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Armenian Studies Program
California State University, Fresno
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
`The Armenian Genocide: A Centennial Exhibition, 1915-2015'
organized by the Armenian Studies Program
to Open Friday, April 10 at the Henry Madden Library, Fresno State
The Armenian Studies Program is organizing a major presentation, `The
Armenian Genocide: A Centennial Exhibition, 1915-2015 ' in the Leon
S. Peters Second Floor Ellipse of the Henry Madden Library at Fresno
State.
The Exhibition opens on Friday, April 10, from 6:00-8:00PM, with a
reception co-hosted with the Friends of the Madden Library, held at
the Second Floor Ellipse. The reception and the exhibition are free
and open to the public, but it is requested that reservations be made
by going to the website http://pawsforms.csufresno.edu/rsvp/reply
(enter code AGR). The exhibit will be open from April 10-May 29, 2015.
`The Armenian Genocide' features the newly released =80=9CIconic
Images of the Armenian Genocide,' which includes photographs of the
Armenian Genocide assembled as an instructional guide for Human Rights
Education, provided by the Armenian National Institute (ANI), the
Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), and the Armenian Assembly
of America (Assembly).
As more and more photographs of the Armenian Genocide are uncovered,
and as the `Iconic Images' exhibit illustrates, the general outline of
the main events that defined the genocide can now be illustrated with
compelling and dramatic images that survive from that era.
The photographs were collected from numerous repositories, sources and
individuals, including the US National Archives, Library of Congress,
Near East Foundation, Oberlin College Archives, University of
Minnesota Library, California State University, Fresno Armenian
Studies Program, Republic of Armenia National Archives, Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute, AGBU Nubarian Library, Armenian Assembly of
America, Armenian National Institute collections, Maurice Kelechian,
and National Geographic photographer Alexandra Avakian. Another
important part of the Exhibit is `The First Refuge and the Last
Defense: The Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide.'
The exhibit explains the importance of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin during the Armenian Genocide and examines the vital
leadership role played by the clergy during the Armenian Genocide,
especially the all-important intervention of His Holiness Catholicos
Gevorg V Sureniants in alerting world leaders about the massacres,
effectively issuing the first `early warning' of an impending
genocide.
Other sections of the Exhibition are devoted to the Armenian
immigration story and to the experience of Armenians in Fresno.
A special showing of `Churches of Historic Armenia: A Legacy to the
World,' photographs from the collection of Richard and Anne Elbrecht
will be displayed on the third floor of the Madden Library at the same
time as `The Armenian Genocide' exhibition on the second floor.
Special thanks to Dr. Rouben Adalian of the Armenian National
Institute, to Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western
Diocese of the Armenian Church, to historian Randy Baloian and
archivist Malina La Porta for assisting Armenian Studies Program
Director Barlow Der Mugrdechian in making the exhibition possible.
Free parking is available in Fresno State parking lots P30 and P31 at
the Shaw and Barton Ave. entrance of the University, near the Madden
Library.
For more information about the presentation please contact the
Armenian Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.
California State University, Fresno
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
`The Armenian Genocide: A Centennial Exhibition, 1915-2015'
organized by the Armenian Studies Program
to Open Friday, April 10 at the Henry Madden Library, Fresno State
The Armenian Studies Program is organizing a major presentation, `The
Armenian Genocide: A Centennial Exhibition, 1915-2015 ' in the Leon
S. Peters Second Floor Ellipse of the Henry Madden Library at Fresno
State.
The Exhibition opens on Friday, April 10, from 6:00-8:00PM, with a
reception co-hosted with the Friends of the Madden Library, held at
the Second Floor Ellipse. The reception and the exhibition are free
and open to the public, but it is requested that reservations be made
by going to the website http://pawsforms.csufresno.edu/rsvp/reply
(enter code AGR). The exhibit will be open from April 10-May 29, 2015.
`The Armenian Genocide' features the newly released =80=9CIconic
Images of the Armenian Genocide,' which includes photographs of the
Armenian Genocide assembled as an instructional guide for Human Rights
Education, provided by the Armenian National Institute (ANI), the
Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), and the Armenian Assembly
of America (Assembly).
As more and more photographs of the Armenian Genocide are uncovered,
and as the `Iconic Images' exhibit illustrates, the general outline of
the main events that defined the genocide can now be illustrated with
compelling and dramatic images that survive from that era.
The photographs were collected from numerous repositories, sources and
individuals, including the US National Archives, Library of Congress,
Near East Foundation, Oberlin College Archives, University of
Minnesota Library, California State University, Fresno Armenian
Studies Program, Republic of Armenia National Archives, Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute, AGBU Nubarian Library, Armenian Assembly of
America, Armenian National Institute collections, Maurice Kelechian,
and National Geographic photographer Alexandra Avakian. Another
important part of the Exhibit is `The First Refuge and the Last
Defense: The Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide.'
The exhibit explains the importance of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin during the Armenian Genocide and examines the vital
leadership role played by the clergy during the Armenian Genocide,
especially the all-important intervention of His Holiness Catholicos
Gevorg V Sureniants in alerting world leaders about the massacres,
effectively issuing the first `early warning' of an impending
genocide.
Other sections of the Exhibition are devoted to the Armenian
immigration story and to the experience of Armenians in Fresno.
A special showing of `Churches of Historic Armenia: A Legacy to the
World,' photographs from the collection of Richard and Anne Elbrecht
will be displayed on the third floor of the Madden Library at the same
time as `The Armenian Genocide' exhibition on the second floor.
Special thanks to Dr. Rouben Adalian of the Armenian National
Institute, to Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western
Diocese of the Armenian Church, to historian Randy Baloian and
archivist Malina La Porta for assisting Armenian Studies Program
Director Barlow Der Mugrdechian in making the exhibition possible.
Free parking is available in Fresno State parking lots P30 and P31 at
the Shaw and Barton Ave. entrance of the University, near the Madden
Library.
For more information about the presentation please contact the
Armenian Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.