Armenian studies
Encyclopedia
Armenian studies, or Armenology is a field of humanities covering Armenia
n history
, language
, religion
and culture
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Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n history
History of Armenia
Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat. The original Armenian name for the country was Hayk, later Hayastan , translated as the land of Haik, and consisting of the name Haik and the suffix '-stan' ....
, language
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
, religion
Religion in Armenia
97% of Armenians follow Christianity, which has existed in Armenia for over 1,700 years. Armenia has its own church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, which most Armenians follow...
and culture
Culture of Armenia
The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the people. The culture is similar to and yet distinct from many of the bordering countries like Russia, Georgia and Iran as well as Mediterranean nations such as Greece...
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Early scholars
- Lord Byron (1788–1824)
- Ghevond Alishan (1820-1901)
- Mikayel ChamchianMikayel ChamchianMikayel Chamchian was an Armenian Mekhitarist monk and historian.-Career:Chamchian was born in Istanbul and trained as a jeweler by the imperial jeweler Mikayel Chelebi Diuzian. He joined the Mekhitarian order in Venice in 1762.In 1774 he was appointed instructor of Armenian language in the...
(1738–1823) - Mekhitar Sebastatsi (also known as Abbot Mkhitar) (1676–1749), founder of Mekhitarist CongregationMechitaristsThe Mechitarists , are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1712 by Abbot Mechitar of Sebastia. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts.-History:Their eponymous...
Modern Armenian scholars
- Arakel BabakhanianArakel BabakhanianArakel Grigori Babakhanian was an Armenian historian, publicist, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State University . He is recognized as an authoritative historian on Armenia and is best known as the author of the multivolume History of Armenia...
(1860-1932) - Nicholas AdontzNicholas AdontzNicholas Adontz was a prominent Armenian historian, specialist of Byzantine and Armenian studies, and philologist. Adontz was the author of the Armenia in the Period of Justinian, a highly influential work and landmark study on the social and political structures of early Medieval Armenia.-Early...
(1871-1942) - Ashkharbek KalantarAshkharbek KalantarAshkharbek Kalantar was an Armenian archaeologist, historian. He had important role in founding of archaeology in Armenia. Born in Armenian noble family of Loris-Meliks, he graduated St.Petersburg University in 1911 under Nicholas Marr...
(1884-1942) - Manouk AbeghianManouk AbeghianManuk Abeghian was a scholar of Armenian literature and folklore. He is the author of a comprehensive history of Armenian literature, the Russian translation of which is entitled, Istoriya drevnearmyanskoi literatury, and of a volume on Armenian folklore, the German translation of which is...
(1865-1944) - Vahan KurkjianVahan KurkjianVahan M. Kurkjian was an Armenian author, historian, teacher, and community leader.In 1904, in Cairo, he published the Armenian newspaper Loussaper , in the pages of which he and other intellectuals called for a national union for the Armenian people...
(1863 -1961) - Joseph OrbeliJoseph OrbeliJoseph Orbeli , 1887 – February 2, 1961) was a renowned Soviet orientalist and academician of Armenian descent who specialized in medieval history of Southern Caucasus and administered the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951...
(1887-1961) - Sirarpie Der-NersessianSirarpie Der-NersessianSirarpie Der Nersessian was an Armenian art historian who specialized in Armenian and Byzantine studies. Der Nersessian was a renowned academic and a pioneer in Armenian art history. She taught at several institutions in the United States, including Wellesley College in Massachusetts and as Henri...
(1896-1989) - Karen YuzbashyanKaren YuzbashyanKaren Yuzbashyan was an Armenian historian-orientalist and expert on medieval Byzantine-Armenian relations. Yuzbashyan was the author of over 200 books and articles in his lifetime on the political, legal, and cultural aspects and relations of the two countries and a researcher on the development...
(1927-2009) - Sen ArevshatyanSen ArevshatyanSen S. Arevshatyan is an Armenian scholar, whose works are devoted to the history of ancient and medieval Armenian philosophy and historical sources. He is also specialized in the publication of critical texts and scientific translations of medieval works. Arevshatyan was awarded the State Prize...
- Stephan Astourian, Professor of History and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
- Peter BalakianPeter BalakianPeter Balakian is a poet, writer and academic, the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of Humanities at Colgate University.- Life :...
