Ashot A. Melkonyan (born on 16 February, 1961 in

Akhalkalak Akhalkalaki ( ka, ახალქალაქი, tr ; ) is a town in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti and the administrative centre of the Akhalkalaki Municipality. Akhalkalaki lies on the edge of the Javakheti Plateau. The cit ...

Javakheti Javakheti ( ka, ჯავახეთი ) or Javakhk (, ''Javakhk'')' is a historical province in southern Georgia, corresponding to the modern municipalities of Akhalkalaki, Aspindza (partly), Ninotsminda, and partly to the Turkey's Ardahan ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

) is a

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, professor, and academic advisor at the

Academy of Sciences of Armenia The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia'') is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activ ...

. Since 2002, he has been the Director of the

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Biography

He graduated from the Faculty of History at

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; , , ), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's ...

(YSU) in 1982 and received his PhD in history at YSU in 1989. Since 2002 he has been a lecturer and Chair of History of Armenia at

. He is a member of the Association of historians of the European Educational Networking Institute (EENI) countries. Melkonyan is an author of several historical studies (including

monographs A monograph is generally a long-form work on one (usually scholarly) subject, or one aspect of a subject, typically created by a single author or artist (or, sometimes, by two or more authors). Traditionally it is in written form and published a ...

and over 350 articles). The works are devoted mainly to the history of

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, the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

, and Armenian–Georgian relations.

Awards

* Prize of

Armenia Fund Armenia Fund (full name Hayastan All Armenian Fund, ) was established in 1994 in Los Angeles, California. Armenia Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-governmental, non-political corporation, headquartered in Yerevan. Serving as the United S ...

(for his ''Erzerum'' monography, 1994) *

Movses Khorenatsi medal The Movses Khorenatsi Medal () is Armenia's highest cultural award. It is presented by the president of Armenia to people who have significantly contributed to the advancement of Armenian culture. Artist Richard Jeranian received the medal in 201 ...

(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) * Andranik Ozanyan medal (2013)

Bibliography

In English

* ''Javakhk in the 19th Century and the 1st Quarter of the 20th Century (A Historical Research)'', Yerevan, 2007, 256 pages.

References

External links

Ashot Melkonyan's biography
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