Nina Garsoïan
Nina Garsoïan France | |
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Died | August 14, 2022 , U.S. | (aged 99)
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Byzantine history |
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Dean of Princeton University Graduate School | |
In office 1977–1979 | |
Preceded by | Alvin Kernan |
Succeeded by | Theodore Ziolkowski |
Nina G. Garsoïan
Biography
Nina G. Garsoïan was born in Paris on April 11, 1923,
Garsoïan began teaching at Smith College in 1956[6] and Columbia in 1962.[4] In 1969 she became the first female professor to receive tenure at Columbia's Department of History.[4] Garsoïan became the first female dean of the Princeton University Graduate School when she was appointed to the position in 1977.[10] She served in that position until 1979.[5][6]
In 1979, she became the first holder of Gevork M. Avedissian Chair in Armenian History and Civilization at Columbia University.
Garsoïan was the director of the Paris-based Revue des Études Arméniennes and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.[9][11] She participated in a Byzantine Studies Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, twice serving as a co-director.[6]
Garsoïan died on August 14, 2022, at the age of 99.[12][13]
Publications
Garsoïan published numerous books and journal and encyclopedia articles on Armenian, Byzantine, and Sasanian history.[9] In her publications she emphasized the Iranian/Persian influence on Armenian history.[4][9]
- Books
- The Paulician Heresy. Mouton, 1968.
- Armenia between Byzantium and the Sasanians. Variorum Publishing. 1985.
- L'Église arménienne et le grand schisme d'Orient. Peeters Publishers. 1999.
- Church and Culture in Early Medieval Armenia. Ashgate Publishing, 1999.
- De Vita Sua. Mazda Publishers, 2011. (memoir)[6][4]
- Articles
- "Byzantine Heresy. A Reinterpretation." Dumbarton Oaks Papers 25 (1971): 85–113.
- "Secular jurisdiction over the Armenian church (fourth-seventh centuries)." Harvard Ukrainian Studies7 (1983): 220–250.
- "Byzantium and the Sasanians." Cambridge History of Iran3.1 (1983): 568–592.
- "The problem of Armenian integration into the Byzantine empire." Studies on the internal diaspora of the Byzantine Empire (1998): 53–124.
- Translations
- The trade and cities of Armenia in relation to ancient world trade by Hakob Manandian. 1965
- Armenia in the Period of Justinian by Nicholas Adontz. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 1970.
- The Arab Emirates in Bagratid Armenia by Aram Ter-Ghevondyan. Livraria Bertrand. 1976
- The Epic Histories Attributed to Pʻawstos Buzand: (Buzandaran Patmutʻiwnkʻ). Harvard University Press, 1989.
References
- ^ Yuzbashian, Karen (1968). "Nina G. Garsoian. The Paulician Heresy. A Study of the Origine and Development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Provinces of the Byzantine Empire. The Hague-Paris, 1967, 293 էջ+1 քարտեզ։ Նինա Գ. Գարսոյան. Պավլիկյան աղանդը. Ուսումնասիրություն նվիրված Հայաստանում և Բյուզանդական կայսրության արևելյան գավառներում պավլիկյան շարժման ծագմանն ու զարգացմանը". Patma-Banasirakan Handes (in Armenian) (4): 243–248.
- ISSN 1829-4243.
- S2CID 162612413.
- ^ a b c d e f "1962". history.columbia.edu. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
- ^ a b "Nina Garsoian, Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History; Dean of the Graduate School 1977–1979". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f McKee, Gabriel (March 16, 2016). "ISAW LIBRARY RECEIVES COLLECTION OF NINA G. GARSOÏAN". isaw.nyu.edu. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
- ^ "History". Princeton University Graduate School. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021.
- ISBN 9780299207502.
- ^ a b c d e "De Vita Sua". Mazda Publishers. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Coeducation: History of Women at Princeton University". libguides.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Professor Nina Garsoïan FBA". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. British Academy. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
- ^ Der Matossian, Bedross (August 15, 2022). "The Society for Armenian Studies is sorry to bear the sad news of the passing of the preeminent Armenian Studies scholar, Prof. Nina Garsoïan". Society for Armenian Studies. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022.
- ^ "Eminent Armenologist Nina Garsoïan Passes Away". The Armenian Mirror Spectator. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.