Clark University Grants First-ever Doctoral Degree in Armenian Genocide Studies to Khachig Mouradian

Helping to celebrate the historic granting of the first Ph.D. in Armenian Genocide Studies to Khatchig Mouradian (left) are Asya Darbinyan (doctoral student), Professor Taner Akcam, Carolyn Mugar, and Anna Aleksanyan and Emre Cam Dagioglu (doctoral students). (Source: Spencer Cronin, Clark University)

Helping to celebrate the historic granting of the first Ph.D. in Armenian Genocide Studies to Khatchig Mouradian (left) are Asya Darbinyan (doctoral student), Professor Taner Akcam, Carolyn Mugar, and Anna Aleksanyan and Emre Cam Dagioglu (doctoral students). (Source: Spencer Cronin, Clark University)

WORCESTER (News.Clarku.edu) — Clark University is privileged to stand at the forefront in establishing the Armenian Genocide as a distinct focus of doctoral study, setting a landmark on Jan. 5, when Khatchig Mouradian became the first student to complete a Ph.D. in Armenian Genocide Studies at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

Mouradian defended his dissertation, Genocide and Humanitarian Assistance in Ottoman Syria (1915-1917), before Professors Taner Akҫam and Debórah Dwork, who served as co-directors of his dissertation committee. Raymond Kévorkian, Director of the Nubarian Library in Paris, served as the third committee member.

“This graduation marks a historic turning point in Armenian Genocide research,â€

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