The Gomidas Institute (GI; hy, ԿԻ) is an independent
academic institution
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Types
* Primary schools – (from French ''école primaire'') institutions where children r ...
"dedicated to modern
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
n and regional studies."
Its activities include research, publications and educational programmes. It publishes documents, monographs, memoirs and other works on modern Armenian history and organizes lectures and conferences. The institute was founded in 1992 at the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
in
Ann Arbor
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.
It is based in
London
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and maintains a
United States
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branch in
Cleveland
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.
historian
Ara Sarafian
Ara Sarafian (Armenian: ) is a British historian of Armenian origin. He is the founding director of the Gomidas Institute in London, which sponsors and carries out research and publishes books on modern Armenian and regional studies.
Early li ...
serves as its executive director.
Since 1998, the institute has been publishing a quarterly journal titled ''Armenian Forum'' ( ).
The institute is named after
Komitas
Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, ( hy, Կոմիտաս; 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national scho ...
(''Gomidas'' in
Western Armenian
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pronunciation).
Noteworthy publications
Ottoman/Turkish Armenia and the Armenian genocide
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Kurds and Kurdistan
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See also
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Armenian studies
Armenian studies or Armenology ( hy, հայագիտություն, ) is a field of humanities covering Armenian history, language and culture. The emergence of modern Armenian studies is associated with the foundation of the Catholic Mechitarist ...
References
External links
Gomidas Institute Website
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Academic organisations based in the United Kingdom
1992 establishments in Michigan
Armenian studies