Gomidas Institute

Gomidas Institute
AbbreviationGI
Formation1992
Founded atAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States
TypeAcademic
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Locations
Executive Director
Ara Sarafian
Websitewww.gomidas.org

The Gomidas Institute (GI; Armenian: ԿԻ) is an independent academic institution "dedicated to modern Armenian and regional studies."[1] Its activities include research, publications and educational programmes. It publishes documents, monographs, memoirs and other works on modern Armenian history and organizes lectures and conferences. The institute was founded in 1992 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[1] It is based in London and maintains a United States branch in Cleveland.[1] British-Armenian historian Ara Sarafian serves as its executive director.[2] Since 1998, the institute has been publishing a quarterly journal titled Armenian Forum (ISSN 1091-4714 OCLC 35810656).[3] The institute is named after Komitas (Gomidas in Western Armenian pronunciation).

  1. ^ a b c "Home". Gomidas Institute. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ Khatchadourian, Raffi (5 January 2015). "A Century of Silence". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Armenian Forum On-Line". Gomidas Institute. Retrieved 22 April 2017.