Ara Sanjian

Ara Sanjian

Ara Sanjian grew up in Lebanon and studied at Yerevan State University between 1986 and 1991. Since 2006, he has been Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Centennial Minus One

In exactly one year from now, the Armenian nation will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of an independent Armenian republic during the final months of the First World War. In a special report, Professor Ara Sanjian of the University of Michigan-Dearborn writes about the significance of May 28 in modern Armenian history and its controversial trajectory in the Diaspora.