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Seta Dadoyan () is an Armenian scholar who specializes in medieval Armenian
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in their interactive aspects with the Near Eastern world. She was a professor of
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, Philosophy and Art at the
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(AUB) between 1986 and 2005. She has also taught at other universities including the Haigazian University (1981-1986),
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(2002, 2006), St. Nerses Seminary (2007-2010), the
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(2010) She has written over fifty articles and ten books, and is believed to be the first
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * 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 ...
woman to have received a Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy focusing on the history of Armenian philosophy. Her scholarly work focuses on medieval Armenian history with a special emphases on the relationship between the Armenians and Muslims; she is considered a leading scholar in this field.


Life

Seta Dadoyan was born in
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,
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, to an
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * 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 ...
family. She moved to
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, Lebanon, where she received her Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from the American University of Beirut in 1969. In 1986 Dadoyan became a professor at the
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, and remained there until 2005. Her lectures have received acclaim by academics and scholars including Michael Morony, who said they will raise "the consciousness of people about the involvement of Armenians in the general history of the Middle East." James R. Russell called them "an intellectual feast". In 1999, Dadoyan was awarded the David Anhaght medal, the highest medal granted by the Armenian Academy of Philosophy, for her contributions to Armenian philosophical studies. In 2015, she has awarded the "St. Mesrop Mashtots" badge of honor by
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, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the
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in Antelias,
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.


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External links


Seta Dadoyan lecture on 4/22/12 on "The Armenians and Islam" (YouTube video)Seta Dadoyan lecture on 5/26/12 on "Armenian Identity, Knowledge and Studies: Synthesis and/or Controversy" (YouTube video)
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