Professor Richard Hovannisian Inducted into Accademia Ambrosiana of Milan

Professor Richard Hovhannisian

MILAN, Italy””Professor Richard Hovannisian of UCLA has been elected to the prestigious Accademia Ambrosiana of Milan for his contributions to the study of Armenian and Near Eastern history. The Shoah Foundation at USC will also be inducted into the academy.

The Biblioteca Ambrosiana, which houses an enormous collection of books and more than 30,000 manuscripts in many languages, together with the renowned art gallery, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, and the Accademia Ambrosiana were established in the early seventeenth century by Cardinal Federico Borroeo in honor of the patron saint of Milan, St. Ambrosius.

Richard Hovannisian will be inducted into the academy during its Annual Assembly, November 9-11, 2015, in Milan. His inaugural lecture, to be delivered in the Sezione Armena, is titled “Evolution of the Historiography of the Armenian Genocide from 1920 to 2015.”