Hrach Bartikyan
Encyclopedia
Hrach 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. He is also a member of several academic institutions, including the Greek Academy of Sciences, the Tiberian Academy of Rome
Byzantium Research Fellowship of Greece and is an honorary member of the Greek Civilization Establishment.
and graduated from there in 1945. A year later, his family repatriated to the Soviet Republic of Armenia. He applied and was granted admission to Yerevan State University
. Bartikyan received his degree in history in 1953 and subsequently found work at the Institute of History at the Armenian Academy of Sciences
. In 1972, he received his Doktor nauk
.
during the Middle Ages. A number of his articles have centered on the Paulician and Tondrakian
heretical sects and on the level of Armenian influence found in the Byzantine epic poem, Digenis Acritas
). In the 1960s, he initiated a translation project which aimed to translate important medieval Byzantine sources that related information about Armenia and Armenians (known under the entire series name of Otar Aghbyurnere Hayastani yev hayeri masin, Օտար աղբյուրները Հայաստանի և հայերի մասին) into Armenian. From 1967 onwards, Bartikyan translated and wrote the introductions of select parts of Procopius
's (The Wars of Justinian, 1967; The Secret History, 1987), Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus's (De Administrando Imperio
, 1970), John Scylitzes's (Synopsis of Histories, 1979) and Theophanes the Confessor
's (Chronicle, 1984) histories. Bartikyan also translated the twelfth century chronicle of the Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa
from classical to modern Eastern Armenian
.
In addition to being the author of several articles and chapters in the eight-volume work History of the Armenian People (1970-1984), he wrote numerous entries on notable Byzantine and late medieval Armenian political and military figures, events, regions and cities in the 12-volume Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (1974-1986).
Along with fellow Soviet Byzantine scholars such as Alexander Kazhdan
, Bartikyan has regularly attended and delivered papers at the International Byzantine Congresses. In April 2005, Bartikyan was awarded the Armenian President's Prize, which is "granted to successful candidates of art, culture and science," in the category of humanities.
, 1961. "Замeтки o Византийскoм эпoce o Дигeнce Aкpитe
." Византийский временник, т. 25, 1964. "La généalogie du Magistros Bagarat, Catépan de l'Orient, et des Kékauménos." Revue des Études Arméniennes
. N.S. 2, 1965. "L'enoikion à Byzance et dans la capitale des Bagratides, Ani, à l'époque de la domination byzantine (1045-1064)." Revue des Études Arméniennes. N.S. 6, 1969. "Հայաստանի նվաճումը Բյուզանդական կայսրության կողմից" ("The Byzantine Conquest of Armenia"). Patma-Banasirakan Handes. № 2 (49), 1970. Hellenismos kai Armenia. Athens: Hidryma Goulandre-Chorn, 1991.
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
academician and specialist on Byzantine
Byzantine studies
Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, costumes, religion, art, such as literature and music, science, economy, and politics of the Byzantine Empire. The discipline's founder in Germany is considered to be the philologist Hieronymus...
and Armenian studies
Armenian studies
Armenian studies, or Armenology is a field of humanities covering Armenian history, language, religion and culture.- Early scholars :*Lord Byron *Ghevond Alishan *Mikayel Chamchian...
. The author of over 200 books, articles and monographs, he is a full member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences
Armenian Academy of Sciences
The Armenian Academy of Sciences is the primary body that conducts research in and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in the Republic of Armenia. It was founded on November 29, 1943...
and heads its Department of the Middle Ages. He is also a member of several academic institutions, including the Greek Academy of Sciences, the Tiberian Academy of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
Byzantium Research Fellowship of Greece and is an honorary member of the Greek Civilization Establishment.
Education
Born in Athens, Greece, Bartikyan received his education at a Greek gymnasiumGymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
and graduated from there in 1945. A year later, his family repatriated to the Soviet Republic of Armenia. He applied and was granted admission to Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University is a university in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded on May 16 1919, it is the largest university in the country with 110 departments. Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents , and 360 assistant lecturers...
. Bartikyan received his degree in history in 1953 and subsequently found work at the Institute of History at the Armenian Academy of Sciences
Armenian Academy of Sciences
The Armenian Academy of Sciences is the primary body that conducts research in and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in the Republic of Armenia. It was founded on November 29, 1943...
. In 1972, he received his Doktor nauk
Doktor nauk
Doktor nauk is a higher doctoral degree, the second and the highest post-graduate academic degree in the Soviet Union, Russia and in many post-Soviet states. Sometimes referred to as Dr. Hab. The prerequisite is the first degree, Kandidat nauk which is informally regarded equivalent to Ph.D....
.
