James R. Russell

For other people with the same name, see James Russell (disambiguation).
James R. Russell
Born (1953-10-27) October 27, 1953 (age 71)
New York City, US
Alma materColumbia University (B.A., 1974)
University of Oxford (M.A., 1977)
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (Ph.D., 1982)
Occupation(s)Professor at Harvard University, author, scholar
Known forArmenian and Ancient Near Eastern scholar
PartnerD.E. Cordell [1]
Parent(s)Joseph Brooke Russell
Charlotte Sananes Russell
RelativesSidney A. Russell (grandfather)
Joshua Russell (brother)

James Robert Russell (born October 27, 1953) is a scholar and professor in Ancient Near Eastern, Iranian and Armenian Studies. He has published extensively in journals, and has written several books.

Russell served as Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, and sat on the executive committee of Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.[2]

In July 2016, Russell became semi-retired and moved his residence to Fresno, California.[3]

As of 2023, Russell is Emeritus Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University, Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a part-time Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Biblical Hebrew at California State University, Fresno.

  1. ^ “Homoerotic poetry and Yeghishe Charents”, AGLA NY Spring Lecture with James Russell 4/2/2015, Events March 2, 2015. (archived April 4, 2015)
  2. ^ Executive Committee, Davis Center
  3. ^ "Lecture Announcement: James R. Russell: And the Book Was Not Consumed: The Forty Days of Musa Dagh and the Nazi Holocaust" Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, Berkeley Events, University of California, Berkeley, October 27, 2016