Armenian studies

Armenian studies, or Armenology (Armenian: հայագիտություն) is a field of humanities covering Armenian history, language, religion and culture.

Scholars of Armenian Studies

Early scholars

• Lord Byron (1788–1824)
• Ghevond Alishan (1820-1901)
• Mikayel Chamchian (1738–1823)
• Mekhitar Sebastatsi (also known as Abbot Mkhitar) (1676–1749), founder of Mekhitarist Congregation

Modern Armenian scholars

• Arshak Alboyajian
• Leo (1860-1932)
• Nicholas Adontz (1871-1942)
• Ashkharbek Kalantar (1884-1942)
• Manouk Abeghian (1865-1944)
• Vahan Kurkjian (1863 -1961)
• Joseph Orbeli (1887-1961)
• Sirarpie Der-Nersessian (1896-1989)
• Karen Yuzbashyan (1927-2009)
• Sen Arevshatyan
• Stephan Astourian, Professor of History and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley
• Peter Balakian
• Hagop Barsoumian
• Hrach Bartikyan
• George Bournoutian
• S. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA
• Vahakn Dadrian
• Nina G. Garsoïan, Emeritus, (Armenian history and civilization), Columbia University
• Dickran Kouymjian, California State University, Fresno
• Levon Marashlian, Professor of History at Glendale Community College
• Richard G. Hovannisian, Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History at the University of California, Los Angeles
• Stepan Malkhasyants
• Hakob Manandyan
• Vrej Nersessian
• Dennis Papazian, Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn
• Simon Payaslian
• Gagik Sarkisyan
• Aram Ter-Ghevondyan
• Jean-Michel Thierry
• Bagrat Ulubabyan
• Suren Yeremyan

International scholars

• Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802-1880)
• Tim Greenwood
• Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848-1908)
• Edmund Herzig
• Arthur Leist (1852-1927)
• Nikolay Marr
• Antoine Meillet (1866-1936)
• Robert Pierpont Blake (1886-1950)
• Cyril Toumanoff (1913-1997)
• David Marshall Lang (1924-1991)
• Peter Charanis (1908-1985)
• Charles Dowsett (1924-1998)
• Tessa Hofmann
• Giusto Traina
• James R. Russell
• Robert H. Hewsen
• Robert W. Thomson
• Theo M. van Lint
• Bert Vaux

Armenological Centers and Associations

• Department of Armenian Studies at Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon
• Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) at Harvard University
• 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 Institute

USA Armenian Studies Programs

• 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
• Glendale Community College / Armenian Studies
• Harvard University / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
• Iona College / History and Political Science
• 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 Wisconsin–Milwaukee
• Wesleyan University
• Worcester State College

The Armenian Virtual College - AVC http://www.avc-agbu.org

Worldwide Armenian Studies Programs

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Armenian Studies Program
• Haigazian University
• Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
• Oxford University / Faculty of Oriental Studies
• Université Catholique de Louvain / Institut Orientaliste
• Universiteit Leiden
• University of Cyprus
• Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Institut für Orientalistik
• University of São Paulo / Faculty of Armenian Language and Literature
• The Armenian Virtual College - AGBU [1]

Armenological Periodicals

• Bazmavep (Venice, Italy; since 1843, of the Mekhitarist Congregation in Venice)
• Banber Yerevani Hamalsarani (of the Yerevan University)
• Echmiadzin (of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin)
• Haigazian Armenological Review (of Haigazian University)
• Handes Amsorya (Vienna, Austria; since 1887, of the Mekhitarist Congregation in Vienna)
• Hask Armenological Review (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 Arméniennes
• 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
• http://aiea.fltr.ucl.ac.be/centres/pays.htm
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