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
editKévorkian 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][1] From 1986 to 2012, Kévorkian was the director of Nubarian Library, Paris. He is the editor of d'Histoire arménienne contemporaine journal.
Kévorkian 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".[4] It was originally published in French in 2006. The book is the first to make extensive use of the archives of the Nubarian Library.[5]
In 2010, Kévorkian received the Presidential Award from Armenian President Serge Sarkisian in recognition of his contributions as a scholar. He is a member of Société de Géographie and a board member of International Association for Armenian Studies.[6]
In 2015, he received the French Legion of Honor.[6]
He played a key role curating the Mardigian Museum of Armenian Art and Culture, which reopened in 2022 in Jerusalem.
Bibliography
edit- Le livre arménien à travers les âges, with Jean-Pierre Mahé, Catalogue de l'Exposition Marseille 1985 : Le livre arménien à travers les âges. 1985.
- Catalogue des « incunables » arméniens, 1511-1695 ou Chronique de l'imprimerie arménienne, with Jean-Pierre Mahé, Genève : P. Cramer. 1986.
- Les Imprimés arméniens des XVIe et XVIIe :: catalogue, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1987.
- Arménie : 3000 ans d'histoire, with Jean-Pierre Mahé, Maison armenienne de la jeunesse et de la culture. 1988.
- Les Imprimés arméniens : 1701-1850, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1989.
- Tapis et textiles arméniens, with Berdj Achdjian, Maison armenienne de la jeunesse et de la culture. 1991.
- Les Arméniens dans l'Empire ottoman à la veille du génocide, with Paul B. Paboudjian, Paris : Arhis. 1992.
- Arménie entre Orient et Occident : trois mille ans de civilisation, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1996.
- Manuscrits arméniens de la Bibliothèque nationale de France : catalogue, with Bernard Outtier, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1998.
- Parler les camps, Penser les génocides, Albin Michel. 1999
- Translation of Histoire de la médecine en Arménie : de l'Antiquité à nos jours », Union médicale arménienne de France. 1999.
- Ani, capitale de l'Arménie en l'an 1000, Paris-Musées. 2001
- Les Yeux Brûlants — Mémoire des Arméniens, with Antoine Agoudjian, Actes sud. 2006
- Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob. 2006.
- Les Arméniens 1917-1939 — La quête d'un refuge, with Vahé Tachjian et Lévon Nordiguian, Presses de l Université Saint-Joseph (Lebanon). 2006
- Lumière de l'Arménie chrétienne, with Yvan Travert, éditions du patrimoine. 2006.
- Un siècle de l'Union Générale Arménienne de Bienfaisance, Vol. 1, 1906-1940, with Vahé Tachjian, Union Générale Arménienne de Bienfaisance. 2006.
- Une mémoire arménienne, with Yervant Der Goumcian, Direction du Patrimoine du Conseil général de l’Isère. 2007.
References
edit- ^ a b "Macmillan".
- ^ ակադեմիա, ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային. "ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա". ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա.
- ^ "The Armenian Genocide – Dr Raymond Kevorkian (Paris) – Session 5". Archived from the original on March 10, 2012.
- ^ Staff, Weekly (February 19, 2012). "Raymond Kévorkian to Speak at NAASR". The Armenian Weekly.
- ^ "Renowned Historian Raymond Kevorkian in Toronto". AGBU. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ^ a b "Five Armenians Awarded France's Highest honor". Asbarez. 5 January 2016.
Further reading
edit- "Raymond Kevorkian on Lecture Tour in Canada, US". The Armenian Weekly. May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
External links
edit- Raymond Kevorkian works from Armenian Cultural Association of Marne-la-Vallée (France)