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Hye Sharzhoom
December 2006
Armenian Studies Program
Book/Video/CD/Archival Gifts
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and
archival gifts either offered personally or to the Program.
L'Annee de l'Armenie. The Year of Armenia inFrance September 21, 2006
-July 14, 2007.
Armenian Children's Camp of Tuzla. A story of Seizure, Human Rights
Association Istanbul Branch, The Committee against Racism and Discrimination
(Ankara, 2000), trilingual, Turkish, English, Armenian, an exhibition catalogue,
with preface by Orhan Pamuk and postface by Hrant Dink, 64 pages, chronicles
the history of the seizure by the Turkish government of an Armenian camp for
orphans. An appendix lists 157 properties belonging to Greeks, Armenian and
Jews seized by the Turkish Government.
Ara Baliozian, Kitchener, Ontario, for several of his books on a variety of
topics.
Anna Ballian, editor, Benaki Museum. A Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art
(Athens: Benaki Museum, 2006), 199 pages. A descriptive illustrated catalogue
of the Benaki's rich collection of Islamic art. Gift of the author.
Brill Academic Publishers, Bedfordshire, UK, for the copy of the book
Beyond the Legacy ofGhenghis Khan.
Heidi and Helmut Buschhausen, Codex Etschmiadzin, Kommentar, Graz
(Austria: Akademische Druck, 2001), 224 pages in folio. This is the companion
volume to the facsimile edition of the entire Etchmiadzin Gospels, a profound
study inthe early history of illustrated Armenian gospel book. Gift ofthe authors.
Patrick Cazals, RoubenMamoulian, L Age d 'or de Broadway et Hollywood,
Video Documentary. First major documentary on Mamoulian with live footage
of Mamoulian and authors (including Prof. Dickran Kouymjian) who have
written about him. 64 minutes, available at filmshorla@free.fr. Gift of Mr.
Cazals.
Valentina Calzolari, Anna Sirinian, Boghos Levon Zekiyan, Dall' Italia e
dall' Armenia.Studi inonore de Gabriella Uluhogian(Bologp.a, 2004), festschrift
in honor of the Armenologist Gabriella Uluhogian. 405 pages.
Karekin Devedjian, Fish and Fishery in Turkey (in Turkish), (Istanbul: Aras
Press, 2006), 574 pages, a re-edition of the 1926 publication. The definitive study
of Turkish fishing and the varieties of fish in and around Turkish waters. The
author is the grandfather of Patrick Devedjian, the French politician and Maire of
Anthony. Courtesy of Aras Press.
Arpiar Der Markarian, The Echo arid the Passenger, Stories and Memories,
in Armenian (Istanbul: Aras Press, 2006), 335 pages. One of Turkey's foremost
Armenian writers (1889-1970 Courtesy of Aras Press.
The Destruction ofjugha and the Entire Armenian Cultural Heritage in
Nakhijevan, Documentation submitted to UNESCO in October 2006 by an
International Parliamentary Delegation (Bern: Parliamentary Group Switzerland, 2006), 90 pages of documentation accompanied by a CD. Copies can be
ordered directly at http://www.armenian. ch
Vardan Devrikyan, The Transfiguration and the Feast ofVardavar (in Arm.)
(Erevan, 2006), 87 pages. An art historical study of how the feast of Vardavar was
incorporated into the Christian celebration of the Transfiguration of Christ. An
English version has also been published. Gift of the author.
Lerna Ekmekcioglu and Melissa Bilal, editors, A Cry for Justice. Five
Armenian Feminist Writers. From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic (1862-
1933), in Turkish (Istanbul: Aras, 2006), 415 pages, illustrated. The book treats
the following female Armenian writers: Elbis Gesaratsyan (1830-1911), Sirpuhi
Dusap (1841-1901), Zabel Asadur (1873-1904), Zabel Yesayan (1878-1942),
Hayganush Mark (1885-1966). Gift of Aras Press.
