Raymond Kevorkian

Raymond Haroutioun Kévorkian (born February 22, 1953) is a French historian of Armenian origin. He is a Foreign Member of Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Kevorkian has a PhD in history (1980), and is a professor.

Kevorkian finished the Paris-VIII-Saint-Denis university, where he teaches and serves as Research director at the French Institute of Geopolitics (Institut Français de Géopolitique). Kevorkian is the director of Nubarian library, Paris. He is the editor of d'Histoire arménienne contemporaine journal.

Kevorkian is the author of "The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History" book, "an exhaustive and authoritative account of the origins, events, and consequences of the Armenian Genocide". Originally published in French in 2006, and then published in English, this book presents a detailed of the genocidal process, and provides an authoritative analysis of the events and their impact upon the Armenian community. According to I. B. Tauris, "this important book will serve as an indispensable resource to historians of the period, as well as those wishing to understand the history of genocidal violence more generally". The book is the first to make extensive use of the archives of the Nubarian Library.

In 2010, Kevorkian received the Presidential Award from Armenian President Serge Sarkisian in recognition of his enormous contributions as a scholar. He is a member of Société de Géographie.

Selected bibliography

 * Le livre arménien à travers les âges, with Jean-Pierre Mahé, 1985.
 * Les Arméniens dans l'Empire ottoman à la veille du génocide, avec Paul B. Paboudjian, Paris : Arhis. 1992.
 * Arménie entre Orient et Occident : trois mille ans de civilisation, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1996.
 * Manuscrits arméniens de la Bibliothèque nationale de France : catalogue, avec Bernard Outtier, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1998.
 * Parler les camps, Penser les génocides, Albin Michel. 1999
 * Ani, capitale de l'Arménie en l'an 1000, Paris-Musées. 2001
 * Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob. 2006.