Levon Abrahamian

Abrahamian was born in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia on January 2, 1947.

[1] In 2005 he headed the Institute's Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies.

[2] In November 2018 Abrahamian was elected president of the Board of Trustees of the Matenadaran.

[1][2] In 2009 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan awarded him the title of an Honored Worker of Culture.

[2][6] Abrahamian's anthropological research focuses on ancient and modern Armenia and Armenians, including Armenian identity, comparative mythology, rituals, urban anthropology and the cultures of Australia and Oceania.