Vahakn Norair Dadrian was an Armenian-American sociologist and historian, born in Turkey, professor of sociology, historian, and an expert on the Armenian genocide.
15 Facts About Vahakn Dadrian
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Vahakn Dadrian first studied mathematics at the University of Berlin, after which he decided to switch to a completely different field, and studied philosophy at the University of Vienna, and later, international law at the University of Zurich.
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Vahakn Dadrian understood many languages, including German, English, French, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, and Armenian, and worked in the archives of different countries.
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Vahakn Dadrian was awarded an honorary doctorate degree for his research in the field of Armenian Genocide Studies by the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, and later, in 1998, he was made a member of the Academy and honored by the President of Armenia, the republic's highest cultural award, the Khorenatzi medal.
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In 1999, Vahakn Dadrian was awarded on behalf of the Holy See of Cilicia the Mesrob Mashdots Medal.
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Vahakn Dadrian was the keynote speaker at the centennial of the John Marshall Law School and delivered a lecture to the British House of Commons in 1995.
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Vahakn Dadrian has lectured extensively in French, English and German in the Free University of Berlin, the Universities of Munich, Parma, Torino, Zurich, Uppsala, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Bochum, Munster, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Geneva, Brussels and UNESCO's Paris center.
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Vahakn Dadrian was the director of Genocide Research at Zoryan Institute.
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Vahakn Dadrian was buried in Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia after a state ceremony and visitation at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.
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The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia explained on Twitter that work on Vahakn Dadrian's gravestone had been delayed due to "objective reasons" such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, but would resume soon.
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Taner Akcam writes that by employing Justin McCarthy's own method of calculating population figures and classifying individuals, Vahakn Dadrian has shown the ridiculousness of the claim that "the events of 1915 were in fact a civil war between the Armenians and Turks".
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German Swiss scholar Hans-Lukas Kieser writes that the documents related to fifteen Turkish ministers published by V Dadrian show best the ministers' conception of their responsibility in the "abuses" committed against Ottoman Armenians.
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The child told police that Vahakn Dadrian had stopped him on the street and persuaded to go to Vahakn Dadrian's home, asking the boy to carry a package.
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Vahakn Dadrian ruled that Dadrian should be suspended for one month without pay.
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The college administration offered the 64-year-old professor voluntary resignation, but Vahakn Dadrian appealed the decision and lost.