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Raymond Kévorkian

Raymond Kévorkian

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

Kévorkian 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 [fr], 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]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Macmillan".
  2. ^ ակադեմիա, ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային. "ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա". ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա.
  3. ^ "The Armenian Genocide – Dr Raymond Kevorkian (Paris) – Session 5". Archived from the original on March 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Staff, Weekly (February 19, 2012). "Raymond Kévorkian to Speak at NAASR". The Armenian Weekly.
  5. ^ "Renowned Historian Raymond Kevorkian in Toronto". AGBU. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Five Armenians Awarded France's Highest honor". Asbarez. 5 January 2016.

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