1996_05 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper May 1996

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Hye Sharzhoom
May 1996
Armenian Assembly Members Visit Fresno State
By Ara Jabagchourian
The executive director of
the Armenian Assembly of
America, Ross Vartian, and the regional director of the Los Angles
chapter of the Armenian Assembly, Peter Abajian, converged on
Fresno, April 28 and 29 to bring to
the attention to our community the
activities of this productive organization.
The Armenian Assembly
isa2S year old pro-Armenian lobby
group located in Washington D.C.
which besides wheeling somepow-
erful political influence on Capitol
Hill, also coordinates several other
projects ranging from ANI (the
complete documentation of the
Armenian Genocide) to the Armenian Assembly Summer Internship
program. The Armenian Assembly is also very active in assisting
non-governmental organizations in
Armenian eet started and placing
them in contact with their western
counterpart for some funding.
Mr. Vartian was kind
enough to give a talk in
one of the Armenian Studies courses taught by Professor   Barlow   Der
Mugrdechian.   His talk
provided the students not
only with information of
what the program does in
general, but also the real
grappling that is done in
the trenches in Washington and the relationship
the Assembly has with the
governments of Armenia
and Karabagh.  Vartian made the
point explicitly clear, that when
engaging with the policy decisions
of Armenian and Karabagh that the
Armenian Assembly "will not interfere with the internal affairs of
either society...which establishes
a comfort level" in the relation with
both governments. Another reason
that Mr. Vartian stressed this organizational policy was that the citizens of both regions have to live
Left to right: Ross Vartian, Washington D.C,
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, and Peter Abajian,
Los Angeles.
with the consequences of their decisions, but we as American citizens do not Thus, we as American
citizens should not interfere with
their internal affairs, but support
their decisions.
In the past year, the Armenian Assembly has won several
victories. As part of the Armenian
Studies Lecture Series, Mr. Vartian
explained those victories during a
presentation Monday April 29,. in
the Alice Peters Auditorium. In the Foreign Aid
Bill, congress mandated
$85 million dollars (this
year they are pushing for
$150 million) that has to
be spent in Armenia. This
makes Armenian, on aper
capita basis (FY 96), the
second highest recipient
of American foreign aid
in the world. Also in the
Foreign Aid Bill, the Humanitarian Aid Corridor
Act states that if a nation is a recipient of foreign aid from the United
States and blockades anation which
prevents U.S. assistance to reach
another nation, then they lose U.S.
assistance. This obviously was targeted toward Turkey's atrocious
blockade of Armenia. It is up to the
Clinton administration to enforce
this newly established law. A third
component to the Foreign Aid Bill
is economic assistance was cuts to
Turkey because of their aggression
against the Kurds, its actions to
Cypress, and the blockade of Armenia. There was also a provision
to strip direct U.S. assistance away
from Azerbaijan because of their
blockade on Armenia. The Assembly achieves all of these victories,
"Not as beggars.. .but in the point-
of-view of U.S. national interest."
They convince congress that
Armenia's future is in U.S. policy
interest.
The Armenian Assembly
is also spearheading a project called
ANI. It will become an independent institute, but a subsidiary of
the Armenian Assembly which will
be in charge of the estimated $15
million project (for the first phase)
of the complete documentation of
See ASSEMBLY, Page 8
Armenian Studies Donations and Books
The Armenian Studies Program, its Sahatdjian Library and Avedian Archives, would
like to thank the following individuals for their generous donations.
Gifts
Armena Russian of Fresno has donated a collection of Armenian and English language
books on Armenian subjects.
Ellen S arkisian Chesnut of San Francisco sent a number of items from the estate of Anna
Akilian Terzian of Yettem and San Francsico including a copy of her 1921
graduation certificate from the Tebrotzasser Girls School in Constantinople and a
cassette of Armenian music.
Hilda Sapsezian ofFresno, at the request of her father Rev. Dr. Hagop Chakmakjian
(1900-1996) of the Armenian Evangelical ministery and long time Pastor of Pilgrim
Congregational Church, has donated a large portion of his personal library.
Karnig (Carl) Mahakian of Palm Springs for a constant flow of books, old clippings,
pamphlets, and memorabilia related to Armenia and the Armenians, especially recent
materials on artist Arman Manougian of Hawaii and documents related to establishing
that Armenians belong to the Caucasian race.
