Ara Sanjian, PhD
Teaching Areas:
Arab American Studies, Armenian, History, Middle East StudiesResearch Areas:
HistoriographyBiography and Education
Ara Sanjian is Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received his master鈥檚 degree in history from Yerevan State University (1991) and PhD in Modern History of the Middle East from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London in 1996.
From 1996 to 2005 Sanjian was the Chairman of the Department of Armenian Studies, History and Political Science at Haigazian University in Beirut. In fall 2003, he was the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno.He joined the University of Michigan-Dearborn in January 2006.
Sanjian鈥檚 research interests focus on the post-World War I history of Armenia, Turkey and the Arab states of Western Asia. More recently he has also become interested in the development of Armenian historiography.
Education
Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Teaching and Research
Courses Taught
Selected Publications
Books
(2001), Slough, UK: Archive Editions, 2001
Monographs
: A Joint Exhibit of the Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Mardigian Library, University of Michigan-Dearborn, October 18-November 16, 2012 [and] the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum, Southfield, December 11, 2012-January 31, 2013. Dearborn: Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2012.
. Yerevan: The Armenian Center for National and International Studies, September 1997.
Articles and book chapters
In English
2021 鈥鈥, E-SAS: Entries of the Society for Armenian Studies, 6 January 2021.
2017 鈥溾, Journal of Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 26 (2017), pp. 106-110.
2011 鈥淭he ARF鈥檚 First 120 Years: A Brief Review of Available Sources and Historiography,鈥 The Armenian Review, vol. 52, nos. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 2011), pp. 1-16.
2009 鈥淐ommentary: Armenian Studies in the United States under Renewed Assault: Can Calm Be Restored after the Storm?鈥 Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 18, no. 2 (December 2009), pp. 25-32. (co-authored with Vartan Matiossian).
2007 鈥 in Michel Bruneau, Ioannis Hassiotis, Martine Hovanessian and Claire Mouradian (eds.), Arm茅niens et Grecs en diaspora: approches comparatives (Ath猫nes, 2007), pp. 273-282
2003 鈥淭he Armenian Church and Community in Jerusalem and the Holy Land (From their origins until the modern era),鈥 in Anthony O鈥橫ahony (ed.) The Christian Communities in the Holy Land: Studies in History, Religion, and Politics (University of Wales Press, 2003).
2001 鈥,鈥&苍产蝉辫;Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (Amman, Jordan), Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring/Summer 2001), pp. 149-179.
1997 鈥,鈥 Middle Eastern Studies (London), Vol. 33, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 226-66.
In Armenian
2018 芦曰斩謩斩崭謧诈斋謧斩 謬 諃铡盏铡战湛铡斩謯諐謨斋謧占謩 瞻铡謤铡闸榨謤崭謧诈盏崭謧斩斩榨謤禄 [Identity and Armenia-Diaspora Relations], in Shahan Kandaharian (ed.), 諐謨斋謧占謩 榨謧 斋斩謩斩崭謧诈斋謧斩 [Diaspora and Identity], Antelias: Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, 2018, pp. 189-218.
2011 芦諃铡謤謥铡咋謤崭謧盏謥 談斋展斋眨铡斩斋 瞻铡沾铡宅战铡謤铡斩謯源斋謤闸崭占斩斋 諃铡盏铡眨斋湛铡寨铡斩 瞻榨湛铡咋崭湛崭謧诈盏崭謧斩斩榨謤斋 寨榨斩湛謤崭斩斋 站铡謤斋展, 铡謤謬榨宅铡眨榨湛 諍謤崭謫. 员謤铡 諐铡斩粘盏铡斩斋 瞻榨湛禄 [Interview with Prof. Ara Sanjian, Director of the Armenian Research Center, the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Middle East Expert], in Araks Pashayan and Lilit Harutyunyan (eds.), 諐斋謤斋铡盏斋 瞻铡盏 瞻铡沾铡盏斩謩炸. 员謤栅斋 瞻斋沾斩铡窄斩栅斋謤斩榨謤 [The Armenian Community of Syria: Contemporary Challenges] (Yerevan, 2011), pp. 115-126.
