Hratch Tchilingirian

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Hratch Tchilingirian is a British-Armenian sociologist and a scholar of Armenian studies. [1] [2] He is an Associate Faculty Member at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. [3]

He received his Master of Public Administration degree from California State University, Northridge and Master of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and his PhD from the London School of Economics. [1] He previously taught at University of Cambridge, between 2002 and 2012. [1] He was Associate Director of Eurasia Research Programme in the Cambridge Judge Business School. [4]

He has been the Director of the Armenian Diaspora Survey since 2019, which has conducted research in some 40 communities in ten countries. [5] It is organized by the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Armenian Institute of London. [6]

His research areas include the minorities and Christian communities in contemporary Middle East, the Armenian diaspora, Turkish-Armenian relations, Armenian Church and Religious Studies, inter-ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus. [3] He is president of the St Sarkis Church Trust. [1]

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