Richard G. Hovannisian

Richard G. Hovannisian graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States in 1954, where he also completed his master's degree (1958) and doctorate (1966). He served as a professor of Armenian and modern Eastern history at the same university and was the associate director of the G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies from 1978 to 1995. In 1990, he was admitted as a member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences. He was also awarded honorary doctorates from Yerevan State University (1994) and Artsakh State University (1997). Between 1998 and 2002, he received several honors and medals from the Republic of Armenia. His most well-known works in English include: "Armenia on the Road to Independence" (1967, 1982), "The Republic of Armenia," Vol. I (1971, 1996), Vol. II (1982, 1996), Vol. III-IV (1996), and "The Armenian Holocaust" (1980).