Armenian studies

Armenian studies or Armenology (, ) is a field of humanities covering Armenian history, language and culture. The emergence of modern Armenian studies is associated with the foundation of the Catholic Mechitarist order in the early 18th century. Until the early 20th century, Armenian studies were largely conducted by individual scholars in the Armenian communities of the Russian Empire (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, New Nakhichevan, Tiflis), Europe (Venice, Vienna, Paris, London, Berlin, Leipzig), Constantinople and Vagharshapat in Armenia. After the establishment of Soviet rule, Armenian studies, and sciences in general, were institutionalized in Armenia and put under direct control of the Academy of Sciences. Today, numerous research centers in many parts of the world specialize in 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 Armenian 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 Name Location Date Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Yerevan, Armenia 1995— Armenology Research National Center (ARNC) Yerevan, Armenia 2008— Armenian Institute (AI) London 2001— Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG) Washington, DC and Yerevan 2006— Armenian Library and Museum of America Watertown, MA 1985— Armenian National Institute Washington, DC 1998— Department of Armenian Studies Haigazian University (Beirut, Lebanon) Division of Armenology and Social Sciences Armenian National Academy of Sciences (Yerevan) Gomidas Institute London and Princeton, NJ 1992— International Association for Armenian Studies (IAAS) 1983— Society for Armenian Studies California State University, Fresno 1974— National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Belmont, MA 1955— Nubarian Library (La Bibliothèque Nubarian) Armenian General Benevolent Union (Paris) 1928—MESROP - interdisciplinary workgroup for Armenian Studies Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany1998— Société des Études Arméniennes (SEA) Paris 1993— Zoryan Institute Cambridge, Massachusetts and Toronto 1982—

Periodicals

Title Date Publisher Location Azgagrakan Handes 1895—1916 Yervand Lalayan Tiflis, Shusha Banber Yerevani Hamalsarani 1967— Yerevan State University Yerevan, Armenia Bazmavep 1843— Mekhitarist Congregation Venice, Italy Etchmiadzin (est. as Ararat) 1868/1944— Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Vagharshapat, Armenia Fundamental Armenology 2015— Armenian National Academy of Sciences (NASRA), sponsored by All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies; electronic biannual journal of NASRA, see fundamentalarmenology.am Yerevan, Armenia Haigazian Armenological Review 1970— Haigazian University Beirut, Lebanon Handes Amsorya 1887— Mekhitarist Congregation Vienna, Austria Hask Armenological Review — Holy See of Cilicia Antelias, Lebanon Journal of Armenian Studies 1975— National Association for Armenian Studies & Research Belmont, Massachusetts Journal of the Society of Armenian Studies 1984— California State University, Fresno Fresno, California Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri 1940— Armenian National Academy of Sciences Yerevan, Armenia Patma-Banasirakan Handes 1958— Armenian National Academy of Sciences Yerevan, Armenia Revue des Études Arméniennes 1920— University of Paris Paris, FranceSt. Nersess Theological Review1996—St. Nersess Armenian SeminaryArmonk, New York

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