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Vahe
Sahakyan
PhD

Research Associate, Information Resources Specialist Senior
Vahe Sahakyan
  • College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
  • Centers and Institutes
sahakv@umich.edu
313-593-5181
136 Fairlane Center North (FCN)
19000 Hubbard Drive
Dearborn, MI 48128

Biography and Education

Vahe Sahakyan is Senior Information Resources Specialist and Research Associate at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Armenian Research Center. He received his PhD 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 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.

Teaching and Research

Selected Publications

 

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.

History

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