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Armenians, Kurds Hold Protest Action in LA
Remember Elçi, Dink, Balikci LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Dozens of local activists and community members gathered at the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles to protest the recent assassination of human rights...
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ADAA Announces Opening of 2016 Saroyan/Paul Human Rights Playwriting Prize
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) is proud to announce that its biennial $10,000 prize for playwriting is now named the Saroyan/Paul Playwriting Prize for Human...
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Mesrobian High School Junior Appointed Montebello Youth Commissioner
MONTEBELLO, Calif.—Armenian Mesrobian High School junior Alex Manoukian was sworn in as youth commissioner for the City of Montebello by Mesrobian Alumnus Councilman Jack Hadjinian on Jan. 14....
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ADAA Announces Judges for Saroyan/Paul $10,000 Playwriting Prize
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) recently announced the honorary jury for the 2016 cycle of the biennial Saroyan/Paul $10,000 Human Rights Prize in Playwriting. Rob...
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SCSU President to Lead San Jose State
Mark Ojakian, the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system, recently announced that Mary A. Papazian will resign as president of Southern Connecticut State University...
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Paros Now Accepting Applications for ‘SERVICE Armenia’ 2016
BERKELEY, CA—Applications are now available for the Paros Foundation’s SERVICE Armenia 2016 program, which will run from June 23 to July 24. The program enables young people to travel and tour Armenia...
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NAASR LA Leadership Circle Event to Feature Bohjalian and Nazarian
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will hold a special event featuring best-selling author Chris Bohjalian acclaimed filmmaker Eric Nazarian, and award-winning filmmaker...
View ArticleArmenian Studies Program at Fresno State to Hold 28th Annual Banquet
FRESNO, Calif.—On Sun., March 6, the Armenian Studies Program of California State University, Fresno, will hold its 28th Annual Banquet at the Fort Washington Golf and Country Club in Fresno. This...
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AEF Announces 65K Donation to SARF, Scholarships to Refugee Students
GLENDALE, Calif.—At its 65th Anniversary Gala, the Armenian Educational Foundation (AEF) announced plans to donate $25,000 to the Syrian Armenian Relief Fund’s (SARF) telethon on Feb. 21, specifically...
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Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State to Hold Two-Day International...
FRESNO, Calif.—The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State is holding a major international conference on March 18-19 titled, “Empire, Politics, and War: The Armenian Genocide within the Context of...
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ANAS Launches New Book, Honors Numismatic Legend
ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Armenian Numismatic and Antiquities Society (ANAS), in partnership with the Armenian Numismatic Research Organization (ANRO), recently hosted an event on the sidelines of the...
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ARF Western Region U.S. Central Committee, Aram I Meet
GLENDALE, Calif. (Asbarez)—Within the framework of his pontifical visit to Los Angeles, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia met with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
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Dr. Khatchig Mouradian to Speak at Ararat-Eskijian Museum on Oct. 9
MISSION HILLS, Calif.—Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) present an illustrated lecture by Dr. Khatchig Mouradian titled, “Not Like a Lamb to...
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Dr. Khatchig Mouradian to Present Second Public Lecture at Fresno State
‘Don’t Fall off the Earth’: The Armenian Communities in China from the 1880’s to 1950’s Dr. Khatchig Mouradian (Clark University), Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies at California State...
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Leading Global Philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan to Deliver Keynote Address at...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The American University of Armenia (AUA) is honored to have Ruben Vardanyan deliver the keynote address at its 25th Anniversary Gala being held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Nov....
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Over 1,000 Supporters of the Armenian Cause Gather for the ANCA-WR Gala
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On Oct. 16, a stellar gathering of more than 1,000 supporters that included over 80 local, state, and federal elected officials from the Western United States, community leaders,...
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Students protest Atatürk Scholar to Leave CSUN Campus
By Robert Spallone NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (The Sundial)—Scholar George Gawrych got through no more than five sentences during his presentation on his book about Turkish army officer Mustafa Kemal Atatürk...
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Mouradian to Present Final Public Lecture in Series at Fresno State
‘A Tale of Two Midwives: The Notebooks of Siphora and Nuritza Shnorhokian of Aintab, 1890-1930’ Dr. Khatchig Mouradian (Clark University), Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies at California...
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Peaceful Armenian Student Protesters Attacked
GLENDALE, Calif.— Armenian students who peacefully protested a genocide denier’s lecture celebrating Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s career at Chapman University on Nov. 10, were attacked as the audience...
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Artsakh Leaders Outline Priorities During Meeting with ARF Western Region
GLENDALE, Calif. (Asbarez)—Ahead of the Thanksgiving Day Armenia Fund Telethon, leaders from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) delineated the priorities of the republic during a meeting with Armenian...
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