2003 芦约斋闸铡斩铡斩禄 [Lebanon], in 諃铡盏 諐謨盏崭謧占謩謮 諃铡斩謤铡眨斋湛铡謤铡斩 [The Armenian Diaspora: An Encyclopedia] (Yerevan, 2003), pp. 290-328.
2000 芦諃铡沾铡占謪湛 崭謧謤崭謧铡眨斋债 諃铡盏寨铡咋榨铡斩 瞻铡沾铡宅战铡謤铡斩斋 瞻铡盏铡眨斋湛铡寨铡斩 铡沾闸斋崭斩斋 45铡沾榨铡盏 蘸铡湛沾崭謧诈榨铡斩 (1955-2000)禄 [A Brief Outline of the 45-year History of the Department of Armenian Studies at Haigazian University (1955-2000)], Haigazian Armenological Review, Vol. 20 (2000), pp. 9-86.
1992 芦諃铡盏 摘崭詹崭站謤栅铡盏斋斩 寨崭謧战铡寨謥崭謧诈榨铡斩 债謤铡眨謤铡盏斋斩 謨铡战湛铡诈崭謧詹诈榨謤炸禄 [The Statutes of the Armenian Populist Party], Haigazian Armenological Review(Beirut), vol. 12 (1992), pp. 309-38.
In Russian
2016 鈥溞愌屑褟薪褋泻懈械 芯斜褖懈薪褘 胁 褍褋谢芯胁懈褟褏 谐褉邪卸写邪薪褋泻芯泄 胁芯泄薪褘 (褋褉邪胁薪械薪懈械 袥懈胁邪薪邪 懈 小懈褉懈懈)鈥 [Armenians in the Midst of Civil Wars: Lebanon and Syria Compared], in 袛懈邪褋锌芯褉褘: 袧械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑褘泄薪邪褍褔薪褘泄卸褍褉薪邪谢 [Diasporas: Independent Academic Journal] (Moscow), vol. 17, nos. 1-2 (2015), pp. 55-88. The original English version of this article is published as a supplement to Massis Weekly (California), vol. 35, no. 49, Saturday, January 2, 2016.
2016 鈥溞熜拘囱娦敌 懈 褍锌邪写芯泻 邪褉屑褟薪褋泻芯泄 芯斜褖懈薪褘 谢懈胁邪薪邪鈥 [The Rise and Decline of the Armenian Community in Lebanon], in 袛懈邪褋锌芯褉褘: 袧械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑褘泄薪邪褍褔薪褘泄卸褍褉薪邪谢 [Diasporas: Independent Academic Journal], (Moscow), no. 1 (2004), pp. 121-146.
In French
2008 鈥溾 [The Armenian Communities of the Arab Middle East; in French], Confluences M茅diterran茅e, Chr茅tiens d鈥橭rient, No. 66, 脡t茅 2008, pp. 73-82. (co-authored with Nicola Migliorino).
Other research-based publications:
2017 EVN Report, 28 May 2017.
2015 芦员斩謥铡斩寨铡宅斋 诈榨沾铡斩榨謤炸 战謨盏崭謧占謩铡瞻铡盏 蘸铡湛沾铡眨謤崭謧诈盏铡斩 沾榨栈 ; 袧械 锌褉懈胁械褌褋胁褍械屑褘械 褌械屑褘 胁 懈褋褌芯褉懈芯谐褉邪褎懈懈 邪褉屑褟薪褋泻芯泄 写懈邪褋锌芯褉褘禄 [Unwelcome topics in Armenian Diasporic Historiography], 员斩铡宅斋湛斋寨崭斩/袗薪邪谢懈褌懈泻芯薪 [Analyticon], No. 11 (83), 2015. (in Armenian and Russian).
2014 , E-International Relations, 8 May 2014.
2012 , The Armenian Weekly, 1 September 2012, pp. 13-21.
2008 鈥淎rmenia and Genocide: The Growing Engagement of Azerbaijan鈥, , pp. 28-33.