Anahit Kartashyan is an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia (AUA). She is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. Her research operates at the confluence of comparative imperial history and nationalism studies, with a particular emphasis on the Ottoman and Russian empires. Her doctoral dissertation explores the formation and political socialization of Ottoman Armenian elites during the late nineteenth century, focusing specifically on the interplay between administrative reforms and the emergence of public spheres.
Education
- National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
PhD Candidate, Institute of Oriental Studies - European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
MA in History - Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Asian and African Studies - Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
MA in Oriental Studies - Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
BA Degree in Turkish Studies
Office Location: 210 M
Office Hours: M/W 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm and by appointment
Courses currently taught
Armenian History I
Armenian History II
Research Database IDs
ORCID: 0000-0001-7970-1229
Scopus Author ID: 59498186500
Research Activities/Projects
Being or Becoming: Imperial Nation-Building and Subjectivity of the Ethno-Religious Groups in the Russian and Ottoman Empires, 1850s-1910s, (PI Naira E Sahakyan) Committee on Higher Education and Science of Republic of Armenia (Yerevan, AM)
The Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey Triangle: Transformations of War Narratives through State Leaders' Speeches, 1991-2002, (PI Naira E Sahakyan), Armenian National Science and Education Fund (NY, NY, US)
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Selected Articles:
Kartashyan, Anahit (2026). Ethnic Violence or Imperial Crisis? Reinterpreting the 1905 “Armenian-Tatar” Clashes. Caucasus Survey (accepted)
Sahakyan, Naira and Kartashyan, Anahit (2025). Shifts in Azerbaijani discourse: Heydar Aliyev’s rhetorical transformation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict negotiation process. Small Wars & Insurgencies, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2024.2443297
Kartashyan, Anahit (2023). The Ottoman Armenians Discuss Ottoman Civic Identity during Tanzimat Reforms. Analytical Bulletin, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.56673/18294502-23.17-9