- Hagop BarsoumianHagop BarsoumianHagop Barsoumian was born on the 1st of September, 1936 in Aleppo, Syria. He was an Armenian scholar who concentrated on Armenology, in particular studies of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Dr...
- Hrach BartikyanHrach BartikyanHrach Mikayeli Bartikyan is an Armenian academician and specialist on Byzantine and Armenian studies. The author of over 200 books, articles and monographs, he is a full member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences and heads its Department of the Middle Ages...
- S. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA
- Vahakn DadrianVahakn DadrianVahakn N. Dadrian , currently the director of Genocide Research at Zoryan Institute, is a professor of sociology, and an internationally-renowned expert on the Armenian genocide.-Biography:...
- Nina G. Garsoian, Emeritus, (Armenian history and civilization), Columbia University
- Dickran Kouymjian, California State University, FresnoCalifornia State University, FresnoCalifornia State University, Fresno, often referred to as Fresno State University and synonymously known in athletics as Fresno State , is one of the leading campuses of the California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA.The campus sits at the foot of...
- Levon Marashlian, Professor of History at Glendale Community CollegeGlendale Community College (California)Glendale Community College is a community college in Glendale, California, USA. It was founded to serve the needs of the people in the Glendale Union High School District which at the time included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga...
- Richard G. HovannisianRichard G. HovannisianRichard G. Hovannisian is an American historian and scholar. He was born and raised in Tulare, California. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles. He was also Associate Professor of History at...
, Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History at the University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses... - Stepan MalkhasyantsStepan MalkhasyantsStepanos Sargsi Malkhasyants was a notable Armenian academician, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer. As an expert in classical Armenian literature, Malkhasyants wrote the critical editions and translated the works of many classical Armenian historians into modern Armenian and contributed 70...
- Hakob Manandyan
- Vrej NersessianVrej NersessianThe Reverend Dr. Vrej Nersessian is the Curator of the Christian Middle East Section at the British Library, London....
- Dennis Papazian, Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn
- Gagik Sarkisyan
- Aram Ter-GhevondyanAram Ter-GhevondyanAram Ter-Ghevondyan was a preeminent Armenian historian and scholar who specialized in the study of historical sources and medieval Armenia's relations with the Islamic world and Oriental studies. His seminal work, The Arab Emirates in Bagratuni Armenia, is an important study on the Bagratuni...
- Jean-Michel ThierryJean-Michel ThierryJean-Michel Thierry de Crussol is a French physician and art historian. His specialities are in Byzantine and Armenian art.He was born on August 13, 1916 in Bagnères de Luchon, France. He studied and got his education in Paris...
- Bagrat UlubabyanBagrat UlubabyanBagrat Arshaki Ulubabyan was an Armenian writer and historian, known most prominently for his work on the histories of Nagorno-Karabakh and Artsakh.-Early life and education:...
- Suren YeremyanSuren YeremyanSuren Tigrani Yeremyan was an Armenian historian and cartographer who specialized in the studies concerning the formation of the Armenian nation and pre-medieval Armenia and the Caucasus...
International scholars
- Marie-Félicité BrossetMarie-Félicité BrossetMarie-Félicité Brosset was a French orientalist who specialized in Georgian and Armenian studies.He was born in Paris into the family of a poor merchant who died the same year that Brosset was born...
(1802-1880) - Johann Heinrich HübschmannJohann Heinrich HübschmannJohann Heinrich Hübschmann was a German philologist, born at Erfurt. He studied Oriental philology at Jena, Tübingen, Leipzig, and Munich; in 1876 became professor of Iranian languages at Leipzig, and in 1877 professor of comparative philology at Strassburg. He was the first to put the Armenian...
(1848-1908) - Arthur LeistArthur LeistArthur Leist was a German writer, journalist and translator of Georgian and Armenian literature.He was born and educated at Breslau. During the Russo-Turkish War , he got interested in the Caucasus. After his three visits to Georgia between 1884 and 1892, Leist decided to permanently settle in...
(1852-1927) - Antoine MeilletAntoine MeilletPaul Jules Antoine Meillet was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. Meillet began his studies at the Sorbonne, where he was influenced by Michel Bréal, Ferdinand de Saussure, and the members of the Année Sociologique. In 1890 he was part of a research trip to the...
