Hayk Demoyan (; born 1975, May 22) is an
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
historian who served as the Director of the
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
The Armenian Genocide Memorial complex (, ''Hayots tseghaspanutyan zoheri hushahamalir'', or Ծիծեռնակաբերդ, '' Tsitsernakaberd'') is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide, built in 1967 on the ...
in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...
,
Armenia
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from 2006 to 2018.
Demoyan was born in the city of Leninakan (now
Gyumri
Gyumri (, ) is an urban municipal community and the List of cities and towns in Armenia, second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th centur ...
) in Soviet Armenia. He is a graduate of Yerevan State University and received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. From 2002 until 2005 he was a lecturer at the History Department of
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 ...
. He is also a researcher and has written several books on such topics as the Armenian Genocide, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey's involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1991–1994.
In addition to being the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, he was also the Secretary of the state commission tasked with preparing the worldwide commemoration of the Armenian Genocide's centenary in 2015.
Demoyan regularly delivers speeches and lectures in Armenia and abroad. He has been invited to speak on the Genocide Museum's activities and related topics in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Lebanon, Austria, Slovenia and Cyprus.
He is fluent in Armenian, Russian and English.
See also
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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 ...
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List of Armenian genocide memorials
References
External links
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
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1975 births
Academic staff of Yerevan State University
People from Gyumri
Living people