Seta Dadoyan Explained

Seta Dadoyan (Armenian: Սեդա Տատոյեան) is an Armenian scholar who specializes in medieval Armenian political and intellectual history in their interactive aspects with the Near Eastern world. She was a professor of Cultural Studies, Philosophy and Art at the American University of Beirut (AUB) between 1986 and 2005. She has also taught at other universities including the Haigazian University (1981-1986), Columbia University (2002, 2006), St. Nerses Seminary (2007-2010), the University of Chicago (2010)^[1] She has written over fifty articles and ten books,^[2] and is believed to be the first Armenian woman to have received a Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy focusing on the history of Armenian philosophy.^[3] Her scholarly work focuses on medieval Armenian history with a special emphases on the relationship between the Armenians and Muslims; she is considered a leading scholar in this field.^[4]

Life

Seta Dadoyan was born in Aleppo, Syria, to an Armenian family.^{[5] [6]} She moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where she received her Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from the American University of Beirut in 1969. In 1986 Dadoyan became a professor at the American University of Beirut, and remained there until 2005.^[7]

Her lectures have received acclaim by academics and scholars including Michael Morony, who said they will raise "the consciousness of people about the involvement of Armenians in the general history of the Middle East."^[8] James R. Russell called them "an intellectual feast". In 1999, Dadoyan was awarded the David Anhaght medal, the highest medal granted by the Armenian Academy of Philosophy,^[9] for her contributions to Armenian philosophical studies.^[10] In 2015, she has awarded the "St. Mesrop Mashtots" badge of honor by Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Antelias, Lebanon.^[11]

External links

• Seta Dadoyan lecture on 4/22/12 on "The Armenians and Islam" (YouTube video)
• Seta Dadoyan lecture on 5/26/12 on "Armenian Identity, Knowledge and Studies: Synthesis and/or Controversy" (YouTube video)

Notes and References

1. News: Sipan Armenian School and Yerevan State University (2011-2012). Sponsors Armenian Studies Forum. Armenian Reporter. 9 September 2006. 6.
2. Seta Dadoyan. ARPA Institute Newsletter. December 2012. 19. 18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417052746/http://www.arpainstitute.org/About_files/Newsletter_12.pdf. 2014-04-17.
3. News: Prof. Seta B. Dadoyan to Speak at Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center, City University of New York. Armenian Reporter. 18 March 2006.
4. News: دادويان حاضرت في هايكازيان عن "تجربة الارمن في الشرق. Dadoyan gave a lecture in Haigazian on "The Armenian Experience in the East". Lebanon Files. 30 March 2012. Arabic.
5. Tchilingirian. Hratch. Medieval Lobbyists. Armenian International Magazine. February 2000. 11. 2. 54–6.
6. News: Speetjens. Peter. AUB Professor Sheds Light on Early Flourish of Inter-Faith Relations. The Daily Star. 25 April 1999. dead. https://archive.today/20140416082214/http://m.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Art/1999/Apr-24/106784-aub-professor-sheds-light-on-early-flourish-of-inter-faith-relations.ashx. 16 April 2014.
7. News: Avakian. Florence. Prof. Seta Dadoyan Tackles Myth Vs. Reality of Armenian Identity at Columbia University Lecture. Armenian Reporter. 15 June 2002.
8. New Ground in Near Eastern Studies. AUB Bulletin Today. January 2000. 1. 5. 2014-04-16. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033051/http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/v1n5/html/07.htm. dead.
9. Web site: Grand Medal of David the Invincible. International Progress Organization.
10. News: Professors Broutian And Mirzoyan Discuss Challenges Confronting Armenian Studies in Panel Discussion Held at Haigazian University. Armenian Reporter. 30 January 1999. 28. After the end of panel discussion, Broutian thanked the President of Haigazian University and presented the first four issues of Armenian Mind as a gift to the University's Armenian Library. He later decorated Prof. Seta B. Dadoyan of the American University of Beirut with the "David the Invincible" medal of the Armenian Philosophical Society..
11. Web site: 2015-11-07. Դոկտ. Սեդա Տատոյեան Կը Պարգեւատրուի "Ս. Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց" Շքանշանով. Dr. Seda Dadoyan Awarded the "St. Mesrop Mashtots" Order. 2021-04-02. Aztag Daily (Armenian Daily Newspaper based in Lebanon). hy.