Tim Greenwood and Eda Vardanyan, Hakob 's Gospels. The Life and Work
of an Armenian Artist ofthe Sixteenth Century (London: Sam Fogg, 2006), 96
pages, a stunning study of the ex-Pozzi Gospels of 1586 of Hakob of Julfa, with
full color reproductions of the 40 miniatures of the Gospels and comparative
illustrations. Gift of Sam Fogg.
ReneGrousset, Ermenilerintarihi, baslangicindan 1071 'E, (Istanbul: Aras
publishers, 2005), Turkish translation of Grousset's famous history of the
Armenians, 751 pages. Gift of Paylin Tovmasian, Istanbul.
Walter Karabian, Los Angeles, for the poster of the Survivors of the
Genocide, the picture of Armenians (class of 1956) from Roosevelt High School's
50th class reunion (Fresno, CA) and a historical Armenian funeral picture (ca
1910).
HrayrS. Karagueuzian, Genocide and Life Insurance .The ArmenianCase,
with a preface by Dickran Kouymjian (La Verne: University Press, 2006), 185
pages, the only document history of Armenian life insurance policies issued
before the genocide. Gift of the author.
Armen Kojoyian, San Diego, for the book Baxter Shares his Bear (story by
Candice Stein; Illustrated by Armen Kojoyian) and the 2007 Surp Giragos
Calendars.
David Kherdian, Letters to My Father, poems (Ashland Oregon: Riverswood
Books, 2004), 95 pages. A very moving series of poems describing the relationship between an Armenian father and his son in the Armenian diaspora of Racine,
Wisconsin. Gift of the author.
Linda Komaroff, editor, Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan, proceedings
of a conference held in conjunction with an exhibit at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art in 2003, Leiden: Brill, 2006, xxv, 652 pages. Article by Dickran
Kouymjian, "Chinese Motifs in Thirteenth-Century Armenian Art: The Mongol
Connection," pp. 303-324, color pis. 23-25, figs. 58-67
Osman Koker, editor, 100 yil Once Turkiye' de Ermenlier, the postcard
collection of Orlando Carlo Calumeno, Istanbul, 2005, 399 pages. A massive
album catalogue of the exhibit of 792 historical postcards of Armenian monuments and life in pre-Genocide Ottoman Empire. An English version is available.
Gift of Mihran Tovmasyan of Istanbul.
Zareh Khrakhouni, Des Villes et des Hommes, Poemes translated by
Nazareth Topalian (Istanbul, 2002), 109 pages. Gift of Zareh Khrakhouni.
Harold Lorin, The Tin Merchant, The Passion of Jesus as it Happened to a
Family, a novel, n.p., n.d. [2006], 272 pages. Gift of the author.
Elizabeth Koojoolian, Fresno, for several books on Russian grammar and
Russian-Armenian dictionaries.
see Books page 6
California State University, Fresno
Armenian Studies Program
Spring 2007 Schedule of Courses
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Social Sciences, Area D3
ArmS 10       Intro to Arm Studies  3
Class #32514)
Arts & Humanities, Arts, Area C2
Arm IB Elementary Armenian   4
Class #32512)
Arts & Humanities, Arts, Area CI
ArmS 20       Arts of Armenia 3
Class #33357)
ArmS 20       Arts of Armenia 3
Class #33612)
Upper Division Courses
ArmS 108B Arm History II 3
Class #36362)
ArmS 120 T Armenian Dance 1
Class #36511)
Class will meet February 2 & 3,2007.
ArmS 123    Arm Architecture       3
Class #33675)
10:00-10:50A MWF      B. Der Mugrdechian
11:00-11:50A MTWF  B. Der Mugrdechian
DIGITAL CAMPUS      D. Kouymjian
DIGITAL CAMPUS     D. Kouymjian
9:30-10:45A       TTh B. Der Mugrdechian
5:00-9:50P     Friday T. Bozigian
9:00A-5:00P Saturday
DIGITAL CAMPUS D. Kouymjian
Arts & Humanities, Arts & Humanities, Integration, Area IC
Arm 148       Mstrps Arm Cult        3       9:00-9:50A    MWF
Class #32513)
B. Der Mugrdechian
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