Dr. Varuzhan Geghamyan specializes in the domestic politics of modern Turkey and Azerbaijan, as well as Middle Eastern geopolitics.
He earned his Ph.D. in History from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies (Chair of Turkic Studies) at Yerevan State University, Armenia. Dr. Geghamyan has been a guest lecturer at Lund University (Sweden), UC Berkeley (USA), the Diplomatic Institute of Syria's Foreign Ministry (Syria), Saint Petersburg State University (Russia), among others. He co-authored three monographs (History of the Turkish Republic, Handbook of Modern Azerbaijan, and Hate Speech Against Armenia in Turkey), several articles in peer-reviewed journals, and numerous analytical reports on regional political and geopolitical developments.
Dr. Geghamyan is an expert on Turkey and the Middle East. From 2016 to 2018, he served in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and other government bodies. Between 2019
and 2021, he was an advisor to the President of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, specializing in matters related to Turkey and the Middle East. He is fluent in Armenian, Russian, English, Azerbaijani, Turkish. Dr. Geghamyan’s expertise has been featured in international outlets such as Forbes, Newsweek, Fox News, Al Jazeera, RIAC, Al Ahram, and SBS, through op-eds and interviews.
Courses taught at AUA:
CHSS 288 – Modern Turkey
PG 282-Survey of Regional Politics
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