– Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of NAS RA, Chief Researcher at the Institute of History of NAS RA, Head of the Department of Armenian History of Press and Social Thought, Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Bulletin of Armenian Studies”. Scientific interests: history of the Armenian socio-political thought and periodical press, history of the Armenian communities of Ottoman Turkey. Author of 9 books and more than 200 articles.