(1866-1936) - Robert Pierpont BlakeRobert Pierpont BlakeRobert Pierpont Blake was an American Byzantinist and scholar of the Armenian and Georgian cultures.Robert P. Blake was born in San Francisco on November 1, 1886. As a John Harvard Traveling Fellow, he chiefly studied and worked, between 1911 and 1918, in Russia where he mastered Russian and began...
(1886-1950) - Cyril ToumanoffCyril ToumanoffCyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff was an United States-based historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, the Byzantine Empire, and Iran...
(1913-1997) - David Marshall LangDavid Marshall LangDavid Marshall Lang , was a Professor of Caucasian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was one of the most productive British scholars who specialized in Georgian, Armenian and ancient Bulgarian history.David M...
(1924-1991) - Peter CharanisPeter CharanisPeter Charanis was a Greece born American scholar of Byzantium and the Voorhees Professor of History at Rutgers University. Dr. Charanis was long associated with the Dumbarton Oaks research library.Dr. Charanis was born in Lemnos, Greece...
(1908-1985) - Charles DowsettCharles dowsettCharles James Frank Dowsett was the first Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian at the University of Oxford from 1965 to 1991...
(1924-1998) - Tessa HofmannTessa HofmannTessa Hofmann is a scholar of Armenian studies and sociology, PhD, research scholar at the Free University of Berlin. She studied at the Department of Slavonic Languages and Literature, as well as Armenian studies and sociology at the Free University of Berlin.Hofmann is a member of the Society...
- Giusto TrainaGiusto TrainaGiusto Traina is an Italian historian and Professor of Roman history at the Paris-Sorbonne University.He is the author of several books and articles . Formerly interested in ancient landscapes and techniques, he is currently involved in a long-term research about ancient Armenia.He was awarded the...
- James R. RussellJames R. RussellJames Robert Russell is a scholar and professor in Ancient Near Eastern, Iranian and Armenian Studies. He has published extensively in journals, and has written several books....
- Robert H. HewsenRobert H. HewsenRobert H. Hewsen or Hewsenian is Professor Emeritus of History at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey and is an expert on the ancient history of the South Caucasus.-Biography:...
- Robert W. ThomsonRobert W. ThomsonRobert William Thomson is retired Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at Oxford University.When an Armenian Studies Professorship was established in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Harvard University in 1969, Thomson was appointed to the chair which was subsequently named in...
- Bert VauxBert VauxBert Vaux teaches phonology and morphology at the University of Cambridge. Previously, he taught for nine years at Harvard and three years at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Vaux specializes in phonological theory, dialectology, field methodology, and languages of the Caucasus...
Armenological Centers and Associations
- Department of Armenian Studies at Haigazian UniversityHaigazian UniversityHaigazian University was founded in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. It offers programs leading to Bachelor's degrees in the Arts and Sciences, as well as Master's degrees in the Arts. All degrees from Haigazian are recognized by both the Lebanese government and the Association of International Colleges...
, Beirut, Lebanon - Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Armenology Research National Center
- Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG)
- Armenian National Institute
- Gomidas Institute
- International Association for Armenian Studies (I.A.A.S)
- National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
- Zoryan InstituteZoryan InstituteThe Zoryan Institute was established in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1982, and The Zoryan Institute of Canada, was merged in Toronto in 1984, as a non-profit research institute...
USA Armenian Studies Programs
- Arizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityArizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
/ Russian and East European Studies Consortium - California State University Fresno / Armenian Studies Program
- California State University Northridge / Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
- Clark UniversityClark UniversityClark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
/ Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
/ Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures - Glendale Community CollegeGlendale Community College (California)Glendale Community College is a community college in Glendale, California, USA. It was founded to serve the needs of the people in the Glendale Union High School District which at the time included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga...
/ Armenian Studies - Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
/ Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations - Iona CollegeIona CollegeIona College may refer to:* Iona College , New Rochelle, New York, USA* Iona College , Australia* Iona College , Hawkes Bay, New Zealand* Iona Presentation College, Perth, Western Australia...
/ History and Political Science - Tufts UniversityTufts UniversityTufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
/ 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 ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
/ 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 Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Wesleyan UniversityWesleyan UniversityWesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
- Worcester State CollegeWorcester State CollegeWorcester State University is a public, four-year college founded in 1874 as Worcester Normal School in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. Although WSC traditionally has an emphasis on education, business, and biotechnology, the College offers Bachelors and Masters degrees in over 20 academic...
