Zaroui Pogossian

Prof. 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). Prof. 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).