Raymond Kévorkian

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Raymond Haroutioun Kévorkian (born February 22, 1953) is a French Armenian historian.[1] He is a Foreign Member of Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Kevorkian has a PhD in history (1980), and is a professor.[2]

Biography

Kevorkian finished the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes - Saint-Denis, where he teaches and serves as Research director at the French Institute of Geopolitics (Institut Français de Géopolitique).[3][4] Kevorkian is the director of Nubarian Library, Paris. He is the editor of d'Histoire arménienne contemporaine journal.

Kevorkian is the author of The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History, "an exhaustive and authoritative account of the origins, events, and consequences of the Armenian Genocide".[5] It was originally published in French in 2006. The book is the first to make extensive use of the archives of the Nubarian Library.[6]

In 2010, Kevorkian received the Presidential Award from Armenian President Serge Sarkisian in recognition of his enormous contributions as a scholar. He is a member of Société de Géographie and a board member of International Association for Armenian Studies.[7]

In 2015, he received the French Legion of Honor.[7]

Selected bibliography

  • Le livre arménien à travers les âges, with Jean-Pierre Mahé, 1985.
  • Les Arméniens dans l'Empire ottoman à la veille du génocide, avec Paul B. Paboudjian, Paris : Arhis. 1992.
  • 1915 Öncesinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Ermeniler, Istanbul: Aras. 2012.
  • Arménie entre Orient et Occident : trois mille ans de civilisation, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1996.
  • Manuscrits arméniens de la Bibliothèque nationale de France : catalogue, avec Bernard Outtier, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1998.
  • Parler les camps, Penser les génocides, Albin Michel. 1999
  • Ani, capitale de l'Arménie en l'an 1000, Paris-Musées. 2001
  • Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob. 2006.
  • The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History, London: I.B.Tauris. 2011.

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External links

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  1. Raymond Kévorkian, Macmillan, 2011
  2. Raymond Kevorkian, Armenian National Academy
  3. The Armenian Genocide – Dr Raymond Kevorkian (Paris) – Session 5
  4. Raymond Kévorkian, Macmillan, 2011
  5. Raymond Kévorkian to Speak at NAASR, The Armenian Weekly, 2012
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