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Armenian studies

{{Short description|Field of research}}

{{Expand Russian|topic=cult|date=September 2022|Арменистика}}

Armenian studies or Armenology ({{langx|hy|հայագիտություն}}, {{IPA|hy|hɑjɑɡituˈtʰjun|pron}}) 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.{{cite book|title=Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia Volume 6|title-link=Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia|chapter=Հայագիտություն|date=1980|pages=[https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BB:%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_(Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia)_6.djvu/130 130–133]|language=hy}} 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=

=Modern scholars=

Armenian studies programs

=Worldwide and online=

  • [http://www.avc-agbu.org The Armenian Virtual College - AGBU]
  • [http://www.armenology.net Armenology Research National Center - ARNC]
  • [https://www.armenianinstitute.org.uk/ Armenian Institute - AI]

= Austria =

  • University of Salzburg – Armenian Studies{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=205986|title=Armenische Studien 2016–2019 – Universität Salzburg|website=www.uni-salzburg.at|language=de|access-date=2020-02-07}}

= Brazil =

= Belgium =

= Bulgaria =

  • Sofia University / [https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/faculties/faculty_of_classical_and_modern_philology/resources Armenian and Caucasus Studies]

= Cyprus =

= France =

= Iran =

= Israel =

= Germany =

  • Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg – Oriental Institute / Department of Oriental Christian and Byzantine Studies,
  • University of Jena – Caucasian Studies{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-jena.de/en/Studies/Study+programme/MA_Caucasian_Studies.html|title=Caucasian Studies|website=www.uni-jena.de|access-date=2020-02-07|archive-date=2020-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207070449/https://www.uni-jena.de/en/Studies/Study+programme/MA_Caucasian_Studies.html|url-status=dead}}
  • Ruhr University of Bochum – Foundation for Armenian Studies{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutsches-stiftungszentrum.de/stiftungen/stiftung-f%C3%BCr-armenische-studien|title=Stiftung für Armenische Studien|date=2016-03-30|website=Deutsches Stiftungszentrum|language=de|access-date=2020-02-07}}
  • [https://www.leibniz-gwzo.de/de/forschung/wissenstransfer-und-vernetzung/wissen-zeigen/redaktion-armoe Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)] - Publication series "Armenier im östlichen Europa – Armenians in Eastern Europe"{{Cite web|title=Armenier im östlichen Europa - Armenians in Eastern Europe|url=https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/literatur-sprach-und-kulturwissenschaften/kulturwissenschaft/40019/armenier-im-oestlichen-europa-armenians-in-eastern-europe|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage|language=de}}

= Hungary =

  • [http://btk.ppke.hu/en/academics/institutes-and-departments/institute-of-history/department-of-armenian-studies Pázmány Péter Catholic University - Department of Armenian Studies]

= Lebanon =

= Netherlands =

= Romania =

= Switzerland =

  • University of Geneva – Department of Mediterranean, Slavic, and Oriental Languages and Literatures (MESLO), Armenian Studies Programme {{Cite web|url=https://www.unige.ch/lettres/meslo/unites/armenien/accueil/|title=Unité d'Arménien, DÉPARTEMENT DES LANGUES ET DES LITTÉRATURES MÉDITERRANÉENNES, SLAVES ET ORIENTALES|date=2 May 2007 |access-date=2021-08-06}}

= United Kingdom =

  • Oxford University / Faculty of Oriental Studies
  • [http://progarmstud.org.uk Programme of Armenian Studies], independent body based in London

