Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium
Fresno Film Premiere of “Back to Ashtarak”
Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United StatesCo-sponsored by Hamazkayin Fresno Taniel Varoujan Chapter Film screening and discussion with Director Tigran Nersisian and Producer Armen Karaoghlanian “Back to Ashtarak” is a documentary about its director, who returns to his hometown of Ashtarak in Armenia to relive the happiest moments of his childhood.
The First Decision of the Armenian Genocide and the Role of the Kurds in Ottoman Documents
Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United StatesReception-6:00PM Presentation-7:00PM Live Streamed at https://bit.ly/armenianstudiesyoutube Based on newly available Ottoman documents, Dr. Akçam will revisit the question of the final decision to exterminate the Armenian population. He will show that the first decision to exterminate Armenians, contrary to the common belief in the field, was not taken in February-March 1915 but way early, at… Continue reading The First Decision of the Armenian Genocide and the Role of the Kurds in Ottoman Documents
Dr. Dennis Papazian: Reflections on an Armenian-American Journey
Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United StatesBorn ninety years ago in the pre-WWII, pre-civil rights American South of Armenian immigrant parents from Istanbul, Turkey, Dr. Dennis Papazian reflects on a quintessentially twentieth-century American life shaped by the challenges of the immigrant experience, his family’s struggle to create a life in a new land, and his determined efforts to secure an education… Continue reading Dr. Dennis Papazian: Reflections on an Armenian-American Journey
The Shadows of 1915
Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United StatesIn-person and live-streamed on YouTube:https://bit.ly/armenianstudiesyoutube How long is the shadow of genocide? How does it affect the offspring of the survivors? And how do survivors and their families retain a belief in justice when atrocities go unpunished? These are some of the questions addressed in Jerry Burger’s novel, The Shadows of 1915. The story takes… Continue reading The Shadows of 1915
Artsakh: The Photographer’s Eye!
Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United Statesco-sponsored by the Armenian General Benevolent Union, Greater Fresno Chapter Since 1992, Hrair Hawk Khatcherian has been capturing the eternal images of Artsakh (Mountainous Karabakh) which he shares with his readers in this book. His travels started in 1988, with his involvement and participation in various Armenian diaspora activities related to the Karabakh Movement. Inspired… Continue reading Artsakh: The Photographer’s Eye!
The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United StatesIn-person lecture. Also Live-streamed at https://bit.ly/armenianstudiesyoutube The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire traces how Armenian migrants changed the demographic and cultural landscape of Istanbul and Western Anatolia in the course of the 17th century. In subsequent centuries, Ottoman Armenian merchants, financiers (sarrafs), authors, musicians, translators, printers and bureaucrats… Continue reading The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire