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