Raymond Kévorkian Explained

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, 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, Paris. He is the editor of d'Histoire arménienne contemporaine journal.

Kévorkian is the author of , "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.

In 2015, he received the French Legion of Honor.[6]

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  1. Web site: Macmillan.
  2. Web site: ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա. ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային. ակադեմիա. ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա.
  3. Web site: The Armenian Genocide – Dr Raymond Kevorkian (Paris) – Session 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310222910/http://www.caia.org.uk/upcoming-events/the-armenian-genocide-dr-raymond-kevorkian-paris-session-5/. dead. March 10, 2012.
  4. Web site: Raymond Kévorkian to Speak at NAASR. Weekly. Staff. February 19, 2012. The Armenian Weekly.
  5. Web site: Renowned Historian Raymond Kevorkian in Toronto . AGBU . May 10, 2011 . May 28, 2012.
  6. News: Five Armenians Awarded France's Highest honor. Asbarez. 5 January 2016.