Armen (Claude) Z. Moutafian (born 21 July 1942) is a French mathematician and a historian who specializes in Armenian history. Foreign Member of

Armenian Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri az ...

.Armenian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Members
/ref> He is the son of Zareh Mutafian.

Biography

Born in 1942 in

Clamart Clamart () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: ''bas Clamart'', the historical centre, and ''petit Clamart'' with urbaniz ...

, France, Claude Mutafian is an associate professor of mathematics and senior lecturer from the

Paris 13 University Sorbonne Paris North University (french: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord) is a public university based in Paris, France. It is one of the thirteen universities that succeeded the University of Paris in 1968. It is a multidisciplinary university l ...

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. Following the publication of several books on algebra, Mutafian devoted himself to Armenian history since 1980, particularly to the relations of Armenia with its various neighbors over time.

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

in history from

Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

, Mutafian is the author of several books on the history of Armenia.

Publications

* ''Le Défi algébrique'', 1976, * ''La Cilicie au carrefour des empires, tome 1 et 2'', 1988, * ''The Caucasian Knot: The History and Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh'', 1994, by

Levon Chorbajian Levon Chorbajian (born 1942) is an American sociologist. He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is the Director of the US section of the Zoryan Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and Documentation. An Armenian A ...

, Patrick Donabedian, and Claude Mutafian, * ''Atlas historique et culturel de l'Arménie : Proche-Orient et Sud-Caucase du 8e au 20e siècle'', 2001, by Claude Mutafian and Eric Van Lauwe, * ''Le Royaume Arménien de Cilicie, XIIe-XIVe siècle'', 2002, * ''Les yeux brûlants'', 2006, by Antoine Agoudjian, Claude Mutafian, Raymond-H Kévorkian, and Atom Egoyan, * ''Arménie : La magie de l'écrit'', 2007, * ''L' Arménie du Levant'', 2012,

References

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1942 births Living people People from Clamart University of Paris alumni Armenian studies scholars French people of Armenian descent 20th-century French historians Ethnic Armenian historians French male non-fiction writers 21st-century French historians {{armenia-historian-stub