Patriotism, Competitive Nationalism and Minority’s Successes: Armenian Sports in the Ottoman Empire in the pre-1915 Period

Authors

  • Hayk Demoyan Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute of NAS RA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51442/ijags.0001

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Author Biography

Hayk Demoyan, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute of NAS RA

Dr. Hayk Demoyan is the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute in Yerevan, Armenia, since 2006. He is author of 12 books and 40 academic articles on such topics as the Armenian Genocide, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1991-1994. He is a lecturer at Yerevan State University. Dr. Demoyan is also the secretary of the State Commission on Coordination of the Events Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. His last book is "Armenian Genocide: Front Page Coverage in the World Press" (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide Museum&Institute, 2014), 266 pages.

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Published

2014-09-05

How to Cite

Demoyan, H. (2014). Patriotism, Competitive Nationalism and Minority’s Successes: Armenian Sports in the Ottoman Empire in the pre-1915 Period. International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, 1(1), 6–37. https://doi.org/10.51442/ijags.0001