Professor Houri Berberian receives the 2020 Dr. Sonia Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies

Department: History

Post Date: January 22, 2021

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Professor of History and Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies Houri Berberian’s book, Roving Revolutionaries:  Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds has received the 2020 Dr. Sonia Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies from The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).

Berberian’s Roving Revolutionaries (University of California Press, 2019) explores the interconnected aspects of three early twentieth century revolutions—in the Russian, Ottoman, and Iranian empires—through the involvement of Armenian revolutionaries in each, while also providing insights into the circulation of revolutionaries, ideas, and print across borders.

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