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HS March 2008-6.5 Change Service Requested Service Change FRESNO, CA FRESNO, Fresno, CA 93740-8001 CA Fresno, Permit No. 262 No. Permit 5245 N. Backer Ave. M/S PB 4 PB M/S Ave. Backer N. 5245 PAID and Armenian Students Organization Students Armenian and U.S. Postage U.S. Armenian Studies Program Studies Armenian Non-Profit California State University, Fresno University, State California HYE SHARZHOOM th Armenian Action 29 FA| <ARVOUM Year March 2008 Vol. 29, No. 3 (101) Ethnic Supplement to The Collegian Armenian Studies Twentieth Annual Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble Performs Banquet Slated for Saturday, April 5 in Concert in Fresno: Part of 21-City National Tour “An Evening with Dr. Kouymjian” STAFF REPORT On Tuesday evening, February The public is cordially invited 26, the Shoghaken Armenian Folk to attend the Twentieth Annual Ban- Ensemble of Armenia performed quet of the Armenian Studies Pro- in concert to an audience of more gram at California State Univer- than 400 in the Satellite Student sity, Fresno. Union at Fresno State. The eight- Dr. Kouymjian will be recog- member ensemble was on an inter- nized for his thirty-one years of national concert tour, which began service to the University as Direc- in Paris, and continued in twenty- tor of the Armenian Studies Pro- one cities in the United States, end- gram. He will be retiring in May. ing March 7 in Los Angeles. Recipients of student scholar- The Shoghaken Ensemble uti- ships for 2007-2008 will also be lizes traditional Armenian instru- recognized at the Banquet. ments such as the kanon, kamancha, duduk, dhol, oud, and shvi, to pro- Dr. Dickran Kouymjian duce a captivating and exhilarating Photo: Randy Vaughn-Dotta sound. It is one of the preeminent The Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble performed at the Saturday, April 5 traditional music ensembles in Ar- Satellite Student Union at Fresno State on Feb. 26. Net pro- ceeds of the concert benefited the Armenian Studies Program. 6:00PM-Reception menia and they proved it in a cap- tivating performance, as they pre- Photo: Barlow Der Mugrdechian 7:00PM-Banquet sented a broad spectrum of tradi- Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Haig Armenia to be present at the con- tional Armenian folk music. and Isabel Berberian Professor of cert. Mrs. Khodikyan paid special Residence Dining Hall The audience was involved in Armenian Studies at Fresno State tribute to the Ensemble and also Fresno State their rich program for the entire opened the concert with his re- made remarks on behalf of Hasmik evening. This was not only the re- marks. Special visitors Mrs. Karine Poghosyan, Minister of Culture of sult of the expert skills of the per- Khodikyan, Vice Minister of Cul- the Republic of Armenia, on the $30 per person formers, but also due to the beauti- ture of the Republic of Armenia, occasion of the Saroyan Centen- $20 for Fresno State students fully rich voices of a brother and and Mr. Davit Muradyan, Vice nial in Fresno. Mr. Muradyan, who Please send in your reservations no later than March 28. sister duo, Hasmik and Aleksan Chairman of the Writers Union of Harutyunyan. Armenia, traveled especially from SEE SHOGHAKEN PAGE 5 Class Spends Two Days Studying Church: History, Beliefs, Practices, Architecture, Art, and Music “William Saroyan at 100” Church and its role as a unifying A symposium dedicated to the 100th factor among Armenians. The stu- dents in the class learned a lot about anniversary of the birth of the the significance of the history, sac- Armenian-American author. raments, liturgy, and worship of the Armenian Church. With the participation of scholars from In studying the history of the throughout the United States. Armenians, one must understand their devotion to Christianity, which was spread in Armenia in the first Organized by the century by Saints Thaddeus and Armenian Studies Bartholomew. St. Gregory the Illu- minator converted King Drtad to Program at Christianity in 301 A.D., thus the Fresno State Armenians became the first Chris- tian nation in the world and Chris- tianity unified the entire Armenian Saturday, L. to R.: Thagik Boyadjian, Svetlana Bagdasarov, Pateel Diaspora until the present day. Mekhitarian, Jennifer Torosian, Gina Jelladian, Mary Madoyan, Catholicos Karekin II, resides in April 5, 2008 Arman Kalamkarian, and Sarkis Manavazian at the front en- the spiritual capital of Holy trance of St. Paul Armenian Church. Etchmiadzin, in Armenia. 