Levon Jamgochian of Wheaton, Maryland for a collection of art catalogues and clippings
devoted to his painting.
Margaret (Paregian) Shaphren of Santa Rosa, California has donated three boxes of
Armenian language books and periodicals formerly belonging to her mother and
father, Gadar (Catherine) and Charles (Garabed) Paregian ofFresno.
Martin M. Tourigian, painter-composer, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania for two acrylic
paintings, 31 new Armenian songs, and a one act play, to be added to his already
numerous donations.
Nectar Avedian of Fresno has donated four boxes of Armenian books.
Ray Kaloosdian of Fresno for a bound photocopy edition of K. S. Papazian, Patriotism
Perverted, Boston: Baikar Press, 1934.
Walter Karabian of Los Angeles for photocopies of a letter from Helen Shamlian, daughter
of John Andikian, about William Saroyan, and two inscribed Saroyan title pages.
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Director of the Armenian Studies Program, would like to
thank the authors and publishers for the following books and periodicals.
Books
ABEGHIAN, ARTASHES Goethe Schaus-piele (Goethe's Plays], translation and commentary, Yerevan: Press ofthe Museum for Art & Literature, 1995,285 pages, offered
by Rusan Abeghian of San Francisco along with a number of papers and letters about
her father.
ARAX, MARK In My Father's Name: A Family, a Town, a Murder, New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1996,399 pages. Mr. Arax is a CSUF graduate in journalism.
AUPING, MICHAEL, DORE ASHTON, MATTHEW SPENDER, Arshile Gorky, The
Breakthrough Years, New York: Rizzoli, 1995, 188 pages, profusely illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue for the Modem Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, and the
National Gallery of Art, Washington.
B ARTEVE, REINE, Le Disir dufiguier, Paris: Editions Tres T6t Theatre, 1995,82 pages,
the latest play by the French Armenian playwright
BERBERIAN,VAHE, Pages from a Diary, edited by Ralph Setian, Glendale: Arvest
Publications, 1996,87 pages, richly illustrated with black and white color plates. A
luxuriously produced collective tribute to artist and author Berberian donated by Dr.
Meher Babian of Glendale.
ChutikHalleakan, Kleine Sammlung armenologischer Untersuchungen, edited by Walter
Beltz and Armenouhi Drost-Abgarjan, Hallesche Beitrage zur Qrientwissenschaft,
vol. 20, Halle, 1995,194 pages, a volume of six articles in German on Armenian
language and literature published by the Oriental Institute of the Martin Luther
University in Halle.
DADOUR, ARMEN, Symphony, Selected Short Stories, Essays, Literary Appreciation,
Memoirs, Travel Notes, Humor, Thoughts, Northridge, CA, 1996, title in Armenian
and English, text entirely in Armenian, 627 pages. Available through the author:
18501 Mayall Street Unit F, Northridge, CA 91324.
DADRIAN, VAHAKN, The Treatment ofthe Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Parliament and Its Historical Analysis (in Armenian with English title), Boston: Baikar,
1995,147 pages with bibliography.
DADRIAN, VAHAKNN., The History ofthe Armenian Genocide, Ethnic Conflict from the
Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus, Providence-Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1995,
xxviii, 452 pages, with index and bibliography. Prof. Dadrian's most inclusive book
on the Armenian Genocide and the best documented work on the subject.
DARWENT, BRIAN, editor, Saroyan Memoirs, with an introduction, London: Minerva
Press, 1994,189 pages, a collection of Saroyan's reflections on famous people.
DER MUGRDECHIAN, BOB, Anushavan: The Intrepid Survivor, Fresno, 1995, 158
pages; available through the author 3827 E. Butler, Fresno, CA 93702. Biography of
the grandfather of Barlow Der Mugrdechian.
Enquete, sociologie, histoire, anthro-pologie, vol. 2 (1996), Usages de la tradition, 222
pages; an annual review available through Editions Pardntheses, 72, cours Julien,
13002 Marseille, France.
GOOLKASIAN, PETER AHARON, My Story, Belmont, MA, 1994, ix, 86 pages, pub-
lishedby the author, 113Fairview Ave.,Belmont MA 02178-3022. "A vivid life story
of a child who experienced and survived the Armenian Genocide (1915) and recounts
this extraordinary saga at the age of 84."
