Zaroui Pogossian

Dr. Zaroui (Zara) Pogossian is a specialist in medieval Armenian history, culture and religion, especially in relation to other peoples, cultures and religions in West Asia. She is Associate Professor of Byzantine Civilization at the University of Florence, and the Principal Investigator of the prestigious European Research Council project ArmEn: Armenia Entangled: Connectivity and Cultural Encounters in Medieval Eurasia 9th-14th Centuries. Pogossian is the author of a monograph on “The Letter of Love and Concord”, Leiden 2011, editor of several books and author of numerous articles. She has been the recipient of various fellowships, such as from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), Käte Hamburger Collegium at the Center for Religious Studies (University of Bochum, Germany) and the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (University of Erlangen, Germany). Dr. Pogossian is a co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Armeniaca: International Journal of Armenian Studies (first issue in September 2022). She is one of the founding members and general editors of the series Eastern Christian Cultures in Contact (Brepols editors).

Asbed Bedrossian

Asbed Bedrossian is an IT professional, and for years oversaw the central IT enterprise infrastructure and services at USC. His decades of experience spanned across IT strategy, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, data center operations, high performance computing, ITSM, ITPM, and more.

Asbed founded the Armenian News Network Groong circa 1989/1990, and co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020.

Hovik Manucharyan

Hovik Manucharyan is an information security engineer who moved from Seattle to Armenia in 2022. He co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020 and has been a contributor to Groong News since the late 1990s.

Disclaimer: The views expressed by Hovik Manucharyan on the ANN/Groong podcast are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of his employer or any other organization.