10AM Photo: Barlow Der Mugrdechian When asked why he was taking the course, Arman Kalamkarian University Business GINA JELLADIAN said, “I took this course because tions faced by students on a quiz Center, STAFF REPORTER taken during the first session of a it’s necessary to fulfill my Arme- weekend class, Armenian Studies nian Studies Minor. Aside from A. Peters Auditorium What are the major feast days 120T-The Armenian Church, held necessity, I’m glad I took it, be- Portrait of William Saroyan celebrated in the Armenian Church? on Friday, February 8th and Satur- cause although I am an extremely Fresno State Campus during his last East Euro- What are the four true marks of the day February 9th. The course was active member in the Armenian pean trip, May 1980. (Photo Orthodox Church? How often is community and church, I was still taught by professor and deacon Free admission after Dickran Kouymjian, the Holy Oil (Muron) prepared? Barlow Der Mugrdechian. The class able to learn a great deal of infor- Warsaw Visitor, Fresno, What is it used for? discussion included a detailed his- 1991, courtesy of the These were some of the ques- tory about the Armenian Apostolic SEE CHURCH CLASS PAGE 6 author’s archive) 2 Hye Sharzhoom March 2008 Armenian Studies Program California State University, Fresno Book/Video/CD/Archival Gifts Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Pro- Armenian Studies Program gram would like to thank the donors, authors, and pub- lishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and Fall 2008 Schedule of Courses archival gifts either offered personally or to the Program. Course Units Time Day Instructor CDs/DVDs General Education Gevorg Emin, Ergaran [Songbook], songs based on 11 poems by Arts & Humanities, Area C2 Gevorg Emin (1918-1998), CD (Erevan, 2005). Gift of Artashes • ArmS 20 Arts of Armenia 3 8:00A-9:15A TTh Staff Emin. (Class #76427) All Time Armenian Favourites, Kohar Symphony Orchestra and • ArmS 20 Arts of Armenia 3 11:00A-12:15P TTh B Der Mugrdechian Choir, DVD (Hayasa Production, 2003). Gift of the Cilician (Class #72510) Catholicosate, Antelias. Patrick Cazals, director & producer, Rouben Mamoulian, l’age d’or de Broadway et d’ Hollywood, DVD, hour length film which tells • Arm 1A Elementary Armenian 4 10:30A-11:35A MWF B Der Mugrdechian the story of Rouben Mamoulian, pioneer of Broadway musicals in (Class #72508) the Golden Age of Hollywood Studios (Pairs, 2006). In English and French with appropriate subtitles, including an interview with Arts & Humanities, Area D Dickran Kouymjian on Mamoulian. Available through Horla Films • ArmS 10 Intro Armenian Studies 3 9:00A-9:50A MWF B Der Mugrdechian [[email protected] ]. Gift of the director. (Class #72509) Books • ArmS 108A Arm History I 3 9:30A-10:45A TTh B Der Mugrdechian Edward Alexander, Opus (Xlibris Corporation: 2000). Gift of the author. (Class #72511) The American Numismatic Society, American Journal of Numis- matics 19, Second Series (New York: 2007). Gift of the publisher. For more information call the Armenian Studies Program at 278-2669 Antonia Arslan, Skylark Farm, translated by Geoffrey Brock (New or visit our offices in the Peters Business Building, Room 384. York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006). Gift of Alfred A. Knopf Publishers. Get a Minor in Armenian Studies. Check on requirements Peter L. Bergen, The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader, (New York: Free Press, 2006). Gift of Rev. Fr. for the Minor in Armenian Studies in the 2008-2009 catalog: Sipan Mekhsian. http://www.csufresno.edu/catoffice/current/armstudhd.html Vahram Dadrian, To The Desert, translated from the Armenian by Agop J. Hacikyan (New York: Taderon Press, 2003). Gift of Dr. Letter to the Editor Are you planning to move or Joan Bergstrom. Dear Editor: Barlow Der Mugrdechian, editor, The Armenian Bible. A Sympo- have moved? sium Celebrating the 1600th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Armenian Alphabet and the Translation of the Bible into Armenian Please find enclosed a small donation to assist you in the publication Do you know someone who (Burbank: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church, 2007,) 130 and mailing of Hye Sharzhoom. I find your articles very interesting would enjoy reading Hye pages. Gift of the editor. and I enjoy reading them. Thank you for sending Hye Sharzhoom to Sharzhoom? Archpriest Fr. Hovsep Hagopian, Tiroch Khorane [The Altar of me. Contact us to add your name God], (California: 2007). Gift of the author. Sincerely, to our mailing list. Mary M. Kandalian-Aslanian, Here & There (Yerevan: 2007). Gift Greg Dabanian of the author. Belmont, CA Christina Maranci, Medieval Armenian Architecture. Construction of Race and Nation, Hebrew University Armenian Studies, no. 2 (Leuven/Louvain: Peeters, 2001), viii, 282 pages. Gift of the author. Matteo Campagnolo & Marielle Martiniani-Reber, editor, From HYE SHARZHOOM Aphrodite to Melusine. Reflections on the Archaeology and the History of Cyprus (Geneva: la pomme d’or, 2007), XVI, 203 pages. Gift of Dr. Martiniani-Reber. FA| <ARVOUM Gaza à la croisée des civilizations, exhibition catalogue from the Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Genève (Geneva: Chaman, Editor Staff Writers 2007), 256 pages. Gift of Dr. Marielle Martiniani-Reber. Pateel Mekhitarian Svetlana Bagdasarov Pazmavep, Annual Armenological Review of the Mekhitarist Fathers of Venice, vol.
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