Thomas J. Samuelian is an American-Armenian linguist and author of a number of books and articles in the field of Armenian language, literature, and history.

Career

Samuelian earned his BA and MA at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

. In 1977, he was awarded a Beinecke Scholarship. He earned a PhD in linguistics also from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. During the 1980s, Samuelian taught at the University of Pennsylvania,

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

and St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. In 1991, he earned a JD from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

. In 1998, he joined the faculty of the American University of Armenia where he later served as Dean of the

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program and Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. He retired from the American University of Armenia in 2017. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of Saint Sahak and Saint Mesrop by

Karekin II Catholicos Garegin II (, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Cou ...

, Supreme Patriarch and

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. He is a founder of the Arak-29 Foundation which promotes Armenian history, language and culture and frequently contributes translations and content to the site.

Works

* 1982 - Medieval Armenian Culture, * 1989 - Course in Modern Western Armenian: Dictionary and Linguistic Notes, * 1989 - A Course in Modern Western Armenian: Exercises and Commentary, * 1993 - Armenian Dictionary in Transliteration: Western Pronunciation : Armenian-English English-Armenian

Translations

* 1986 - ''Refutation of the Sects'' (author Yeznik of Kolb), Yeznik, Refutation of the Sects
/ref> * 2005 - ''The Armenian Prayer Book of St. Gregory of Narek'', * 2023 - ''David of Sassoun'' (author

Hovhannes Toumanian Hovhannes Tumanyan (, Classical Armenian orthography, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, – March 23, 1923) was an Armenians, Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the List of n ...

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelian, Thomas American writers of Armenian descent Armenian scientists Harvard Law School alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni University of Pennsylvania faculty Columbia University faculty Academic staff of the American University of Armenia Living people Linguists from the United States Year of birth missing (living people) Armenian studies scholars