HANSON, VICTOR DAVIS, The Other Greeks, The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots
of Western Civilization, New York: The Free Press, 1995, xvi, 541 pages.
HILL, FIONA, "Russia's Tinderbox," Conflict in the North Caucsus and Its Implications for
the Future ofthe Russian Federation, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Kennedy
School of Government, 1995,108 pages, and 8 pages of maps and bibliography.
Hushsamatean Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktzut'ean. Albom-Atlas [Souvenir Book ofthe
Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Album-Atlas], vol. I Heroic War (1890-1914),
Los Angeles, 1992 xiii, 261 pages, text entirely in Armenian, large format luxurious
album, profusely illustrated with photos of early Armenian Revolutionaries. Volume
donated by the Armenian National Committee ofFresno.
KAREKIN I, Catholicos of All Armenian, Echmiatsin Is Mission. Thoughts and Sermons
April-December, 1995, Los Angeles: Western Diocses ofthe Armenian Church, 1996,
63 pages illustrated.
KASSABIAN, ANAHID, Music in the Age ofPostdisciplinarity, special issue ofStanford
Humanities Review, vol. 3/2 (autumn, 1993), viii, 201 pages.
KEYISHIAN, HARRY, Critical Essays on William Saroyan, New York: G. K. Hall, 1995,
xviii, 192 pages, with index. An important collection of essays on Saroyan's writing,
including Harold Aam Veeser, "Saroyan and the Armenian Past" a review article of
An Armenian Trilogy, edited by D. Kouymjian and published by the CSUF Press, and
D. Kouymjian, "Whitman and Saroyan: Singing the Song of America."
KHURSHUDIAN, LENDRUSH Haykakan Hartze [The Armenian Question], Erevan,
1995,98 pages.
MELKONIAN, ZAREH, Keank'ov, ev masampk' norin, Banasteghdzutiwnner, Collected
Poems in Armenian, Fremont CA, 1995,263, vii pages; available through the author:
42987 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont CA 94539.
Oratzoytz 1996, Church Cfl/e/ttfo/ypublished by All Saviour Cathedral, New Julfa, Iran, a
gift of Archbishop Goriwn Babian.
Proceedings, The Second InternationalSymposiumon Armenia Lingusitics (21-23 September 1987), edited by L. Hovsepian, N. Pamasian, and S. Simonian, 2 vols., Yerevan:
Armenian Academy Press, 1993, 244, 253 pages, articles in Armenian, English,
French, and Russian.
SHAHNAZARIAN, SEMPAD, Genocide, written in Brownsville, Texas in 1976, unpublished; computered generated version by his son Arsen A. Shahnazarian of Fairfield,
California, iv, 89 pages, plus 18 pages of photographs.
SIMONIAN, S. and J. WEITBERG, editors, Computers in Armenian Philology, Yerevan:
Armenian Academy Press, 1993,101 pages, seven articles in English and French.
SMITH, CHARLES D., Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 3rd edition, New York: St.
Martin's Press, 1996,358 pages.
TEMISJIAN, KHATOUNE, ANNA-MARIA FOLCO, NOURHAM OUZOUNIAN, editors, La LangueArmenienne.Defis etEnjeux, Montreal, University of Montreal Press,
1995, xii, 319 pages. Proceedings of a conference held in June 1994,15 articles and
two roundtable panels on Armenian language, teaching and community structure with
a detailed bibliography, pp. 299-319.
VEESER, H. ARAM, Confessions ofthe Critics, New York: Routledge, 1996, xxvii, 284
pages, 23 essays on autobiographical criticism.
VEESER, H. ARAM, TheNewHistoricism, New York-London: Routeldge, 1989, xvi, 318
pages; 20 essays on a new wave in literary criticism.
VERLUISE, PIERRE, Armenia in Crisis, The 1988 Earthquake, translated from French by
Levon Chorbajian with a foreword by Gerard Chaliand, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995,xxxi, 162 pages, offered by Mr. Verluise through Berdj Achdjian of
Paris.
ZUCKERMAN, CONSTANTINE, A Repertory of Published Armenian Translation of
Classical Texts, with an Appendix by Abraham Terian, revised by Michael E. Stone,
Jerusalem: institute of African and Asian Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
1995,44 pages.
Due to space considerations the Pamphlets, Articles, Periodicals, and Bulletins
recieved will be included in the next issue. Music donations are on the back page.