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Mikayel Malkhasyan

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor

About

Mr. Mikayel Armen Malkhasyan
PhD in History, Associate Professor
Education
1997 - 2001 – School № 67, Yerevan
2001 - 2007 – Quantum College
2007 - 2011 – Bachelor’s Degree, Qualification of Teacher, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University
2011 - 2013 – Master’s Degree, Faculty of History, YSU
2013 - 2016 – PhD, Chair of History of Armenia, Faculty of History, YSU

Working Experience
Since 2010 – Teacher of History, Quantum College (Lecturing Courses – History of Armenia, Theory of Knowledge (IB Diploma Program), History of the Americas (IB Diploma Program), History of the Armenian Church, World History)
2012 - 2015 – Chairman of Student Scientific Society, Yerevan State University
2014 - 2016 – Lecturer, Chair of History of Armenia, YSU (Lecturing Course – History of Armenia)
2016 - 2018 – Assistant Professor, Chair of History of Armenia, YSU (Lecturing Courses – History of Armenia, Introduction to the Armenian Studies)
Since 2018 – Associate Professor, Chair of History of Armenia, YSU (Lecturing Courses – Introduction to the Demographics of Armenia and Neighboring Countries, Methods and Sources of Studying Medieval History of Armenia, Historical Geography of Armenia, Historical Demography of Armenia, History of Armenia, Introduction to the Armenian Studies)
Since 2021 – Associate Professor, Russian-Armenian University (Lecturing Courses – History of Armenia, History of Russia)
Since 2024 – Author of Historical TV Series “Our History” Aired on ATV
Since 2025 – Adjunct Associate Professor, American University of Armenia
Published Works
11 books, and about 50 scientific articles published; in addition, 25 volumes of scientific journals edited.

Awards
2011 – “Best Student of Yerevan State University” award, bronze medal of YSU
2012 – Honorary Diploma by the Ministry of Diaspora of the RA
2013 – “Best Teacher in field of Civic Education” award by EU Embassy
2013 – “Best Student of the Republic of Armenia” by the Ministry of Education and Science of the RA
2013 – Honorary Diploma by the Christian Education Centre of Holy Etchmiadzin
2016 – Gold medal of YSU for successfully organizing systematic student research activity in YSU
2017 – Honorary Diploma by the Ministry of Education and Science of the RA
2019 – Silver medal of YSU
2022 – “Best Research” 1st Place Prize in the Category of the Social Sciences in the Pan-Armenian Competition Organized by the National Academy of Sciences

Languages
Armenian, English, Russian

 

