Levon Marashlian ( hy, Լևոն Մարաշլյան; born December 18, 1948) is an American historian, professor, and scholar. His scholarly work has largely focused on Armenian, Russian, and Middle-Eastern history. He has participated in various debates, lectures, and conferences throughout the world. He is currently a professor of history at
Glendale Community College.
Life
Of
Armenian descent, Marashlian was born in
Beirut,
Lebanon in 1948,
and relocated to
Chicago,
Illinois, in 1956.
During the
Vietnam War, Marashlian served in the
25th Infantry Division as an infantryman and grenadier from 1968–69.
He received his B.A. (1974) from the
University of Illinois, Chicago
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois sy ...
, and his M.A. (1978) and Ph.D. (1992) from the
University of California, Los Angeles. His Ph.D. dissertation was titled, "The Armenian Question from Sèvres to Lausanne: Economics and Morality in American and British policies," which also appeared in Turkish translation in 2000 as ''Ermeni Sorunu Ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri''.
He was one of the founders of an Armenian Congress in 1981 which served Armenians throughout Southern California.
One of the main aims of the congress is to have more Armenian-Americans become politically active.
On 15 May 1996, Marashlian provided testimony in support of
Armenian genocide recognition in a panel hearing of the
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
He noted that, "Those who today deny the Armenian Genocide are resorting to academically unsound revisionism."
Marashlian was instrumental in bringing about the Armenian Genocide curriculum in California public schools when serving as an adviser to the California Department of Education Curriculum Committee in 1987.
He has lectured in many countries throughout the world, including
Armenia and
Karabakh.
In 1990, Marashlian also participated in an academic debate in
Ankara,
Turkey which dealt with the issue of the
Armenian genocide and Turkish-Armenian relations.
Marashlian's writings and opinions have been featured in several newspapers throughout the world including the ''
Los Angeles Times,
Washington Times,
The Jewish Daily Forward,
Houston Chronicle,
Hurriyet Daily News'', and others.
Dr. Marashlian is Professor of Ethnic Studies, History, and Political Science at Glendale Community College in Glendale, California.
Works
*''Politics and Demography: Armenians, Turks and Kurds in the Ottoman Empire''. Zoryan Institute. (1991)
*"Finishing the Genocide: Cleansing Turkey of Armenian Survivors, 1920-1923," in
Richard Hovannisian, ed., Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide (Detroit, 1998)
See also
*
Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian genocide
Witnesses and testimony provide an important and valuable insight into the events which occurred both during and after the Armenian genocide. The Armenian genocide was prepared and carried out by the Ottoman government in 1915 as well as in the ...
References
External links
Full Text of Marashlian's 1996 Testimony on the Armenian Genocide at the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs* (Video)
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21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
American people of Armenian descent
Writers from Beirut
Living people
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Glendale Community College (California)
University of Illinois Chicago alumni
Ethnic Armenian historians
1948 births
Armenian studies scholars
Lebanese people of Armenian descent
Lebanese emigrants to the United States
American male non-fiction writers