Hagop Barsoumian

Hagop Barsoumian has concentrated on studies of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. He has published articles on the Armenian amira (aristocrat - grand bourgeois) class and the constitutional movement. He was teaching at the Haigazian University in Beirut during the 1980ies.

In 1986, during the Lebanese Civil War, Dr. Barsoumian was abducted [The Armenian people from ancient to modern times, By Richard G Hovannisian, pp. 469 (wrong year printed in the book)] and murdered [ [http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af1c.htm The Next 1.5 Million: A Panel Discussion on Armenian Studies in the United States ] ] .

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