Education
1986-1991 Department of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University
1991-1995 PhD student, Department of History of Armenia
Academic degree PhD

Professional experience
2008 - up to present day; Head of the Section of Armenian-Ottoman Relations, the Institute of Armenological Studies, YSU
2007 - up to present day; Associate Professor, the Department of Turkic Studies, YSU
2000-2005 –Professor’s Assistant, Faculty of Oriental Studies, YSU (the Department of Turkish Studies and International Relations, teaching Bachelor and Master students)
1999-2010- Scientific Secretary of the Sc. Council of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, YSU
1996-2000 – lecturer at the Department of Turkish Studies, YSU Field studies in the provinces of converted Hemshinilis, regions of Turkey : Ardahan , Rize, Ardvin, Trapizon and others
2012 Los Angeles, USA lectures for Armenian community
2011 July, The USA, Los Angeles - lectures for the Armenian community
April, 2010 University of Commottini, Greece
May, 2009 Iran, Tehran, lectures for the Armenian community The USA, Los Angeles - lectures for the Armenian community
April, 2007 Athens, Greece lectures for the Armenian community,
2000 Paris, France lectures for the Armenian community

Academic courses
Modern Turkish Basics of Literature of Tanzimat period, Basics of Theoretical grammar of the Turkish language, Basics of Ottoman and Turkish Historiography, The Ethnopolicy of the Ottoman Empire, The Culture of the Ottoman Empire, The Policy of Turkization of toponyms in the Ottoman Empire

Scale of professional interests
History, Philology, Dialectology, Toponymics, Folklore Participation in grant projects (present and past) 2013-2015 Grant Project announced by the Science Committee of RA (The Forced Islamization Policy of the Hamshen Armenians: Stages, Methods and results)

Languages
Armenian, Turkish, Russian, English

Professional membership (NGO, professional council, editorial staff of scientific journal, funds etc.)
Member of the Council of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, YSU
Member of the Council of the Institute of Armenological Studies, YSU
Head of the Department of Armenian-Ottoman Relations of the Institute of Armenological Studies at YSU

Awards received
Arpa International Festival Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award for the film “Hamshen at Crossroads of Past and Present”, Holliwood, 2012.