YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. The chairmanship of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia unanimously re-elected NAA academician Ruben Safrastyan as director of the Institute of Oriental Studies.

Bio according to the Institute Website:

CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS:  Since 2006: Director of Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  Since 1998: Head of Department of Turkish Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  CURRENT TEACHING POSITIONS:  Since 2011: Professor, Armenian Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovyan, Yerevan, Armenia  MA Courses:  1. Genocides and Modern International Organizations  2. The Mechanisms of Formation of Turkish Statehood  Since 2008: Professor, Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of History, Armenian National Academy of Sciences  Yerevan, Armenia  MA Courses:  1. Regional Geopolitics: Introduction  2. Globalization: Political Aspects  Since 2007: Professor, Yerevan State University  Yerevan, Armenia  MA Courses:  1. Methodology and History Turkish Studies  2. Regional Policy of Turkey  3. Theory of Genocidal Studies: Introduction  FOUNDING EDITORIAL POSITIONS:  Since 2012: Founding Editor, Contemporary Eurasia, Academic Periodical, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  Since 2002: Founding Editor and Head of Editorial Board, Turkic and Ottoman Studies, Yearbook, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  CURRENT INTERNATIONAL POSITIONS (HONORARY):  Since 2015: Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Research and Humanities Studies, international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal in Arabic and English languages, San Francisco, USA  Since 2015: Member of Editorial Board, Russia and new States of Eurasia, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow  Since 2013: Member of Editorial Board, Asiatiсa: Studies in Philosophy and Culture of Orient, Saint Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Since 2013: Member of Editorial Board, Sociology and Anthropology: International Peer-Reviewed Journal, Horizon Research Publishing, Alhambra, USA  Since 2013: Senior Analyst, Wikistrat Inc, Washington, D.C., USA  Since 2012: Senior Fellow, New Westminster College, Vancouver, Canada  CURRENT LOCAL EDITORIAL POSITIONS:  Since 2013: Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Armenian Studies: International Review of Armenian Studies, National Academy of Sciences of RA, Yerevan, Armenia  Since 2013: Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Genocide Studies, Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  Since 2009: Member of Editorial Board, Vem, All-Armenian Journal, Yerevan, Armenia  Since 2007: Head of Editorial Board, Countries and Peoples of the Near and Middle East, Yearbook, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  CURRENT PUBLIC ACTIVITIES: Since 2009: Member of Public Council of Republic of Armenia, Chairman of  Commission of Religion, Diaspora, and International Integration  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP (INTERNATIONAL):  Fulbright Association  German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)  LOCAL SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIP:  Chairman of Scientific Council, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences  Chairman of Scientific Council for conferring Scientific Degrees in the field of World History, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences  Scientific Council, Institute History, Armenian National Academy of Sciences  Scientific Council, Armenian Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovyan  ACADEMIC DEGREES AND TITLES:  2014: Academician - Full Member (Oriental Studies) of Armenian National Academy of Sciences), Yerevan, Armenia  2010: Corresponding Member (Oriental Studies) of Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia  2009: Doctor of Sciences (History), Supreme Certifying Commission of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia  2007: Professor of History, Supreme Certifying Commission of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia  1992: Assoc. Professor (Docent) of Middle and Near East History, State Committee of USSR of Higher Education, Moscow, Russia  1983: Ph.D., History, Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia