Ashot Melkonyan
Ashot Melkonyan | |
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 Ashot A. Melkonyan | |
| Born | 16 February 1961 |
| Education | Yerevan State University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor and historian |
Ashot A. Melkonyan (born on 16 February 1961 in Akhalkalak, Javakhk, Georgian SSR) is a historian, professor, and academician at the Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Since 2002, he has been the Director of the Institute of History of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.[1]
Biography
[edit]He graduated from the Faculty of History at the Yerevan State University (YSU) in 1982 and received his PhD in history at YSU in 1989.[2] Since 2002, he has been a lecturer and Chair of History of Armenia at the Yerevan State University. He is a member of the association of historians of the EENI[expand acronym] countries.[1]
Melkonyan is an author of historical studies (including monographs and over 350 articles).[2] The works are devoted mainly to the history of Armenia, the Armenian genocide, Javakhk, and Armenian–Georgian relations.[1]
Awards
[edit]- Prize of Armenia Fund (for his Erzerum monography, 1994)
- Movses Khorenatsi medal (2003)
- Haykashen Uzunyan Prize of Tekeyan Cultural Union (for his Javakhk in the 19th Century and the 1st Quarter of the 20th Century (A Historical Research) monography, 2004)
- Honorary citizen of Akhalkalak (2009)[3][4]
- Andranik Ozanyan medal (2013)
Bibliography
[edit]In English
[edit]- Javakhk in the 19th Century and the 1st Quarter of the 20th Century (A Historical Research), Yerevan, 2007, 256 pages.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia". National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ a b Melkonyan's Biography (in Armenian), Institute of History
- ^ Biography, YSU Official site
- ^ "Ashot Melkonyan". Yerevan State University. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.
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