SOCIETY FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Armenian Weekly
December 22, 2009

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) recently announced its new
Executive Council for 2010, following its annual meeting on Dec. 10
in Boston. The officers are: Prof. Kevork B. Bardakjian, president;
Marc Mamigonian, vice president; Dr. Bedross Der Matossian, secretary;
Hovann Simonian, treasurer; Prof. Richard Hovannisian, councilor;
Sylva Manoogian, councilor; and Prof. Christina Maranci, councilor.

The SAS is grateful to outgoing President Prof. Richard Hovannisian
and to departing Executive Council members Prof. Ara Sanjian and Dr.

Anahid Keshishian for their dedicated service.

During the past year, SAS marked its 35th anniversary with a major
conference at UCLA entitled "Armenian Studies at a Threshold" and a
banquet that highlighted the Society’s record of accomplishments. It
now looks forward to continuing its mission with renewed zeal and
effort, and to expanding its support from the Armenian public.

The SAS was founded in 1974 by a group of scholars from the
universities of California, Columbia, and Harvard on the initiative of
Richard Hovannisian, Dickran Kouymjian, Nina Garsoian, Avedis Sanjian,
and Robert Thomson. It is dedicated to the development of Armenian
studies as an academic discipline.

Its aims are to promote the study of Armenian culture and society,
including history, language, literature, and social, political,
and economic questions; to facilitate the exchange of scholarly
information pertaining to Armenian studies around the world; and to
sponsor panels and conferences on Armenian studies.

The programs of the Society include publication of a newsletter on
its activities and on current research on Armenia; publication of the
Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies; and the encouragement,
sponsorship, and publication of research on all facets of Armenian
culture and society.

The SAS Secretariat is located at the Armenian Studies Program
of California State University, Fresno. For more information,
visit , email
barlowd@csufresno.edu, or write to Armenian Studies Program,
California State University, Fresno, 5245 N Backer Ave. PB4, Fresno,
CA 93740-8001.