The Armenian community remains a vibrant part of CSUN, and Los Angeles — as April is Armenian Heritage Month, and April 24th is nationally recognized at Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the CSUN University Library invites our community to explore the below resources and stories, including past blog posts and virtual book displays.
As we celebrate Armenian Heritage this month, we should also recognize how Armenian culture and identity shows up in our present moment — from Artsakh and continued the displacement from the Nagorno-Karabakh wars, to the movements in the United States to include Armenians in the census.
In addition to links and reflections from our blog archives, we encourage our CSUN community to explore these resources and others, to learn more about Armenian heritage and community issues.
From the Blog archives (includes reading recommendations and e-resources of interest):
- Observing Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Cited blog post, April 2023)
- The University Library Commemorates Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Cited blog post, April 2021)
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is April 24 (Cited blog post, April 2020)
CSUN resources and links:
- CSUN Armenian Studies Program (ASP) Website
- CSUN’s Armenian organizations educate students about culture and history (Sundial, May 2023)
- ASP celebrates 40-year anniversary of first Armenian language course (Sundial, September 2023)
Los Angeles resources and links:
- USC launches inaugural Armenian History Month celebrations with opening ceremony (The Daily Trojan, April 5, 2024)
- Events of interest through Los Angeles Public Library
About MENA/SWANA and Armenian Census Count Issues:
- ‘We exist’: New Middle Eastern or North African census category helps community members feel seen (NBC, April 2024)
- Armenian-American organizations condemn erasure of Armenians in MENA checkbox by Biden Administration, calling move “grave attack on the civil rights of hundreds of thousands of Americans” (Armenian National Committee of America West Region, March 2024)
- Armenian MENA Checkbox – Facts (Advocacy group)
- “Count Armenians on the US Census” – Armenian Action Network (Advocacy group)
About Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
- Fleeing Artsakh: Q &A with Armenian Studies Professor Vahram Shemmassian (CSUN Today, October 2023)
- Explainer: What is happening between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh? (Reuters, September 2023)
- Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen? (CNN, September 2023)
- ‘RS Interview: Special Edition’ With Serj Tankian (Rolling Stone, December 2020)
- Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun (Video from BBC, November 2020)
