Hayk Demoyan
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Dr. Hayk Demoyan is the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
in Yerevan
, Armenia
, a post he has held since 2005. The Museum-Institute’s aim is to accurately document and illustrate all materials related to the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923.
Dr. Demoyan was born in the city of Leninakan (now Gyumri
) in Soviet Armenia. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, and is a lecturer at the History Department of Yerevan State University
. He is also a researcher and has written several books on such topics as the Armenian Genocide, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1991-1994.
Dr. Demoyan regularly delivers speeches and lectures in Armenia and abroad. He has been invited to speak on the Genocide Museum’s activities and related topics in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Slovenia and Cyprus.
Dr. Demoyan is fluent in Armenian, Russian and English.
Tsitsernakaberd
Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire...
in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, a post he has held since 2005. The Museum-Institute’s aim is to accurately document and illustrate all materials related to the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923.
Dr. Demoyan was born in the city of Leninakan (now Gyumri
Gyumri
Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 , is the second-largest city in Armenia.The name of the city has been changed many times in history...
) in Soviet Armenia. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, and is a lecturer at the History Department of Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University is a university in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded on May 16 1919, it is the largest university in the country with 110 departments. Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents , and 360 assistant lecturers...
. He is also a researcher and has written several books on such topics as the Armenian Genocide, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1991-1994.
Dr. Demoyan regularly delivers speeches and lectures in Armenia and abroad. He has been invited to speak on the Genocide Museum’s activities and related topics in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Slovenia and Cyprus.
Dr. Demoyan is fluent in Armenian, Russian and English.