Scientific interests

  • Historical Demography
  • Geography of Armenia

List of publications

  • Armenian Diaspora. Yerevan, Author's edition, 2007, 144 pages. ISBN 978-99930-4-736-0. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian) Available at: http://www.lib.mindiaspora.am/1535.html
  • Oshakan. St. Etchmiadzin, Author's edition, 2007, 64 pages. ISBN 978-99930-4-983-8. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Hakob Karnetsi's "Topographer of Upper Armenia" as a Source for Historical-Geographical Research (Erzrum Province in the 17th Century). St. Etchmiadzin, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Press, 2009, 64 pages. ISBN 978-99395-3-480-0. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Oshakan (2nd, revised edition). St. Etchmiadzin, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Press, 2012, 88 pages. ISBN 978-9939-59-109-4. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Basic Principles of Performing a Research Work: Methodological Guide (with co-authors Hovhannisyan G., Galstyan N., Soghomonyan M.). Yerevan, Yerevan State University Press, 2014, 72 pages. ISBN 978-5-8084-1897-4. (in Armenian) Available at: http://www.ysu.am/ssspub/en/1415824773
  • Historical-Demographic Research, Book 1. Yerevan, Yerevan State University Press, 2015, 248 pages. ISBN 978-5-8084-1985-8. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian) Available at: http://publishing.ysu.am/hy/1438180970
  • Population of Kars Oblast. Yerevan, Yerevan State University Press, 2015, 80 pages. ISBN 978-5-8084-1986-5. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian) Available at: http://publishing.ysu.am/files/Karsi_marzi_bnakchutyuny.pdf
  • Medieval History of Armenia. Course Companion. Yerevan, Quantum College IB DP, 2016, 102 pages. ISBN 978-9939-846-12-5. (in English) Available at: http://www.ysu.am/files/Medieval_history_of_Armenia.pdf
  • Demographic Processes in Armenia in the 16th Century and in the First Half of the 17th Century. Yerevan, YSU Publishing House, 2020, 300 pages. ISBN 978-5-8084-2445-6; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/YSUPH/9785808424456. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian) Available at: http://publishing.ysu.am/hy/1603982789
  • Armenia according to the Historical-Geographical Data by the Ancient Authors (Contemporary Investigations and Anthology of Sources). Yerevan, YSU Publishing House, 2020, 388 pages. ISBN 978-5-8084-2469-2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/YSUPH/9785808424692. (co-authors – Artak Movsisyan, Lianna Karapetyan; in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian) Available at: http://publishing.ysu.am/en/1605867001
  • The Current Stage of the Demographic Transition in the Republic of Armenia. Yerevan, YSU Publishing House, 2023, 160 pages (+ 16-page insert). ISBN 978-5-8084-2646-7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/YSUPH/9785808426467. (co-authors – Armen Khachikyan and Fr. Abra¬ham (Manuk) Malkhasyan; in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian) Available at: http://publishing.ysu.am/en/1703854034
  • The Change of the Population Number of Yerevan in the 20th Century. In “Yerevan – 2: Papers of the 2nd Scientific Session Devoted to the Problems of the Capital”, Yerevan, Yerevan City History Museum, 2009, pp. 71-75. (in Armenian)
  • Hakob Karnetsi’s Work “The Topographer of Upper Armenia” as a Source for Historical-Geographic Research. Etchmiadzin, 2010, 7, 110-125. (in Armenian)
  • The Armenian Community in Australia. In “Papers of the Scientific Session Devoted to the 90th Anniversary of Yerevan State University”, Vol. 4, Yerevan, YSU Press, 2010, pp. 286-288. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Population of Van Province before the Armenian Genocide. History and Culture, 2011, 1, 263-273. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Population of the Territory of Kars Oblast before the Establishment of the Rule of the Russian Empire (1830 - 1877). History and Culture, 2011, 2, 187-194. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Восточнославянское население Карсской области в 1877-1918 гг., «Материалы Международного молодежного форума «Ломоносов-2011», Москва, МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова, 2011. (in Russian)
  • The Greek Population in Kars Oblast (Province) in 1880-1917. In “Papers of the Scientific Session Devoted to the 90th Anniversary of YSU Faculty of History”, Yerevan, YSU press, 2011, pp. 72-76. (in Armenian)
  • The Russian Popuation in Kars Oblast in 1877-1917. Collection of Scientific Articles of YSU SSS, 2012, 1, 158-164. (in Armenian)
  • The Demographic Processes in Yerevan at the beginning of the 21st Century. In “Yerevan – 3: Papers of the 3rd Scientific Session Devoted to the Problems of the Capital”, Yerevan, Yerevan City History Museum, 2012, pp. 74-82. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • “The Demographic Winter” in the European States, History and Culture, 2012, 3, 202-209. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Simeon Yerevantsi’s Work “Jambr” as a Source for the Historical Ethno-demography of Armenia. Collection of Scientific Articles of YSU SSS, 2012, 1, 165-171. (in Armenian)
  • The Turkish Population in Kars Oblast in 1877-1917. Collection of Scientific Articles of YSU SSS, 2012, 3, 201-204. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Problem of Geographic Coordinates in Claudius Ptolemy’s “Geography”. History and Culture, 2014, 1, 148-160. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Greater Armenia in the System of Claudius Ptolemy’s “Geography”. Etchmiadzin, 2015, 2, 29-45. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Trends and Features of the Demographic Processes in Armenia in the 16th Century. Etchmiadzin, 2016, 4, 52-72. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Foreign Ethnic Invasions into Armenia in the 16th Century. History and Culture, 2016, 1, 140-149. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Main Trends and Features of the Demographic Processes in Armenia in the First Half of the 17th Century. Armenological Issues, 2016, 1 (7), 94-104. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Great Famine in Armenia (1606-1609), Bulletin of Yerevan University. Armenian Studies, 2017, 2, 17-34. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Main Features of the Ethno-Religious Policy of the Ottoman Empire in Western Armenia in the 16th Century, Armenological Issues, 2017, 2, 48-59. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Issue of the Territorial Coverage of the Deportation of the Armenian Population Organized by Shah Abbas I, Armenological Issues, 2019, 3 (18), 49-65. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Western Borders of Greater Armenia in Claudius Ptolemy’s “Geography”, History and Culture, 2020, 1, 41-48. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Problem of the North-Western Borderline of Greater Armenia along Moschikian Mountains (According to Claudius Ptolemy's "Geography"), Scientific Artsakh, 2020, 3 (6), 40-53. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • The Natural Population Change in the Republic of Armenia in the Context of the Current Stage of Demographic Transition: Trends and Challenges, Armenological Issues, 2021, 1, 131-154. (co-authors – Dr. Fr. Abraham Malkhasyan, Armen Khachikyan; in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • General Picture of Population Distribution in Armenia in the 16th Century on the Example of Several Administrative Units, History and Culture: Journal of Armenian Studies, 2021, 1, 30-38. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Some Questions on the Historical Demography of Artsakh (XVI-XVII Centuries), Scientific Artsakh, 2021, 3(10), 46-58. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • Some Questions on the Historical Demography of Artsakh (XIX Century – the Beginning of the XX Century), History and Culture: Journal of Armenian Studies, 2022, 1 (17), 83-100. (in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)
  • ‘No Diplomatic Negotiations or Insistence before the Ottoman Porte to Have Any Favorable Result...’: The Caucasus in Russian-Turkish Relations, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries («Никакие дипломатические переговоры и настояния перед Оттоманскою Портой благоприятного результата иметь не будут…»: Кавказ в системе российско-турецких отношений в конце XIX – начале XX в.), Oriental Studies, 2024, Vol. 17. Is. 4, 704-719. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2024-74-4-704-719 (co-authors – Karine Ambartsumyan and Vahram Balayan; in Russian, with summary in English)
  • The Demographic Environment of the Manifestation of Armenian Political Thought in the Second Half of the 18th Century (A Theoretical Classification Attempt), History and Culture, 2024, Vol. 21, No. 2, 29-52. https://doi.org/10.46991/hc.2024.21.2.029 (co-author – Arnak Sargsyan; in Armenian, with summaries in English and Russian)

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