Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

__ Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan__ is a Professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of the American University of Armenia. His expertise lies in the political history of Turkey, Kemalism, political Islam, and the foreign and security policies of the South Caucasus nations. He earned his Doctorate from the University of Bergen in Norway. He has authored two monographs and more than a dozen book chapters and research articles which have been published in edited volumes by Routledge and Springer, as well as in peer-reviewed journals such as Nations and Nationalism, Third World Quarterly, Europe-Asia Studies, Turkish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Digest of Middle East Studies

Key Topics
  • Armenian HistoryArmenia's long history — from the ancient Urartu kingdom and the Battle of Avarayr through the medieval Cilician kingdom, the First Republic, and the Soviet era.
  • 19th & 20th CenturiesArmenia's national awakening under Ottoman and Russian rule, the Hamidian massacres, the 1915 Genocide, the Battle of Sardarabad, and the brief First Republic of 1918–1920.
  • GeopoliticsArmenia's strategic position in the South Caucasus and its relationships with regional and global powers in a rapidly shifting multipolar world.
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  • Armenian PoliticsArmenia's domestic political landscape, including the government, opposition parties, civil society movements, and democratic governance debates.