Vahe Sahakyan, PhD
Biography and Education
Vahe Sahakyan is Senior Research and Information Resources Specialist at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Armenian Research Center. He received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2015. He also holds a Candidate of Sciences degree in Sociology from Yerevan State University (2003).
Sahakyan has held various teaching, research, and administrative appointments at Yerevan State University (2000-2008), and at the University of Michigan (2008-2016). Since 2018, he is also a member of the Armenian Diaspora Survey Project Academic Advisory Committee – a project sponsored by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and implemented under the auspices of the Armenian Institute, London.
Sahakyan’s research interests focus on population movements, immigration and diaspora studies, history and sociology of modern Armenian diaspora.
Selected Publications
Books
2022 Սփյուռքագիտություն. քննական անթոլոգիա (Diaspora Studies: A Critical Anthology). Կազմող և խմբագիր՝ Վահե Սահակյան, Երևան, ԵՊՀ հրատարակչություն, 2022 (Compiler and Editor)
Articles, book chapters
in English
2021 “Diaspora Conceptualizations and the Realities of the Armenian Diaspora: Some Preliminary Observations,” EVN Report, April 26, 2021.
2020 "Diaspora, Ethnicity, and the Concept of the "Armenian Transnation": Brief Notes on Diaspora Theory and Practice," in Armenia 2018: Realities and Perspectives, Vol. 2, eds. Ashot Voskanyan, Thomas Schrapel (Yerevan: Armenian Research Center in Humanities, 2020), 337-344. (English and Armenian bilingual publication)
2018 “Spaces of Difference, Spaces of Belonging: Negotiating Armenianness in Lebanon and France,” in An Armenian Mediterranean: Words and Worlds in Motion, eds. Kathryn Babayan, Michael Pifer ([S.I.]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), 247-267.
2018 “Rethinking the Discourse on Armenian Diaspora: Language(s), Culture(s), Affiliation(s),” EVN Report, January 20, 2018.
Turkish translation: “Ermeni Diasporası Söylemini Tekrar Düşünmek: Dil(ler), Kültür(ler), İlişki(ler),” translated by Cafer Sarıkaya, Post Dergi. Kitap. Fikir. Eleştiri., May 25, 2018.
Eastern Armenian translation: “Վերաիմաստավորելով Հայաստան֊Սփյուռք քննախոսությունը. Լեզու(ներ), մշակույթ(ներ), փոխհարաբերություն(ներ)” Հայ սոցիոլոգիական մտքի անթոլոգիա, (Երևան։ Երևանի պետական համալսարան, 2018), 528-537.
2006 “Democratization in Armenia: Some Trends of Political Culture and Behavior,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization 14, no. 3 (Summer 2006): 347-354. (Co-authored with Arthur Atanesyan).
in Armenian
2006 «Սպառողականությունը զարգացող երկրներում. Սոցիոլոգիական վերլուծություն» [Consumerism in Developing Countries: Sociological analysis], Բանբեր Երևանի համալսարանի [Bulletin of Yerevan University] 1, no. 118 (2006): 195-198. (co-authored with Mehdi Abedi).
2003 «Քաղաքացիական հասարակության սոցիոլոգիական ըմբռնման շուրջ» [On Sociological Understanding of Civil Society], Հայ ազգաբանության և հնագիտության խնդիրներ, պրակ 2, Երիտասարդ գիտնականների հանրապետական X գիտաժողովի նյութեր [Problems of Armenian Ethnology and Archaeology, Vol. 2, Materials of Young Scholars’ 10th Annual Conference]. (Yerevan: “Gitutyun,” 2006) ,23-29.
2003 «Համայնքային հասարակության սոցիոլոգիական ըմբռնման հարցի շուրջ» [On Sociological Understanding of Communal Society], Բանբեր Երևանի համալսարանի [Bulletin of Yerevan University] 2, no. 107 (2003): 158-163.
Other research-based publications
2020 “Identity: Family, Language and Culture are Defining Constituents of Hyphenated Armenianness,” in Armenian Diaspora Public Opinion (1): Armenian Diaspora Survey, 2019, ed. Hratch Tchilingirian (London: Armenian Institute, 2020): 11-15.
2020 “Language and Culture: Majority of Armenians Keep Language and Culture Vital, high-Quality Armenian Schools are in Demand” in Armenian Diaspora Public Opinion (1), Armenian Diaspora Survey, 2019, ed. Hratch Tchilingirian (London: Armenian Institute, 2020): 23-27.
2019 “Community Engagement: Busy Lives Require More Interesting Activities, Visionary Leadership and Focus on the Younger Generation” in Armenian Diaspora Opinion: Armenian Diaspora Survey, Pilot Project, 2018, ed. Hratch Tchilingirian (London: Armenian Institute, 2019): 19-20.
2019 “Language and Culture: Armenian Schools and Cultural Education Continue to Play Important Roles in the Diaspora” in Armenian Diaspora Opinion: Armenian Diaspora Survey, Pilot Project, 2018, ed. Hratch Tchilingirian (London: Armenian Institute, 2019): 21-23.