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Armenian studies or Armenology (Armenian : հայագիտություն , pronounced [hɑjɑɡituˈtsʰjun] ) 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 .[1] Today, numerous publications, research centers specializing in Armenian studies exist in many parts of the world.
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)
Yaroslav Dashkevych (1926-2010), archaeographer, archivist, historian, studied Kipchak-Armenian documents, doctor of historical sciences
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
Stephan Astourian, Professor of History and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley
Armen Ayvazyan (b. 1964), historian, political scientist
Walter Bachmann, architectural historian, traveller
Vahan Baibourtian (b. 1933), historian
Peter Balakian (b. 1951), poet, writer and academic
Rouben Paul Adalian
Hagop Barsoumian (1936–1986), historian
Hrach Bartikyan (1927–2011), academician
George Bournoutian (b. 1943), historian at Iona College
Peter Charanis (1908–1985)
S. Peter Cowe , Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA
Vahakn Dadrian (b. 1926), sociologist, historian, genocide scholar
Charles Dowsett (1924–1998)
Paul Essabal, linguist
Rouben Galichian (b. 1938), cartographer, map researcher
Vartan Matiossian (b. 1964), historian
Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (1928–1988), historian
Vartan Gregorian , (b. 1934), historian
Edmund Herzig, historian
Robert H. Hewsen (b. 1934), Professor Emeritus of History at Rowan College
Tessa Hofmann (b. 1949), historian
Richard G. Hovannisian (b. 1932), Professor Emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History, UCLA
Edward Jrbashian (1923–1999), literary critic
Raymond Kévorkian (b. 1953), historian
Hranush Kharatyan (b. 1952), ethnographer
Dickran Kouymjian (b. 1934), writer, publisher, editor, historian
David Marshall Lang (1924–1991)
Gerard Libaridian (b. 1945), historian
Theo van Lint, historian
Christina Maranci , art and architectural historian, Tufts University
Louise Nalbandian (d. 1975)
Vrej Nersessian (b. 1948), priest, curator
Christopher J. Walker , historian
Dennis Papazian, 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 (b. 1953)
Alexander Sahinian (1910–1982), architectural historian
Gagik Sarkisyan (1926-1998), historian
Ronald Grigor Suny (b. 1940), historian
Jean-Michel Thierry (1916–2011)
Giusto Traina (b. 1959)
Robert W. Thomson (b. 1934)
Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997)
Bagrat Ulubabyan (1925–2001), writer and historian
Armen Hakhnazarian (1941-2009), expert of architecture
Samvel Karapetian (b. 1961), historian and expert of medieval architecture
Bert Vaux (b. 1968), linguist
Claude Mutafian , historian
Levon Zekiyan , scholar
Artsvi Bakhchinyan (b. 1971), philologist, film researcher
Suren Yeremian (1908–1992), historian, cartographer
Karen Yuzbashyan (1927–2009), historian, orientalist
Ara Sanjian, historian
Sebouh Aslanian, historian
Razmik Panossian (b.1964), political studies and history
Armenian studies programs
Worldwide and online
In the United States
Research centers and associations
Name
Location
Date
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
1995—
Armenology Research National Center (ARNC)
Yerevan, Armenia
2008—
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—
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
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, France
Further reading
Template:Hy icon Harutyunyan, Shmavon Ṛ. Պատմագիտության զարգացումը Սովետական Հայաստանում, 1920-1963 [The development of the study of history in Soviet Armenia, 1920-1963]. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1967.
Mamigonian, Marc A. "From Idea to Reality: The Development of Armenian Studies in the U.S. from the 1890s to 1969," Journal of Armenian Studies 10/1-2 (2012-2013), pp. 153–84.
"Special Issue: Rethinking Armenian Studies: Past Present and Future," Journal of Armenian Studies 7/2 (Fall 2003).
A. Simavoryan, T. Ghanalanyan, V. Hovyan,CENTERS FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES ABROAD: ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL, Yerevan,2014 (in armenian), http://noravank.am/eng/books/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=13051
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