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Hye Sharzhoom
May 2010
Armenian Studies Program
Book/Video/CD Archival Gifts
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Prof. Sergio La Porta, and
the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors,
authors, and publishers forthe following books, periodicals, videos,
and archival gifts, either offered personally, or to the Program.
Gaylee M. Amend, Fresno, for the gift of eighteen books by William
Saroyan, many of them first editions, and for a framed set of
Saroyan photographs, in memory of Ted Markarian. The books
are from the collection of her late husband, Alan Amend.
Grigoris Balakian, Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir ofthe Armenian
Genocide, 1915-1918, tr. Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag (Vintage
Books: New York, 2009). The book is a memoir of Bishop Grigoris
Balakian, who was arrested on April 24, 1915, along with around
250 other Armenian intellectuals, clerics, and political figures at
the outset of the Armenian Genocide. His account of the tortures,
deportations, and deprivations of the Armenians is an important
witness to the horrors of the Armenian genocide as well as to the
strength of the human spirit.
Sara Chitjian, Los Angeles, for the gift of Yerevan Magazine,
volumes 1-8.
Dr. Sarkis Khantarjian, Yerevan, Armenia, for the gift of his
new book, The Fate of an Armenian: The Story of One Family
(Yerevan: Hayakitak, 2008). The book is about one family's
travails surviving the Armenian Genocide.
Haig Aram Krikorian, Sherman Oaks, California, for the gift of
his new book, Lives and Times of the Armenian Patriarchs of
Jerusalem (2009). This 821 page tome is a comprehensive history
of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, as told through the
tenures of the Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem. The book is full
of interesting information about the history of the Armenians in
Jerusalem.
S. M. Terzian, a gift by the author of their book, Gathered Words
(Ethnic Press: Reno, Nevada, 2009). Written by a California
native, this novel tackles broader issues of theArmenian genocide,
self-identity, and love within the context of the discovery of
cultural artifacts by an American born Armenian photographer
and her former lover, a Turkish professor.
Ruth Thomasian, Project Save, Armenian PhotographArchives, Inc.,
Watertown, MA, for the gift of the Project Save 2010 Calendar
and articles by Ruth Thomasian in The New England Journal of
Photographic History.
Martin M. Tourigian, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, for the gift of two
water-color paintings and the January 2010 issue of Hash.
• Armenians on the Internet •
Pateel Mekhitarian
Editor
Armenian American Cultural Association
www.aacainc. org
The mission of the Armenian American Cultural
Association (AACA) is "to promote cultural,
educational, and scientific endeavors between the
United States and the Republic of Armenia and to
sponsor health and humanitarian projects for the
people of Armenia."
The Arlington, Virginia-based A ACA is the United
States sponsor of the Armenian American Wellness
Center in Yerevan, Armenia, which provides women's
healthcare using Western standards and technology.
The Armenian American Cultural Association,
Inc. (AACA) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization
established in February 1995. AACA was founded to
foster greater understanding and to strengthen cultural
ties between the people of the newly independent
Republic of Armenia and the United States through
cultural, educational, and scientific exchanges and
humanitarian projects.
Since 1996, the primary focus of AACA s efforts
has been directed toward its humanitarian project
in Armenia, the Armenian American Wellness
Center. The Wellness Center is dedicated to saving,
prolonging, and improving the lives of women
through the early and accurate detection of breast and
cervical cancer and to providing primary health care
services to ensure the good health and well-being of
women, children and men in Armenia.
California State University, Fresno
Armenian Studies Program
Fall 2010 Schedule of Courses
Course Units      Time Day       Instructor
General Education
Arts & Humanities, Area CI
• ArmS     20     Arts of Armenia
(Class #73231)
Arts & Humanities, Area C2
•Arm 1A Elementary Armenian
(Class #72097)
• Hum 11 Hum Baroque/Mod
(Class #72687)
Arts & Humanities, Area IC
• Arm 148 Masterp. Arm Culture
(Class #73306)
• Arm 148 Masterp. Arm Culture
(Class #75709)
Social Studies, Area D3
• ArmS 10 Intro Arm Studies
(Class #72098)
9:30A-10:45A TuTh B Der Mugrdechian
10:30A-11:35A MWFB Der Mugrdechian
9:30A- 10:45A TuTh       S La Porta
10:00A-10:50A MWF      S La Porta
1:00P-1:50P
MWF      S La Porta
11:00A-11:50A    MWF      S La Porta
Upper Division Armenian Studies Courses
•ArmS108A   Arm History I 3       9:00A-9:50A
(Class #72099)
MWF B Der Mugrdechian
For more information call the Armenian Studies Program at 278-2669
or visit our offices in the Peters Business Building, Room 384.
Get a Minor in Armenian Studies. Check on requirements
for the Minor in Armenian Studies in the 2009-2010 catalog:
http://www.csufresno.edu/catoffice/current/arnistudhd.html
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Sergio La Porta, Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of
Armenian Studies
Dickran Kouymjian, Berberian Professor Emeritus of
Armenian Studies
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