Armen Khachikyan

Dr. Armen Khachikyan is Associate Professor of History at Yerevan State Linguistic University named after V. Brussov. He gains his PhD in 1988 from Institute of Oriental Studies of National Academy of Sciences and in 1991 was awarded with academic status of Docent (Associate Professor) by USSR State Committee on Education.

Earlier in his career Mr. Khachikyan taught at the Armenian State Pedagogical University and at the European Regional Academy in Armenia. He is the author of a monograph titled “Armenia in the sphere of international policy at the threshold and beginning of our Era” (1999) and over 20 scholarly articles and studies on the methodology of instruction of history, published in Armenian, Russian and English. His research focuses on K-12 curriculum and textbook development for the subject of History.

Mr. Khachikyan has co-authored a textbook on “Ancient history” for fifth form which was in use at Armenian schools in 2000-2008, and a Civic Education Course for Distance Learning for secondary schools in Armenia. Together with Georgian and Azerbaijani colleagues, he has also co-authored a book titled “History of the South Caucasus Countries: a multiperspective view on history” (2009).

In 2003, Mr. Khachikyan was a Fulbright Senior Program Scholar at the U.S. Library of Congress. He is an active participant and contributor to numerous international conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops on issues related to education, from preschool to graduate. Mr. Khachikyan serves as a Member of the Working Group on National Curriculum and Textbook Development for World History, and an Advisor on Curriculum Development at the Armenian Fulbright Fellows Association.

Mr. Khachikyan is married, has two daughters.