Ashot Melkonyan

Ashot Melkonyan
Ashot A. Melkonyan
Born (1961-02-16) 16 February 1961 (age 63)
Akhalkalak, Javakhk, Georgian SSR
EducationYerevan State University
Occupation(s)Professor and historian

Ashot A. Melkonyan (born on 16 February,1961 in Akhalkalak, Javakhk, Georgian SSR) is a historian, professor, and academic advisor at the Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Since 2002, he has been the Director of the Institute of History of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.[1]

Biography

He graduated from the Faculty of History at Yerevan State University (YSU) in 1982 and received his PhD in history at YSU in 1989.[2] Since 2002 he has been a lecturer and Chair of History of Armenia at Yerevan State University. He is a member of the association of historians of the EENI[expand acronym] countries.[1]

Melkonyan is an author of several historical studies (including monographs and over 350 articles).[2] The works are devoted mainly to the history of Armenia, the Armenian genocide, Javakhk, and Armenian–Georgian relations.[1]

Awards

  • Prize of Armenia Fund (for his Erzerum monography, 1994)
  • Movses Khorenatsi medal (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)[3][4]
  • 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

  1. ^ a b c "National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia". National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Աշոտ Մելքոնյան, պ.գ.դ., ակադեմիկոս" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Biography, YSU Official site
  4. ^ "Ashot Melkonyan". Yerevan State University. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.