Armenian studies

Notable scholars who have worked in the field of Armenian studies

Early scholars

• Maturin Veyssière La Croze, historian and orientalist
• Lord Byron, English poet
• Marie-Félicité Brosset, French orientalist
• Johann Heinrich Hübschmann, German philologist
• Victor Langlois, French historian
• Arthur Leist, German writer, journalist and translator
• Mkhitar Sebastatsi, the founder of Mechitarist Congregation
• Mikayel Chamchian, Mechitarist monk and historian
• Ghevont Alishan, Mechitarist historian

  Modern scholars

• Manouk Abeghian, scholar of literature and folklore
• Hrachia Adjarian, linguist, etymologist, philologist
• Nicholas Adontz, historian
• Arakel Babakhanian , historian
• Karapet Basmadjian historian
• Robert Pierpont Blake
• Grigor Ghapantsyan
• Yaroslav Dashkevych, 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, archaeologist
• Toros Toramanian, architectural historian
• Vahan Kurkjian, historian
• Sirarpie Der-Nersessian, art historian
• Joseph Orbeli, Orientalist
• Josef Markwart, historian, orientalist
• Alexey Jivelegov, historian
• Nikolai Marr, Russian historian, archaeologist, and linguist
• Antoine Meillet, French linguist
• Stepan Malkhasyants, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer
• Sen Arevshatyan, historian
• Mary Kilbourne Matossian
• Stephan Astourian, Professor of History and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley
• Armen Ayvazyan, historian, political scientist
• Walter Bachmann, architectural historian, traveller
• Vahan Baibourtian, historian
• Peter Balakian, poet, writer and academic
• Rouben Paul Adalian
• Hagop Barsoumian, historian
• Hrach Bartikyan, academician
• George Bournoutian, historian at Iona College
• Peter Charanis
• S. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA
• Vahakn Dadrian, sociologist, historian, genocide scholar
• Charles Dowsett
• Paul Essabal, linguist
• Rouben Galichian, cartographer, map researcher
• Vartan Matiossian, historian
• Aram Ter-Ghevondyan, historian
• Vartan Gregorian,, historian
• Edmund Herzig, historian
• Robert H. Hewsen, Professor Emeritus of History at Rowan College
• Tessa Hofmann, historian
• Richard G. Hovannisian, Professor Emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History, UCLA
• Edward Jrbashian, literary critic
• Raymond Kévorkian, historian
• Hranush Kharatyan, ethnographer
• Dickran Kouymjian, writer, publisher, editor, historian
• David Marshall Lang
• Gerard Libaridian, historian
• Theo Maarten van Lint, Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at the University of Oxford
• Christina Maranci, art and architectural historian, Tufts University
• Louise Nalbandian, historian
• Vrej Nersessian, 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
• Alexander Sahinian, architectural historian
• Gagik Sarkisyan, historian
• John A. C. Greppin
• Michael E. Stone, professor emeritus of Armenian Studies and of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Ronald Grigor Suny, historian
• Jean-Michel Thierry
• Giusto Traina
• Robert W. Thomson
• Cyril Toumanoff
• Bagrat Ulubabyan, writer and historian
• Armen Hakhnazarian, expert on architecture
• Samvel Karapetian, historian and expert on medieval architecture
• Bert Vaux, linguist at University of Cambridge, expert on Armenian dialects, phonology
• Claude Mutafian, historian
• Levon Zekiyan, scholar
• Artsvi Bakhchinyan, philologist, film researcher
• Suren Yeremian, historian, cartographer
• Karen Yuzbashyan, historian, orientalist
• Ara Sanjian, historian
• Sebouh Aslanian, historian at UCLA, Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History
• Razmik Panossian, political studies and history

  Armenian studies programs

Worldwide and online

• 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 /

  Cyprus

• University of Cyprus

  France

• Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

  Iran

• University of Isfahan /
• Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch /

  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
• - Publication series "Armenier im östlichen Europa – Armenians in Eastern Europe"

  Hungary

• 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, Armenian Studies Programme

  United Kingdom

• Oxford University / Faculty of Oriental 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 Armeanian 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

Periodicals