Armen (Claude) Z. Moutafian (born 21 July 1942) is a French mathematician and a historian who specializes in Armenian history. He is a Foreign Member of

Armenian Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia'') is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates acti ...

.Armenian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Members
/ref> He is the son of Zareh Mutafian.

Biography

Born in 1942 in

Clamart Clamart () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: ''bas Clamart'', the historical centre, and ''petit Clamart'' with urban ...

, France, Claude Mutafian is an associate professor of mathematics and senior lecturer from the

Paris 13 University Sorbonne Paris North University () is a public university based in Paris, France. It is one of the thirteen universities that succeeded the University of Paris in 1968. It is a multidisciplinary university located in north of Paris, in the munici ...

in Villetaneuse. Following the publication of several books on algebra, Mutafian devoted himself to Armenian history since 1980, particularly to the relations of Armenia with its various neighbors over time. Ph.D. in history from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Mutafian is the author of several books on the history of Armenia. He played a key role curating the Mardigian Museum of Armenian Art and Culture, which reopened in 2022 in Jerusalem.

Publications

* ''Le Défi algébrique'', 1976, * ''La Cilicie au carrefour des empires, tome 1 et 2'', 1988, * ''The Caucasian Knot: The History and Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh'', 1994, by Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabedian, and Claude Mutafian, * ''Atlas historique et culturel de l'Arménie : Proche-Orient et Sud-Caucase du 8e au 20e siècle'', 2001, by Claude Mutafian and Eric Van Lauwe, * ''Le Royaume Arménien de Cilicie, XIIe-XIVe siècle'', 2002, * ''Les yeux brûlants'', 2006, by Antoine Agoudjian, Claude Mutafian, Raymond-H Kévorkian, and Atom Egoyan, * ''Arménie : La magie de l'écrit'', 2007, * ''L' Arménie du Levant'', 2012,

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1942 births Living people People from Clamart University of Paris alumni Armenian studies scholars French people of Armenian descent 20th-century French historians Ethnic Armenian historians French male non-fiction writers 21st-century French historians {{armenia-historian-stub