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Ara Sanjian is Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received his master’s degree in history from Yerevan State University (1991) and PhD in Modern History of the Middle East from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London in 1996.

From 1996 to 2005 Sanjian was the Chairman of the Department of Armenian Studies, History and Political Science at Haigazian University in Beirut. In fall 2003, he was the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno.He joined the University of Michigan-Dearborn in January 2006.

Sanjian’s research interests focus on the post-World War I history of Armenia, Turkey and the Arab states of Western Asia. More recently he has also become interested in the development of Armenian historiography.

Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Books

(2001), Slough, UK: Archive Editions, 2001

Monographs

: A Joint Exhibit of the Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Mardigian Library, University of Michigan-Dearborn, October 18-November 16, 2012 [and] the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, December 11, 2012-January 31, 2013. Dearborn: Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2012.

. Yerevan: The Armenian Center for National and International Studies, September 1997.

Articles and book chapters

In English

2021    “”, E-SAS: Entries of the Society for Armenian Studies, 6 January 2021.

2017    “”, Journal of Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 26 (2017), pp. 106-110.

2011    “The ARF’s First 120 Years: A Brief Review of Available Sources and Historiography,” The Armenian Review, vol. 52, nos. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 2011), pp. 1-16.

2009    “Commentary: Armenian Studies in the United States under Renewed Assault: Can Calm Be Restored after the Storm?” Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 18, no. 2 (December 2009), pp. 25-32. (co-authored with Vartan Matiossian).

2007    “ in Michel Bruneau, Ioannis Hassiotis, Martine Hovanessian and Claire Mouradian (eds.), Arméniens et Grecs en diaspora: approches comparatives (Athènes, 2007), pp. 273-282

2003    “The Armenian Church and Community in Jerusalem and the Holy Land (From their origins until the modern era),” in Anthony O’Mahony (ed.) The Christian Communities in the Holy Land: Studies in History, Religion, and Politics (University of Wales Press, 2003).

2001    “,”&�Բ�����;Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (Amman, Jordan), Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring/Summer 2001), pp. 149-179.

1997    “,” Middle Eastern Studies (London), Vol. 33, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 226-66.

In Armenian

2018    «Ինքնութիւն և Հայաստան֊Սփիւռք հարաբերություններ» [Identity and Armenia-Diaspora Relations], in Shahan Kandaharian (ed.), Սփիւռք եւ ինքնութիւն [Diaspora and Identity], Antelias: Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, 2018, pp. 189-218.

2011    «Հարցազրույց Միչիգանի համալսարան֊Դիրբոռնի Հայագիտական հետազոտությունների կենտրոնի վարիչ, արևելագետ Պրոֆ. Արա Սանճյանի հետ» [Interview with Prof. Ara Sanjian, Director of the Armenian Research Center, the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Middle East Expert], in Araks Pashayan and Lilit Harutyunyan (eds.), Սիրիայի հայ համայնքը. Արդի հիմնախնդիրներ [The Armenian Community of Syria: Contemporary Challenges] (Yerevan, 2011), pp. 115-126.

2003    «Լիբանան» [Lebanon], in Հայ Սփյուռք։ Հանրագիտարան [The Armenian Diaspora: An Encyclopedia] (Yerevan, 2003), pp. 290-328.

2000    «Համառօտ ուրուագիծ Հայկազեան համալսարանի հայագիտական ամբիոնի 45ամեայ պատմութեան (1955-2000)» [A Brief Outline of the 45-year History of the Department of Armenian Studies at Haigazian University (1955-2000)], Haigazian Armenological Review, Vol. 20 (2000), pp. 9-86.

1992    «Հայ ժողովրդային կուսակցութեան ծրագրային փաստաթուղթերը» [The Statutes of the Armenian Populist Party], Haigazian Armenological Review(Beirut), vol. 12 (1992), pp. 309-38.

In Russian

2016    “Армянские общины в условиях гражданской войны (сравнение Ливана и Сирии)” [Armenians in the Midst of Civil Wars: Lebanon and Syria Compared], in Диаспоры: Независимыйнаучныйжурнал [Diasporas: Independent Academic Journal] (Moscow), vol. 17, nos. 1-2 (2015), pp. 55-88. The original English version of this article is published as a supplement to Massis Weekly (California), vol. 35, no. 49, Saturday, January 2, 2016.

2016    “Подъем и упадок армянской общины ливана” [The Rise and Decline of the Armenian Community in Lebanon], in Диаспоры: Независимыйнаучныйжурнал [Diasporas: Independent Academic Journal], (Moscow), no. 1  (2004), pp. 121-146.

In French

2008    “” [The Armenian Communities of the Arab Middle East; in French], Confluences Méditerranée, Chrétiens d’Orient, No. 66, Été 2008, pp. 73-82. (co-authored with Nicola Migliorino).

Other research-based publications:

2017    EVN Report, 28 May 2017.

2015    «Անցանկալի թեմաները սփյուռքահայ պատմագրության մեջ ; Не приветсвуемые темы в историографии армянской диаспоры» [Unwelcome topics in Armenian Diasporic Historiography], Անալիտիկոն/Аналитикон [Analyticon], No. 11 (83), 2015. (in Armenian and Russian).

2014    , E-International Relations, 8 May 2014.

2012    , The Armenian Weekly, 1 September 2012, pp. 13-21.

2008    “Armenia and Genocide: The Growing Engagement of Azerbaijan”, , pp. 28-33.