Talia Housik
When Houri Berberian became the Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair
in Armenian Studies at UCI in 2016, she had a vision of what the School
of Humanities program could become.
With the aid of donors (Southern California is home to the nation’s
largest Armenian community), her vision is coming into focus with a
comprehensive approach to Armenian history, including courses such as
“Armenians and Armenia in Modern World History” and “Armenians and
Armenia in Ancient to Early Modern World History.” But Berberian wanted
to add more depth to the curriculum.
For her, that meant creating a language series in Western Armenian.
