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, Europe, 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, 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
- Yaroslav Dashkevych, archaeographer, archivist, historian, studied Kipchak-Armenian documents, doctor of historical sciences
- Anaïd Donabédian 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
- 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 van Lint, historian
- Christina Maranci, art and architectural historian, Tufts University
- Louise Nalbandian
- 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
- 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
Brasil
- 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
Lebanon
- Haigazian University / Faculty of Humanities
Netherlands
- Universiteit Leiden – Department of Near Eastern Studies / Armenian Studies Program
Romania
- Babeș-Bolyai University – Institute of Armenology
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
- Glendale Community College / Armenian Studies
- Harvard University / Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Iona College / History and Political Science
- Rutgers University
- 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
| 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 | 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 |
| ' | 1975— | National Association for Armenian Studies & Research | Belmont, Massachusetts |
| ' | 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 |