Kathryn Babayan, Near Eastern Studies, babayan@umich.edu

Kevork B. Bardakjian, Near Eastern Studies, kbar@umich.edu

Gerard J. Libaridian, History, glibarid@umich.edu

Ronald G. Suny, History,rgsuny@umich.edu

KATHRYN BABAYAN

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KEVORK B. BARDAKJIAN

Kevork B. Bardakjian received his BA and MA in Armenian philology from the State University of Yerevan, Soviet Armenia and his D.Phil. in Armenian studies from Oxford University. He then taught and supervised the Armenian collection at Harvard University (1974-1987) and became the first holder of the Marie Manoogian Chair of Armenian Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1988 he founded the University of Michigan Summer Armenian Institute, held annually in Armenia. From 1995 to 2007, Professor Bardakjian was Director of the Armenian Studies Program. He has been President of the Society of Armenian Studies for two consecutive terms (1982-1984) and has served on the editorial boards of a number of Armenian studies journals.

Professor Bardakjian has published and lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Armenia

Title(s):

• Marie Manoogian Professor of Armenian Language and Literature

Contact Information: 734.763.7655, kbar@umich.edu>

Website: http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/faculty/bardakj.htm

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• ASP
• CREES
• CMENAS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Near Eastern Studies

Education Background: A.B., English Language and Literature, Damascus University, 1964; M.A., Armenian Language and Literature, Yerevan State University, 1969; Ph.D., Armenian Studies, Oxford University, 1979

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• Russian and East European Studies
• Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Related Countries:

• Armenia

Research/Teaching Specialization: Armenian language, literature and culture

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: First-Third Year Western Armenian; First-Second Year Intensive Western and Eastern Armenian; Introduction to Modern Armenian Literature; Post-Genocide Armenian Literature; Ukraine, Balkans, and Armenia; Armenian Culture and Ethnicity

Language(s) and Proficiency Level(s):

• Classical & Medieval Armenian (5)
• Modern East/West Armenian (5)
• Russian (5)
• Classical & Modern Arabic (5)
• Azerbaijani (4)

Publications:

• Eastern Armenia: A Textbook. 1999. (Textbook)
• Hitler and the Armenian Genocide. 1986. (Authored Book)
• "Baronian's Debt to Moliere". 1984. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "The Rise of the Armenian Patriarchate in Constantinople. 1982. (Book Chapter)

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GERARD J. LIBARIDIAN

Gerard L. Libaridian is Alex Manoogian Visiting Professor of Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. On September 1, 2007, Professor Libaridian became the Director of ASP. He specializes in Armenia, the Caucasus, and the Near East.

From 1991 to 1997 Dr. Libaridian served as Adviser, then Senior Adviser (foreign and security policy) to the former President of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrossian, as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993-1994), and as negotiator for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He taught previously at a number of universities, and has lectured and published extensively.

Title(s):

• Alex Manoogian Visiting Professor of Modern Armenian History
• Visiting Professor, History
• Director, ASP

Contact Information: 734.763.4555, glibarid@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facultydetail.asp?ID=141

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• ASP
• CREES
• CMENAS

Department Affiliation(s):

• History

Education Background: B.A., California State University, Los Angeles, 1969; Ph.D., History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• Russian and East European Studies
• Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Related Countries:

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Russia
• Soviet Union

Research/Teaching Specialization: History of the Caucasus, Armenian politics and international relations

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Armenian History; Armenian Political Institutions; Turkish-Armenian Relations in the 20th Century; Ethnicity and Conflict in the Caucasus; Conflict and Diplomacy in the Caucasus; Turkish-Armenian Relations in the 20th Century

Language(s) and Proficiency Level(s):

• Armenian (5)
• French (5)
• Arabic (2)
• Turkish (2)
• German (1)

Publications:

• Modern Armenia: People, Nation, State. 2004. (Authored Book)
• "The Role of Organization, Institutions, and Centers in Armenian Studies". 2003. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "Dilemmas and Dangers of Foreign Policy in the Caucasus". 2003. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "Reassessing Regional Politics and International Relations in the Caucasus". 2003. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "Armenia's Foreign Policy". Spring 2001. (Refereed Journal Article)
• The Challenge of Statehood: Armenian Political Thinking since Independence". 1999. (Authored Book)
• Armenia at the Crossroads: Democracy and Nationhood in the Post-Soviet Era (Essays, Interviews, and Speeches by the Leaders of the National Democratic Movement in Armenia). 1991. (Edited Book)
• The Karabagh File: Documents and Facts on the Region of Mountainous Karabagh, 1918-1988. 1988. (Edited Book)

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RONALD GRIGOR SUNY

Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Chicago, is currently Visiting professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University, he taught at Oberlin College (1968-1981), was Visiting Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine (1987), and Stanford University (1995-1996). He was the first holder of the Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan (1981-1995), where he founded and directed the Armenian Studies Program. He is the author of numerous works and is currently working on a study of the young Stalin and the formation of the Soviet Union and a series of essays on empire and nations. Professor Suny has served as chairman of the Society for Armenian Studies and on the editorial boards of several journals and magazines. He has appeared numerous times on television and radio, and in newspapers and journals.

Professor Suny's intellectual interests have evolved toward the nature of empires and nations, studies in the historiography and methodology of studying social and cultural history, and toward a commitment to bridging the often-unbridgeable gap between the traditional concerns of historians and the methods and models of other social scientists.

Title(s):

• Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History, The University of Michigan
• Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History, The University of Chicago

Contact Information: 734.647.4883, rgsuny@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facultydetail.asp?ID=207

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• ASP
• CREES

Department Affiliation(s):

• History
• Adjunct professor in Political Science

Education Background: Swarthmore College (AB, 1962); Columbia University (MA, 1965; PhD, 1968)

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• Russia
• USSR
• Nationalism
• Caucasia

Related Countries:

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Georgia

Research/Teaching Specialization: Russia, USSR, Nationalism

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Russia, USSR, Nationalism

Language(s) and Proficiency Level(s):

• English (native)
• Russian (fluent)
• Armenian (pretty good)
• French (pretty good)
• German (able to read)
• Italian (able to read)
• Georgian (able to read)
• Latin (able to read)

Publications:

• Intellectuals and the Articulation of the Nation. 1999. (Edited Book)
• "Back and Beyond: Reversing the Cultural Turn?". 2002. (Refereed Journal Article)
• A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin. 2001. (Edited Book)
• "Constructing Primordialism: Old Histories of New Nations". 2001. (Refereed Journal Article)
• The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Successor States. 1998. (Authored Book)
• "Soviet Armenia, 1921-91". 2005. (Book Chapter)
• The Structure of Soviet History: Essays and Documents. 2003. (Authored Book)
• "Obituary or Autopsy? Historians Look at Russia/USSR in the Short 20th Century". 2002. (Refereed Journal Article)

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