Alexei Sapronov

Christian Ginosyan

Christian is a multimedia journalist and podcaster with a Bachelorโs Degree in Journalism from the Russian-Armenian University and a certificate from Hetq Media Factory. In 2018-2019, he covered events related to modern Armenian literature and art, then continued his career as a radio DJ on several commercial radio stations. He eventually joined Armeniaโs Public Radio […]
Evgenii Mokhovikov

Sergei Shtyrkov

Sergei Shtyrkov is a social anthropologist and a specialist in the anthropology of religion, ethnicity and nationalism. After graduating from the Department of History at St. Petersburg State University, he attended the doctoral programme at the Department of Anthropology at the European University in St. Petersburg, where he remained to teach after graduation. He defended […]
Artur Ghulyan

Artur graduated from Russian Armenian University (Yerevan, Armenia) with a BA degree in Law, then completed a master’s degree program โStudies in European Societiesโ at Saint Petersburg State University. In his master thesis Artur explored the role of the Armenian Apostolic Church in community life of Armenian diaspora in Cologne. Prior to working in YCIE […]
Hasmik Knyazyan

Junior researcher in the Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Studied Ethnography at Yerevan State University (2012-2014) and from 2015-2017 continued her education at The European University at Saint Petersburg, faculty of Cultural anthropology (master program). Her main studies and research […]
Alexander Iskandaryan

Member of the Board of Trustees
Georgi Derluguian

Professor of Historical Sociology at New York University Abu Dhabi
Zhanna (Jeanne) Kormina

Zhanna (Jeanne) Kormina is an anthropologist, a specialist in the anthropology of religion and post-Soviet transformations. After graduating from the Department of History at Ural State University, she studied at the doctoral program of the Department of Anthropology at the European University at St. Petersburg. She defended her dissertation at the Russian State University for […]
Rachel Polonsky

Professor of Historical Sociology at New York University Abu Dhabi