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Opening of Richard Hovannisian’s collection at AGBU Papazian Library
October 10, 2014 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm +04
Richard G. Hovannisian is Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History and First Holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and currently Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Southern California.
A native of California, he received his M.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. in history from UCLA. A member of the UCLA faculty since the 1960s, he has organized both the undergraduate and graduate programs in Armenian history and served as the Associate Director of UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies from 1978 to 1995. He has served as a distinguished visiting professor at universities throughout the United States.
Professor Hovannisian is a Guggenheim Fellow. He is a founder and six-time president of the Society for Armenian Studies. Richard Hovannisian has represented the State of California on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and has served as a consultant to the California State Board of Education, authoring the chapter on the Armenian Genocide in the State’s Social Studies Model Curriculum on Human Rights and Genocide.
Dr. Hovannisian is the recipient of encyclicals and medals from the Armenian Apostolic Church and in 1990 became the first social scientist living abroad to be elected to the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from Yerevan State University and Artsakh State University and has been awarded the Movses Khorenatsi medal by the Republic of Armenia.
Dr. Hovannisian has received commendations from the American Government, Armenian and International educational institutions and cultural foundations, for his achievements during more than fifty years of teaching, research, writing, and lecturing worldwide about Armenian history, culture, and current issues.
Richard Hovannisian has published numerous books on the Armenian Genocide, Near Eastern history, society, and culture.