= United States =

Research centers and associations

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! Location

! Date

Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute

| Yerevan, Armenia

| 1995—

[http://www.armenology.net/ Armenology Research National Center] (ARNC)

| Yerevan, Armenia

| 2008—

[https://www.armenianinstitute.org.uk/ Armenian Institute] (AI)

| London

| 2001—

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110193401/http://www.aiprg.net/ Armenian International Policy Research Group] (AIPRG)

| Washington, DC and Yerevan

| 2006—

Armenian Library and Museum of America

| Watertown, MA

| 1985—

[http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ Armenian National Institute]

| Washington, DC

| 1998—

Department of Armenian Studies

| Haigazian University (Beirut, Lebanon)

|

[http://www.sci.am/resorgs.php?langid=1 Division of Armenology and Social Sciences]

| Armenian National Academy of Sciences (Yerevan)

|

Gomidas Institute

| London and Princeton, NJ

| 1992—

[http://aiea.fltr.ucl.ac.be/ International Association for Armenian Studies] (IAAS)

|

| 1983—

[http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/sas/ Society for Armenian Studies]

| California State University, Fresno

| 1974—

[http://www.naasr.org/ National Association for Armenian Studies and Research] (NAASR)

| Belmont, MA

| 1955—

[http://agbu.org/education/library-research-center/ Nubarian Library (La Bibliothèque Nubarian)]

| Armenian General Benevolent Union (Paris)

| 1928—

MESROP - interdisciplinary workgroup for Armenian Studies {{Cite web|url=https://mesrop.uni-halle.de/|title=MESROP Arbeitsstelle für Armenische Studien|website=mesrop.uni-halle.de|access-date=2020-02-07}}

|Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

|1998—

[https://www.etudes-armeniennes.org/ Société des Études Arméniennes (SEA) ]

| Paris

| 1993—

Zoryan Institute

| Cambridge, Massachusetts and Toronto

| 1982—

Periodicals

class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140415160932/http://www.naasr.org/index.php/naasr-publications-site-map-menu-101/journal-of-armenian-studies-site-map-menu-129 Journal of Armenian Studies]

| 1975—

| National Association for Armenian Studies & Research

| Belmont, Massachusetts

[http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/sas/sas-journal.html 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

St. Nersess Theological Review

|1996—

|St. Nersess Armenian Seminary

|Armonk, New York

See also

{{Portal|Education|History}}

Further reading

  • {{in lang|hy}} 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 online]
  • Jan Henrik Holst, Armenische Studien (2009){{Cite book|last=Holst, Jan Henrik.|title=Armenische Studien|date=2009|publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-447-06117-9|location=Wiesbaden|oclc=466656897}}
  • Hac̣ik Rafi Gazer, Studien zum kirchlichen Schulwesen der Armenier im Kaukasus (2012){{Cite book|last=Gazer, Hac̣ik Rafi, 1963-|title=Studien zum kirchlichen Schulwesen der Armenier im Kaukasus. Teil 1. 19. Jahrhundert|date=2012|publisher=Lit|isbn=978-3-643-11532-4|location=Berlin|oclc=796089544}}
  • Armenuhi Drost-Abgarjan, Hermann Goltz, Armenologie in Deutschland: Beiträge zum Ersten Deutschen Armenologen-Tag (2005){{Cite book|title=Armenologie in Deutschland : Beiträge zum Ersten Deutschen Armenologen-Tag|date=2005|publisher=Lit|others=Drost-Abgarjan, Armenuhi., Goltz, Hermann., Deutscher Armenologen-Tag (1st : 2000 : Berlin, Germany)|isbn=978-3-8258-8610-3|location=Münster|oclc=74269583}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101035216/http://www.flib.sci.am/eng/node/1 Fundamental Scientific Library of the NAS]
  • [http://haybook.wordpress.com/ A digital library on Armenian literature, language and history]
  • [http://www.naasr.org/ The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511184021/http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/centers/armenian/index.html UCLA: Armenian Studies]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717051036/http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/ Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518083215/http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~nelc/armenian.html Armenian Studies: Harvard University]
  • [http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~armenia/ Armenian Studies: Hebrew University]
  • [http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/asp/ Armenian Studies: University of Michigan]
  • [http://www.letrasorientais.fflch.usp.br/armenio Armenian Studies: University of São Paulo]
  • [http://www.armenology.net: Armenology Research National Center]
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070629100518/http://aiea.fltr.ucl.ac.be/centres/pays.htm
  • http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/naasr/Academic_Links.html

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