Armenian studies

Notable scholars who have worked in the field of Armenian studies

Early scholars

• Maturin Veyssière La Croze (1661–1739), historian and orientalist
• Lord Byron (1788–1824), English poet
• Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802–1880), French orientalist
• Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848–1908), German philologist
• Victor Langlois (1829–1869), French historian
• Arthur Leist (1852–1927), German writer, journalist and translator
• Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676–1749), the founder of Mechitarist Congregation
• Mikayel Chamchian (1738–1823), Mechitarist monk and historian
• Ghevont Alishan (1820–1901), Mechitarist historian

Modern scholars

• Manouk Abeghian (1865–1944), scholar of literature and folklore
• Hrachia Adjarian (1876–1953), linguist, etymologist, philologist
• Nicholas Adontz (1871–1942), historian
• Arakel Babakhanian (pen-name Leo) (1860–1932), historian
• Karapet Basmadjian (1864–1942) historian
• Robert Pierpont Blake (1886–1950)
• Grigor Ghapantsyan (1887–1957)
• Yaroslav Dashkevych (1926–2010), archaeographer, archivist, historian, studied Kipchak-Armenian documents, doctor of historical sciences
• Anaïd Donabédian-Demopoulos linguist, INaLCO Paris, specialist in syntax, corpus linguistics, teaching of Armenian as a second language
• Ashkharbek Kalantar (1884–1942), archaeologist
• Toros Toramanian (1864–1934), architectural historian
• Vahan Kurkjian (1863–1961), historian
• Sirarpie Der-Nersessian (1896–1989), art historian
• Joseph Orbeli (1887–1961), Orientalist
• Josef Markwart (1864–1930), historian, orientalist
• Alexey Jivelegov (1875–1952), historian
• Nikolai Marr (1865–1935), Russian historian, archaeologist, and linguist
• Antoine Meillet (1866–1936), French linguist
• Stepan Malkhasyants (1857–1947), philologist, linguist, and lexicographer
• Sen Arevshatyan (1928–2014), historian
• Mary Kilbourne Matossian (1930-2023)
• Stephan Astourian, Professor of History and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley
• Armen Ayvazyan (born 1964), historian, political scientist
• Walter Bachmann, architectural historian, traveller
• Vahan Baibourtian (born 1933), historian
• Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic
• Rouben Paul Adalian
• Hagop Barsoumian (1936–1986), historian
• Hrach Bartikyan (1927–2011), academician
• George Bournoutian (1943–2021), historian at Iona College
• Peter Charanis (1908–1985)
• S. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA
• Vahakn Dadrian (1926–2019), sociologist, historian, genocide scholar
• Charles Dowsett (1924–1998)
• Paul Essabal, linguist
• Rouben Galichian (born 1938), cartographer, map researcher
• Vartan Matiossian (born 1964), historian
• Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (1928–1988), historian
• Vartan Gregorian, (1934–2021), historian
• Edmund Herzig, historian
• Robert H. Hewsen (1934–2018), Professor Emeritus of History at Rowan College
• Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), historian
• Richard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023), Professor Emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History, UCLA
• Edward Jrbashian (1923–1999), literary critic
• Raymond Kévorkian (born 1953), historian
• Hranush Kharatyan (born 1952), ethnographer
• Dickran Kouymjian (born 1934), writer, publisher, editor, historian
• David Marshall Lang (1924–1991)
• Gerard Libaridian (born 1945), historian
• Theo Maarten van Lint (born 1957), Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at the University of Oxford
• Christina Maranci, art and architectural historian, Tufts University
• Louise Nalbandian (1926-1974), historian
• Vrej Nersessian (born 1948), priest, curator
• Christopher J. Walker (1942-2017), historian
• Dennis Papazian (1931-2023), Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn
• Simon Payaslian, Professor of History at Boston University
• James R. Russell (born 1953)
• Alexander Sahinian (1910–1982), architectural historian
• Gagik Sarkisyan (1926–1998), historian
• John A. C. Greppin (1937–2016)
• Michael E. Stone (born 1938), professor emeritus of Armenian Studies and of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Ronald Grigor Suny (born 1940), historian
• Jean-Michel Thierry (1916–2011)
• Giusto Traina (born 1959)
• Robert W. Thomson (1934–2018)
• Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997)
• Bagrat Ulubabyan (1925–2001), writer and historian
• Armen Hakhnazarian (1941–2009), expert on architecture
• Samvel Karapetian (1961–2020), historian and expert on medieval architecture
• Bert Vaux (born 1968), linguist at University of Cambridge, expert on Armenian dialects, phonology
• Claude Mutafian (born 1942), historian
• Levon Zekiyan, scholar
• Artsvi Bakhchinyan (born 1971), philologist, film researcher
• Suren Yeremian (1908–1992), historian, cartographer
• Karen Yuzbashyan (1927–2009), historian, orientalist
• Ara Sanjian, historian
• Sebouh Aslanian, historian at UCLA, Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History
• Razmik Panossian (born 1964), political studies and history

Armenian studies programs

Worldwide and online

• The Armenian Virtual College - AGBU
• Armenology Research National Center - ARNC
• Armenian Institute - AI

Austria

• University of Salzburg – Armenian Studies

Brazil

• University of São Paulo / Faculty of Armenian Language and Literature

Belgium

• Université Catholique de Louvain / Institut Orientaliste

Bulgaria

• Sofia University / Armenian and Caucasus Studies

Cyprus

• University of Cyprus

France

• Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

Iran

• University of Isfahan / Department of Armenian Studies
• Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch / Armenian Language Department

Israel

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Armenian Studies Program

Germany

• Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg – Oriental Institute / Department of Oriental Christian and Byzantine Studies,
• University of Jena – Caucasian Studies
• Ruhr University of Bochum – Foundation for Armenian Studies
• Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) - Publication series "Armenier im östlichen Europa – Armenians in Eastern Europe"

Hungary

• Pázmány Péter Catholic University - Department of Armenian Studies

Lebanon

• Haigazian University / Faculty of Humanities

Netherlands

• Universiteit Leiden – Department of Near Eastern Studies / Armenian Studies Program

Romania

• Babeș-Bolyai University – Institute of Armenology

Switzerland

• University of Geneva – Department of Mediterranean, Slavic, and Oriental Languages and Literatures (MESLO), Armenian Studies Programme

United Kingdom

• Oxford University / Faculty of Oriental Studies
• Programme of Armenian Studies, independent body based in London

United States

• Arizona State University / Russian and East European Studies Consortium

• Boston University

• California State University Fresno / Armenian Studies Program

• California State University Northridge / Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

• Clark University / Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

• Columbia University / Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures

• Harvard University / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

• Iona University / History and Political Science

• Rutgers University

• St. Nersess Armeanian Seminary

• Tufts University / Armenian Art and Architectural History

• University of California at Berkeley / Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

• University of California at Los Angeles / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations / Armenian Studies Program

• University of Chicago / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

• University of Michigan at Ann Arbor / Armenian Studies Program

• University of Michigan–Dearborn / Armenian Research Center

• University of Southern California / Institute of Armenian Studies

• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

• Wesleyan University

• Worcester State College

Research centers and associations

Periodicals

References

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