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Worldwide Armenian Studies Programs
- Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of JerusalemThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
/ Armenian Studies Program - Haigazian UniversityHaigazian UniversityHaigazian University was founded in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. It offers programs leading to Bachelor's degrees in the Arts and Sciences, as well as Master's degrees in the Arts. All degrees from Haigazian are recognized by both the Lebanese government and the Association of International Colleges...
- Institut National des Langues et Civilisations OrientalesInstitut national des langues et civilisations orientalesThe Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales is located in Paris, France. It was founded in 1795 after the French Revolution and is now one of the country's Grands établissements with a specialization in African, Asian, East European, Oceanian languages and civilisations...
- Oxford University / Faculty of Oriental Studies
- Université Catholique de LouvainUniversité catholique de LouvainThe Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
/ Institut Orientaliste - Universiteit Leiden
- University of CyprusUniversity of CyprusThe University of Cyprus is a public coeducational university established by the Republic of Cyprus in 1989. It admitted its first students in 1992 and has currently approximately 6000 students .-History:...
- Martin Luther Universität Halle-WittenbergUniversity of Halle-WittenbergThe Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg within Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
/ Institut für Orientalistik - University of São PauloUniversity of São PauloUniversidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
/ Faculty of Armenian Language and Literature - The Armenian Virtual College - AGBU http://www.avc-agbu.org
Armenological Periodicals
- BazmavepBazmavepBazmavep is an Armenological magazine an Armenian one of the oldest continuous publication in Europe, at the Monastery of the Mekhitarist Fathers, Venice, Italy....
(Venice, Italy; since 1843, of the Mekhitarist CongregationMechitaristsThe Mechitarists , are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1712 by Abbot Mechitar of Sebastia. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts.-History:Their eponymous...
in Venice) - Banber Yerevani Hamalsarani (of the Yerevan University)
- Echmiadzin (of the Mother See of Holy EtchmiadzinMother See of Holy EtchmiadzinMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin is the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the worldwide Armenian Apostolic Church and the Pontifical Residence of the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians....
) - Haigazian Armenological ReviewHaigazian Armenological ReviewThe Haigazian Armenological Review is an academic journal specializing in Armenian studies and published annually since 1970 by the Department of Armenian Studies at Haigazian University. It is a multilingual journal publishing articles in , and occasionally in other languages.-External links:**...
(of Haigazian UniversityHaigazian UniversityHaigazian University was founded in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. It offers programs leading to Bachelor's degrees in the Arts and Sciences, as well as Master's degrees in the Arts. All degrees from Haigazian are recognized by both the Lebanese government and the Association of International Colleges...
) - Handes AmsoryaHandes AmsoryaHandes Amsorya Handes Amsorya Handes Amsorya (in is an academic journal that publishes research papers and articles on Armenian history, art, social sciences, linguistics and philology. It was established in 1887 by the Mekhitarian order in Vienna. The title means Monthly Review in Armenian....
(Vienna, Austria; since 1887, of the Mekhitarist CongregationMechitaristsThe Mechitarists , are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1712 by Abbot Mechitar of Sebastia. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts.-History:Their eponymous...
in Vienna) - Hask Armenological ReviewHask Armenological ReviewHask Armenological Review , was an annual publication on Armenian studies published by the Catholicosate of the Great See of Cilicia ....
(of the Holy See of Cilicia) - Journal of Armenian Studies
- Journal of the Society of Armenian Studies
- Patma-Banasirakan Handes (of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences)
- Revue des Études ArméniennesRevue des Études ArméniennesRevue des Études Arméniennes is a prominent French language academic journal dedicated to the study of Armenian history, art history, philology, linguistics, literature. The journal was founded by two French scholars who specialized in Armenian studies in Paris in 1920, Frédéric Macler and Antoine...
- Tatev Armenological Yearbook
External links
- Fundamental Scientific Library of the NAS
- A digital library on Armenian literature, language and history
- The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
- UCLA: Armenian Studies
- Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno
- Armenian Studies: Harvard University
- Armenian Studies: Hebrew University
- Armenian Studies: University of Michigan
- Armenian Studies: University of São Paulo
- Armenology Research National Center
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