Career
Bartikyan's studies have tended to focus on the social movements and political and cultural relations between Armenians and the Byzantine EmpireByzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
during the Middle Ages. A number of his articles have centered on the Paulician and Tondrakian
Tondrakians
Tondrakians were members of an anti-feudal, heretical Christian sect that flourished in medieval Armenia between the early 9th century and 11th century and centered around the city of Tondrak, north of Lake Van in Western Armenia.-History:...
heretical sects and on the level of Armenian influence found in the Byzantine epic poem, Digenis Acritas
Digenis Acritas
Digenes Akrites , known in folksongs as Digenes Akritas , is the most famous of the Acritic Songs. The epic details the life of its eponymous hero, Basil, a man, as the epithet signifies, of mixed Roman and Syrian blood...
). In the 1960s, he initiated a translation project which aimed to translate important medieval Byzantine sources that related information about Armenia and Armenians (known under the entire series name of Otar Aghbyurnere Hayastani yev hayeri masin, Օտար աղբյուրները Հայաստանի և հայերի մասին) into Armenian. From 1967 onwards, Bartikyan translated and wrote the introductions of select parts of Procopius
Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History...
's (The Wars of Justinian, 1967; The Secret History, 1987), Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus's (De Administrando Imperio
De Administrando Imperio
De Administrando Imperio is the Latin title of a Greek work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII. The Greek title of the work is...
, 1970), John Scylitzes's (Synopsis of Histories, 1979) and Theophanes the Confessor
Theophanes the Confessor
Saint Theophanes Confessor was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy, who became a monk and chronicler. He is venerated on March 12 in the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church .-Biography:Theophanes was born in Constantinople of wealthy and noble iconodule parents: Isaac,...
's (Chronicle, 1984) histories. Bartikyan also translated the twelfth century chronicle of the Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa
Matthew of Edessa
Matthew of Edessa was an Armenian historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa . Matthew was the superior abbot of Karmir Vank' , near the town of Kessoun, east of Marash , the former seat of Baldwin of Boulogne...
from classical to modern Eastern Armenian
Eastern Armenian language
Eastern Armenian is one of the two standardized forms of modern Armenian , the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form pluricentric language....
.
In addition to being the author of several articles and chapters in the eight-volume work History of the Armenian People (1970-1984), he wrote numerous entries on notable Byzantine and late medieval Armenian political and military figures, events, regions and cities in the 12-volume Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (1974-1986).
Along with fellow Soviet Byzantine scholars such as Alexander Kazhdan
Alexander Kazhdan
- Soviet :Born in Moscow, Kazhdan was educated at the Pedagogical Institute of Ufa and the University of Moscow, where he studied with the historian of medieval England, Evgenii Kosminskii...
, Bartikyan has regularly attended and delivered papers at the International Byzantine Congresses. In April 2005, Bartikyan was awarded the Armenian President's Prize, which is "granted to successful candidates of art, culture and science," in the category of humanities.
Selected publications
Источники для изучения истории павликианского движения. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of SciencesArmenian Academy of Sciences
The Armenian Academy of Sciences is the primary body that conducts research in and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in the Republic of Armenia. It was founded on November 29, 1943...
, 1961. "Замeтки o Византийскoм эпoce o Дигeнce Aкpитe
Digenis Acritas
Digenes Akrites , known in folksongs as Digenes Akritas , is the most famous of the Acritic Songs. The epic details the life of its eponymous hero, Basil, a man, as the epithet signifies, of mixed Roman and Syrian blood...
." Византийский временник, т. 25, 1964. "La généalogie du Magistros Bagarat, Catépan de l'Orient, et des Kékauménos." Revue des Études Arméniennes
Revue des Études Arméniennes
Revue 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...
. N.S. 2, 1965. "L'enoikion à Byzance et dans la capitale des Bagratides, Ani, à l'époque de la domination byzantine (1045-1064)." Revue des Études Arméniennes. N.S. 6, 1969. "Հայաստանի նվաճումը Բյուզանդական կայսրության կողմից" ("The Byzantine Conquest of Armenia"). Patma-Banasirakan Handes. № 2 (49), 1970. Hellenismos kai Armenia. Athens: Hidryma Goulandre-Chorn, 1991.
- "Armenia and Armenians in the Byzantine Epic," in Digenes Akrites: New Approaches to Byzantine Heroic Poetry (Centre for Hellenic Studies, Kings College London). David Ricks (ed.) Brookfield, Vt.: Variorum, 1993 ISBN 0-8607-8395-2. Պարթենիոս Աթենացու Պաղեստինի Կեսարիայի մետրոպոլիտի պատմություն հունաց և հայոց տարաձայնության (The History of the Controversy between Greeks and Armenians written by the Metropolitan of Caesarea of Palestine, Parthenios of Athens). Yerevan: Yerevan State University Press, 2005.