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Armenian Action
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25*
Year
October 2003
Vol 25, No. 1 (S3)
Supplement to The Collegian
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The Armenian Movement
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Advkc©
Tteenty-fife years ago, in the
Spring of 1979, Ifye Sharzhoom
beganitse;d&enceatRe3io State,
when a small group of students,
underfe direction of Dr*Dickran
Kouymjian,realizeda dream that
continues today,
"Quit f mt fecial edsi>n was
devoted to fe Armennn Geno-
c ide, and to fe re cognition of fe
genocide. Succeeding issue? have
brou^a attention to a variety of
topics,
ffye Sfoarshooxt has remaned
true to its mission to reffect fe
views of students on a variety of
be aljtt&ionaljandwor li eve nts * &
Ethe oldestc ottinuousVpublife d
stttde^i newspaper inthe world,
andfe tradition of student trwofre ■
mentremains as strong as ever,
Eveiy seme ster,ahard-wolk£ftg
gyovp of students meet to discuss
whatdxouldbe inthatseme&er^s
Ifye Sharzhoom. The process reveals fe interests of fe sDide?d£
and their curiosity and inth& way
fe newspaper retaifts as c ottiem-
poraxy interest for each new generation*
A look into fe pastissues is a
msror of Aimennn Ife,from the
concern about fe effects of as-
siadlftiori, to fe change from a
SovKt Armenia to an independent
Armenia 9 from fe change inthe
student population to reviews of
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Dr. Dickran Kouymjian Chosen as Arthur
Dadian Armenian Heritage Award Winner
Lto R: Theoctore Bousian, Q\ Dickran Kouymjian, and Azarig
rfolodan, Jr., ASA \fice Chair, Board cf Trustees.
Siyac Tvrtodu &
Efcnrra
On September 6,fe Armenian
Students Association of itanerxa
name d Dr * Dickr &ft K o\symj kft ,fe
Dr. Ara Sanjian-4th Kazan Visiting Professor
Dr. Ara Sanjian
C bu^3 TaziUP
Staff WhlTER
It's a 3>ng walk e ach Hiesday
and Thursday afternoon,,, after
teavmgthe Leon Peters Business
&Aildngwihn^bo6k-f illed backpack cm my back and wf hptop
computer hangingfromny shoui
der, 1 hastily make Hy way across
c ^tapus towar dthe Industrial Tech-
nobgy building* Upon arrival, 1
eider amonochrome classroom and
Ipreparefcrtheerauinglecture* I
quizk^ fa\d a seat and set up wf
computer as Iwaitto fearnabouta
faschathg subject matter that I
know so little about, Armenia in
fe Soviet period.
It t& clear from &^
weeklyrouthe that the
upper division Aimenian Studies topics
course f or fe R U2003
seme &er s: "Armenian
Studies 120 T: Armenia
inthe Sovfet Period*"
Ihis course is being
taught by Dr, Ara
Suxjnn Jhe 2003 Heray
S. Khazandian Kw&x
visiting professor of
Armenian Studies. Dr.
S^ftjian folbws an illustrious line of Kaz^n
visiing profe ssors, m-
cluding Dr. Richard
Hovannisian (2000),
Dr. Robert Hewsen
(2001) ^ndDr .Barbara
Merguerian (2002).
Dr. Sanjian comes to Resno
State from Haigaakri University in
Beirut ,Lebanon^he e cuirentlythe
chair of the Armennn Jbidies Fro-
gram,whichenc ompassesbcth Armenian histcay and Armenian political science. However, at
Ha Igazian University, Dr* Sanjian
not onV teaches Armenian Histcay, but Middle Eastern History,
mdfe Histcay of World Civilm-
tions. Before takitg a teaching position at Haigaakri University in
1995,Dr. Sanjian was a freekr^ce
wr le r itxboth Beirut and Yer evan.
Durrtghis seme &er-longstay
in Resno, Dr. Suxjnn will teach
twocour?es:Aimen&inthe Soviet
Period and Aimenian History 1, a
history course that chronicles fe
Armenian people from antiquity
until 1500 AD.
