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Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani, also known as Souren Melikian [1] [2] (born 5 December 1936), [3] is a French-Iranian [4] art historian, art critic, [5] [6] and curator. [7] He is a renowned scholar of Iranian culture, [8] and its sphere of influence. [9]

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Background

He was born on 5 December 1936, [3] in Paris to an Armenian father, Kevork Melikian (Georgiy Melikov), and Azerbaijani mother, Kawsar Asadullayeva. His father was accused of taking part in March Days, but he was not found guilty after it was found out that he was defending his Muslim friend. [10] Melikian's paternal grandfather Ambartsum Melikov was an oil billionaire who owned A.S.Melikov and Co in Baku. His maternal-grandfather was Mirza Asadullayev and thus was a nephew to Banine. [3] He grew up with his mother after losing father in 1945.

Education and career

After completing high school in Lycee Condorcet, Melikian graduated from the Sorbonne and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO). [11] He has served as (since 2005) as Chair of Middle Eastern History at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). [12] He was named emeritus research director in 2007. [11] He wrote weekly columns on art history and art markets for the International Herald Tribune [13] [14] since 1969. [11] Between 2011 and 2013 he wrote for The New York Times . [1] He has served as Senior Collections Adviser for the Aga Khan Museum. [15] [16]

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  1. 1 2 "Recent and archived work by Souren Melikian for The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Waghmar, Burzine (2016). "An Annotated Micro-history and Bibliography of the Houghton Shahnama" (PDF). SOAS University of London. p. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-25. Assadullah Souren MelikianChirvani [passim Souren Melikian]...
  3. 1 2 3 Ahmadov, Hafiz. "Interview with Souren Melikian". Hafiz Times (in Azerbaijani).
  4. ↑ "Rare Safavid Era Bowl Looted From Afghan Museum Returned". Financial Tribune . May 25, 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Crane, Diana (August 2009). "Reflections on the global art market: implications for the Sociology of Culture". Sociedade e Estado. 24 (2): 331–362. doi: 10.1590/S0102-69922009000200002 . The European art critic, Souren Melikian...
  6. ↑ Thompson, Don (2011). "Art fairs". In Moeran, Brian; Pedersen, Jesper Strandgaard (eds.). Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries. Cambridge University Press. pp. 59–72. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511790393.003. ISBN   9780511790393. Souren Melikian, a distinguished art writer and critic...
  7. ↑ Cornwell, Tim (August 12, 2018). "Toronto's Aga Khan Museum Houses Treasures From The Fatimid Dynasty". Harper's Bazaar Arabia . Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. In interviews, curator and art historian Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani...
  8. ↑ "Souren Melikian on collectors coming to the rescue in preservation crisis: The International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art's London Conference". The Art Newspaper . 1 October 1995. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Tolerance of Fatimid Egypt and its Unnoticed Enigma". Aga Khan Museum. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020.
  10. ↑ March 1918 Baku. Azerbaijani pogroms in documents (in Russian). Solmaz Ru̇stămova-Toḣidi. Baku: Research Center of the Ministry of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2009. pp. 716–718. ISBN   978-9952-8000-9-8. OCLC   320778888.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. 1 2 3 Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren (1936-....) (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021 – via catalogue.bnf.fr.
  12. ↑ "Les historiens français (position institutionnelle) : 1800-2005". rhe.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr (in French). Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021.
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  14. ↑ "Art fairs ride high to tackle auctions". South China Morning Post . 19 November 1995.
  15. ↑ Lawrence, Lee (January 13, 2015). "Rethinking 'Islamic Art'". Wall Street Journal .
  16. ↑ "Pattern and Light: The Aga Khan Museum". rizzoliusa.com. Rizzoli New York. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani is senior collections adviser
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