George Bournoutian

George A. Bournoutian
(Persian: جورج بورنوتیان‎‎)
Born (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943
Isfahan, Iran
Occupation Professor

George A. Bournoutian (Persian: جورج بورنوتیان‎‎, 25 September 1943, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian-American professor, historian, and author of Armenian descent.[1] He is a Senior Professor of History at Iona College and the author of over 28 books, particularly focusing on Armenian history. He has taught Iranian history at UCLA, and Armenian history at Columbia University, Tufts University, New York University, Rutgers University, the University of Connecticut, Ramapo College, and Glendale Community College.[2][3] He is currently the Visiting Professor of Armenian History at Columbia. Bournoutian is one of the 40 editors of the Encyclopaedia Iranica as well.

Biography

George Bournoutian was born in Isfahan, Iran into an Armenian family.[4][5] He grew up in Iran, and he received his High school diploma from the well-known Andisheh (Don Bosco) institution in Tehran.[6] He immigrated to the United States in 1964.[7] He received his M.A degree in 1971 and his Ph.D. in History (Armenian and Iranian studies)[8] in 1976 at UCLA (“Eastern Armenia on the Eve of the Russian Conquest”, also published as a book in 1982, and 1992).

He is a member of the Middle Eastern Studies Association, Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Iranian Studies Association, Armenian Studies Association and Association for Armenian Studies.

George Bournoutian is also an avid world traveler. He is fluent in Armenian, Persian, Russian, and Polish, and has a reading command of French and Azeri.[9] He also accompanies his senior and graduate students on annual trips to Armenia and Transcaucasia, the Middle East (mostly Iran), Africa, Southeast Asia.[10]

Honours

Degrees

George Bournoutian's degrees;[12]

Published in 2 parts in The Armenian Review in 1971-1972.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Aira (22 December 2011). "George Bournoutian's Armenian history book out in Turkish". Turkish News. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Biography, Iona College
  3. ↑ "George A. Bournoutian". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Jamāl Javānshīr Qarābāghī, George A. Bournoutian. A history of Qarabagh: an annotated translation of Mirza Jamal Javanshir Qarabaghi's Tarikh-e Qarabagh (originally from the University of Michigan) Mazda Publishers, 1994. ISBN 978-1568590110 p 221
  5. ↑ "George A. Bournoutian". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "George A. Bournoutian". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Guest Lecture by George Bournoutian". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Jamāl Javānshīr Qarābāghī, George A. Bournoutian. A history of Qarabagh: an annotated translation of Mirza Jamal Javanshir Qarabaghi's Tarikh-e Qarabagh (originally from the University of Michigan) Mazda Publishers, 1994. ISBN 978-1568590110 p 221
  9. ↑ "George A. Bournoutian". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "George A. Bournoutian". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Iona College George Bournoutian
  12. ↑ "George Bournoutian, PhD". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  13. ↑ From Tabriz to St. Petersburg: Iran's Mission of Apology to Russia in 1829, Amazon
  14. ↑ A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE - GEORGE A. BOURNOUTIAN. Amazon
  15. ↑ A History of the Armenian People: Prehistory to 1500 Ad. Amazon
  16. ↑ George Bournoutian, PhD, Research & Publications

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