Dr. Smjknwillalsobegxring
toe e public lectures sponsor* dby
fe Aimenian Studies frogram,
focushg on fe topic of 'Mountainous Karaba^xhthe SovietPe-
riod."
frt &\ interview, Dr* Sanjian
said thai his stay in Resno has
given hin more tine to work on a
monographbased on Karaba^xin
fe Soviet era ,whrhwiUbe completed withinthe neMye ar.
Ihe f rstof these kcturestook
place on Wednesday, September
24 at the Alice Peters Audsorirm
onthe Resno State caucus* When
asked why he chose Id gxr< public
lectures onKaraba^x,Dr* Sanjian
explained that the study of
Karaba^xinthe Soviet era typifies
fe functioning ofthe Soviet system for fe great majority of fe
twentieth cen&rry*
Dr. Sanjian received his Masters degree in Armennn Histcay
from Yerevan £t&e diversity; he
fen went onto receive a PhD. in
Modern Middfe Eastern History
from fe School of Orierdal and
African 9udies,atthe Urtr/ersiy
of London* He ^eaksnotonV Armenian tand Ehglish,but also Arabic , FVench,Russian, and Itakish.
Professor Sanjian saidthathe
has enjoyed his stay n FTe sno finus
far,as ihas enabled hinto conduct
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Ha:g and Isabel Berber ar* Prof es-
sor of Armenian Studies alCa&for-
niaState Uhrttrsi^Resno, as their
rec^ient of the 2003 Arthur H.
DadnnArmen&n Heritage Award.
Ihis award is gfren annually to
Eftdr/iduals who preserve and
presentthe ridx Armenian culture
to fe worU. Dr. Kouyn^ian receive da phquejalongwifixalhou-
sanddolhrprise ,^fearoualASA
Aw#r ds c eremor^,whkhwashe Id
ix Itoviience ,Fhode Ishnd.
lko> award established in 1985,
wasnamedafter andmade possble
Ihrou^xthe ge r^er os fy of Arfesr H.
Dadian. Mr* Dadian was bom in
Caesark, Tudiey and came Id fe
United States xx 1920, setting in
W&tertown, MA. An advocate of
^ii^«ei education, hlr. Dadian
gyadu&ted from Harvard Colfege,
Harvard Business School and
Geo^tovnx School of Law.
Since its establishment, fe
Dadi&n award ha smade Isrmd^in
fe toneni&ft world. & » one ofthe
most prestigious awards available
to Ihose involved in research and
teaching hthe field of Aimenian
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Khatchaturian Centennial Celebrated
with Piano Concert by Sahan Arzruni
I
LtoR: AGBUmerrbersZohrabPttarian^a-Derrvljgrcled-kia-k,
Koko Kasnakjian, Haiguhi Artinian, pianist Sahan Arzruni,
Kewrk Cflaiian.CSU Fresno Keyboard Concert Series Director Andreas Werz, Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian
Studies Program, and clahndist Mies Ishigald.
Staff Writs
In cconmemoration of fe
100& bir&day of fe famous
Armenian composer Aram
Khatchaturian, fe Aimenian
Studies Program,fe Aimenian
General Benevolent Union of
Resno,andfe FViillip Lorenz
^femc"rial Keyboard Conceits,
wish ^eckl s\^port from Dr.
David Cox, co*sponsore da concert dedicated to fe late composer. World-renownedpianist
&h£ft Arzruni xakfa his return
Id Resno for a ni^tt of musical
magic * Arzruni de&^tled fe
audience with seven of
Khatchaturian^ compositions
and one encore peifcamance.
Ar2runi,bom an Aimenian in
^tanbul, is an internaticoxally
re c ognize d aut^ior ay on
Khatchaturian andhasbeenap-
pohtedthe 'full-fledged"rep-
resentatve of Aimenia H Cultural Minist^ h fe diaspora*
He has achieve dr ecognitiona s a
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