Vartan Matiossian
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Vartan Matiossian | |
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Վարդան Մատթէոսեան | |
| Born | March 6, 1964 |
| Alma mater | National Academy of Sciences of Armenia |
| Occupations | Historian, translator, editor |
Vartan Matiossian (Վարդան Մատթէոսեան in Armenian) (born March 6, 1964) is a diasporan Armenian historian, translator and editor. He is currently Executive Director of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (New York)[1] and book review editor for Armenian Review.[2]
Matiossian was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on March 6, 1964. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1973. In 1991 he graduated from the School of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. From 1992 to 2000, he was associate professor of Armenian History and Religion at the School of Eastern Studies, Universidad del Salvador (Buenos Aires). He has lived in New Jersey, USA since 2000. In 2006 he earned his Ph.D. in history from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.[3] He was director of the Armenian National Education Committee (New York) from 2010-2019.[4] His fields of interest cover Armenian history and literature, both ancient and modern. He is an active contributor to the periodical press in Armenian, English, and Spanish.
