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Armenian Studies Program
California State University, Fresno
Contact: Barlow Der Mugrdechian, 559-278-4930
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Fax: 559-278-2129
Email: [email protected]
Visit the Armenian Studies Program Web Page at
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/
`David of Sassoun' Volume to be Formally Launched at Fresno State
Dr. Vida Samiian, dean of the College of Arts & Humanities will give
the opening remarks at a formal book-launching of the new volume,
David of Sassoun: Critical Essays on the Armenian Epic , at 7:30 PM on
Thursday, November 21, 2013, in the Industrial Technology Building
Auditorium, Room 101 (SE corner of Barstow and Campus Drive), on the
Fresno State campus.
David of Sassoun is volume 4 in the Armenian Series of The Press at
California State University, Fresno, established by the Armenian
Studies Program and generously funded by the M. Victoria Karagozian
Kazan and Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Endowment. The publication of
volume 4 was also made possible through a grant from the Dolores
Zohrab Liebmann Fund.
Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Barlow Der Mugrdechian, co-editor
of David of Sassoun with Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, will discuss the
history behind the epic and why the discovery of a new variant in
California became so important. Der Mugrdechian will outline how the
book was conceived and the significance of the articles by the
contributing scholars.
Dr. Sergio La Porta, Haig & Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian
Studies at Fresno State, will give concluding remarks for the evening.
David of Sassoun is a collection of essays by the world's foremost
scholars on the great oral epic of Armenia: by Charles Dowsett,
Dickran Kouymjian, Aram Ter-Ghevondian, Earl R. Anderson, Chaké Der
Melkonian-Minassian, Frédéric Feydit, Arpiné Khatchadourian, Aram
Tolegian, Chaké Der Melkonian-Minassian, Vahé Oshagan, and includes an
original poem on David by Ashough Hovnani.
The epic poem has survived until the 1970s orally, passed on,
generation after generation, for more than a thousand years by
anonymous village bards.
Today it is recognized as the Armenian epic, with much to learn about
Armenian culture encompassed in its pages.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Parking is available after 7:00PM in Lots K, L or Q. Use parking code
273404 to receive a free parking pass.
Copies of David of Sassoun will be available after the book launch.
For more information on the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669.
From: A. Papazian
Armenian Studies Program
California State University, Fresno
Contact: Barlow Der Mugrdechian, 559-278-4930
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Fax: 559-278-2129
Email: [email protected]
Visit the Armenian Studies Program Web Page at
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/
`David of Sassoun' Volume to be Formally Launched at Fresno State
Dr. Vida Samiian, dean of the College of Arts & Humanities will give
the opening remarks at a formal book-launching of the new volume,
David of Sassoun: Critical Essays on the Armenian Epic , at 7:30 PM on
Thursday, November 21, 2013, in the Industrial Technology Building
Auditorium, Room 101 (SE corner of Barstow and Campus Drive), on the
Fresno State campus.
David of Sassoun is volume 4 in the Armenian Series of The Press at
California State University, Fresno, established by the Armenian
Studies Program and generously funded by the M. Victoria Karagozian
Kazan and Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Endowment. The publication of
volume 4 was also made possible through a grant from the Dolores
Zohrab Liebmann Fund.
Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Barlow Der Mugrdechian, co-editor
of David of Sassoun with Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, will discuss the
history behind the epic and why the discovery of a new variant in
California became so important. Der Mugrdechian will outline how the
book was conceived and the significance of the articles by the
contributing scholars.
Dr. Sergio La Porta, Haig & Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian
Studies at Fresno State, will give concluding remarks for the evening.
David of Sassoun is a collection of essays by the world's foremost
scholars on the great oral epic of Armenia: by Charles Dowsett,
Dickran Kouymjian, Aram Ter-Ghevondian, Earl R. Anderson, Chaké Der
Melkonian-Minassian, Frédéric Feydit, Arpiné Khatchadourian, Aram
Tolegian, Chaké Der Melkonian-Minassian, Vahé Oshagan, and includes an
original poem on David by Ashough Hovnani.
The epic poem has survived until the 1970s orally, passed on,
generation after generation, for more than a thousand years by
anonymous village bards.
Today it is recognized as the Armenian epic, with much to learn about
Armenian culture encompassed in its pages.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Parking is available after 7:00PM in Lots K, L or Q. Use parking code
273404 to receive a free parking pass.
Copies of David of Sassoun will be available after the book launch.
For more information on the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669.
From: A. Papazian