# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Many medieval Armenian manuscripts come with a warning: harm this book, and face a curse. Scribes, sponsors, or owners of manuscripts often used curses to safeguard manuscripts from theft, damage, pawning, or misuse and, far from being casual additions at the end of the book, these curses reveal how deeply manuscripts were valued. They were not only containers of sacred text and knowledge but also cherished objects tied to community, faith, and survival. By invoking biblical figures like Judas, Cain, or the Serpent as models of punishment, they transformed manuscripts into guardians of memory, giving them an active role in protecting both themselves and the people who were commemorated in them.
This talk explores these vivid, overlooked curses and shows how they made Armenian manuscripts into more than books: they became living witnesses of cultural anxiety, resilience, and hope.

Dr. David Zakarian is the Haig and Isabel Berberian Endowed Chair of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno. He holds a BA and MA in English Language and Literature from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Master of Studies in Classical Armenian and a DPhil in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford. His doctoral thesis focused on the representation of women in early Christian Armenian texts.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fremont/medieval-book-curses-how-armenians-guarded-their-manuscripts/200028986400544
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Fremont
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Grosse Industrial Technology Bldg. Rm 101 Auditorium
- **lat**: 37.50753
- **long**: -121.95579
- **full address**: Grosse Industrial Technology Bldg. Rm 101 Auditorium, 4253 Technology Dr, Fremont, CA 94538-6339, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts being held?
  - **A:** Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts takes place on Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm at Grosse Industrial Technology Bldg. Rm 101 Auditorium, 4253 Technology Dr, Fremont, CA 94538-6339, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts?
  - **A:** Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts is organized by Armenian Studies Program, Fresno State.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fremont, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Medieval Book Curses: How Armenians Guarded Their Manuscripts sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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