecture, ‘Proactive Local Perpetrators: Mehmet Yasin (Sani Kutluğ) and Ali Cenani’

October 15, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Dr. Ümit Kurt, Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at Fresno State for Fall 2018

Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced that Dr. Ümit Kurt has been appointed as the 15th Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at Fresno State for the Fall 2018 semester. The Kazan Visiting Professorship was established through a generous endowment established by Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan.

‘Business of Regret’ ArtHop exhibit examines past and present artists view on war and chaos

October 4, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Business of Regret: Perspectives on War, Chaos and the Rejection of Violence exhibition images

The work of two artists combines with ArtHop in Downtown Fresno for a look at intersecting points of views on violence from past and present perspectives in the exhibition “The Business of Regret: Perspectives on War, Chaos and the Rejection of Violence exhibition.” A selection of artwork by Fresno’s Varaz Samuelian will be exhibited […]

Speaker urges ‘educational vaccine’ during genocides exhibit at Henry Madden Library

September 10, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Visitors explore the Genocides of the 20th Century exhibit at the Henry Madden Library on Sept. 6.

~ This story was republished from The Collegian By Seth Casey Fresno State hosted guest speaker Dr. Clint Curle, senior advisor to the president at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, for the opening reception of the Genocides of the 20th Century exhibit on Sept. 6. Following a reception of appetizers, refreshments and conversation, the […]

Genocides of the 20th Century Exhibition opens in Madden Library on September 1st

August 20, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The late Eleanor Roosevelt looks at a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the day after the United Nations adopted it in 1948 to prevent and suppress genocide. Lake Success, New York, Nov. 1949, Public Domain

The exhibition, sponsored by the Madden Library and the Armenian Studies Program,
will be free and open to the public during regular Library Hours from September 1, 2018
– October 31, 2018.

This month in the Arts and Humanities — an April review

April 26, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

picture collage of the top 5 stories for the month of April

We look back on another eventful month in the College of Arts and Humanities. Here are the top five stories from the month of April.

Fresno State to mark anniversary of Armenian Genocide

April 19, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Students at the Armenian Genocide Monument at Fresno State

The Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee of Fresno will hold a commemorative event on April 24, marking the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Armenian Genocide Monument at the Maple Mall (south of the Satellite Student Union).

2018 Kazan Visiting Professor impacts Fresno’s Armenian community

April 16, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

From left, Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Yektan Türkyilmaz and Richard Hagopian.

The Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professorship in Armenian Studies is an opportunity that happens only once each academic year, for a semester. This year the Armenian Studies Program hosts Dr. Yektan Türkyilmaz as the Kazan Visiting Professor during the spring semester. Türkyilmaz’ final lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the University Business Center in the Alice Peters Auditorium at Fresno State.

As I begin my transition to the Office of the Provost, I think deeply about the value of our College and our disciplines.

We are the proud heirs to an academic and artistic tradition that prides itself on promoting core values that reflect our vast potential: Maturity and flexibility of mind, dynamic exploration of our human relationships, and the creation of meaningful insight into a historical period. Within this tradition, communication is at the heart of all of our disciplines. We are masters of communication in artistic and literary ways -from video, dance, painting, and music, to speeches, essays, books, and poetry.