The Gomidas Institute (GI; Armenian: ԿԻ) is an independent academic institution "dedicated to modern Armenian and regional studies."[1] Its activities include research, publications and educational programmes. It publishes documents, monographs, memoirs and other works on modern Armenian history and organizes lectures and conferences. The institute was founded in 1992 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[1] It is based in London and maintains a United States branch in Cleveland.[1]British-Armenian historian Ara Sarafian serves as its executive director.[2] Since 1998, the institute has been publishing a quarterly journal titled Armenian Forum (ISSN1091-4714OCLC35810656).[3] The institute is named after Komitas (Gomidas in Western Armenian pronunciation).
Noteworthy publications
Ottoman/Turkish Armenia and the Armenian genocide
A-Do (2017). Van 1915: The Great Events of Vasbouragan. Translated by Ara Sarafian. Introduction by Rouben Gasparyan and Rouben Sahakyan. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1909382374.
Carmont, Pascal (2012). The Amiras: Lords of Ottoman Armenia. Translated by Marika Blandin. Introduction by Bernard Dorin. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656358.
Cemal, Hasan (2015). 1915: The Armenian Genocide. Translated by Liz Erçevik Amado and Irazca Geray. Istanbul and London: Hrant Dink Foundation and the Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-6056448881.
Dink, Hrant (2014). Two Close Peoples, Two Distant Neighbours. Translated by Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş. Istanbul and London: Hrant Dink Foundation and the Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-6056448843.
Einstein, Lewis (2014) [1918]. Inside Constantinople: A Diplomatist's Diary During the Dardanelles Expedition, April-September, 1915. Introduction by Ara Sarafian. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1909382114.
Horton, George (2008) [1926]. The Blight of Asia. Foreword by James W. Gerard. Introduction by James L. Marketos. London: Sterndale Classics (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1903656792.
Kaiser, Hilmar; Eskijian, Luther; Eskijian, Nancy (2002). At the Crossroads of Der Zor: Death, Survival, and Humanitarian Resistance in Aleppo, 1915–1917. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656129.
Jacobsen, Maria (2006). Diaries of a Danish Missionary: Harpoot, 1907-1919. Translated by Kristen Vind. Edited by Ara Sarafian. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656075.
Morgenthau, Henry (2004). United States Diplomacy on the Bosphorus: The Diaries of Ambassador Morgenthau, 1913-1916. Compiled with an introduction by Ara Sarafian. London: Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1903656402.
Riggs, Henry H. (1996). Days of Tragedy in Armenia: Personal Experiences in Harpoot, 1915-1917. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1884630019.
Sarafian, Ara; Avebury, Eric, eds. (2003). British Parliamentary Debates on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656112.
Sarafian, Ara, ed. (2011). Talaat Pasha's Report on the Armenian Genocide. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656617.
Sarafian, Ara, ed. (2004). United States Official Records on the Armenian Genocide 1915-1917. London: Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1903656396.
Soulahian Kuyumjian, Rita (2010). Archeology of Madness: Komitas, Portrait of an Armenian Icon. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656211.
Russian/Soviet/Post-Soviet Armenia and the Caucasus
Carolla, Mario (2011). Vatican Diplomacy and the Armenian Question: The Holy See's Response to the Republic of Armenia, 1918-1922. Translated by Cynthia Quilici. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656983.
Chrysanthopoulos, Leonidas T. (2002). Caucasus Chronicles: Nation-Building and Diplomacy in Armenia, 1993–1994. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1884630057.
Evans, John Marshall (2016). Truth Held Hostage: America and the Armenian Genocide – What Then? What Now?. Foreword by Dickran Kouymjian. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1909382268.
Raffi (2010). The Five Melikdoms of Karabagh (1600-1827). Translated by Ara Stepan Melkonian. London: Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1-90-3656-57-0.
Shougarian, Rouben (2017). Does Armenia Need a Foreign Policy?. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1909382336.
Yeghenian, Aghavnie Y. (2013) [1932]. The Red Flag at Ararat. Introduction by Pietro A. Shakarian. London: Sterndale Classics (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1909382022.
Armenian Literature
Aghayan, Ghazaros S. (2010). Tork Angegh. Translated by Agop J. Hacikyan and Edward S. Franchuk. Illustrations by Talleen Hacikyan. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656761.
Bakunts, Aksel S. (2009). The Dark Valley: Short Stories. Translated by Nairi Hakhverdi. Introduction by Victoria Rowe. London: Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1903656907.
Raffi (2006). Jalaleddin. Translated by Donald Abcarian. London: Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN978-1903656624.
Armenian Art and Architecture
Mnatsakanian, Stepan K. (2010). Aghtamar: A Jewel of Medieval Armenian Architecture. Introduction by Ara Sarafian and Osman Köker. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656990.
Geerdink, Fréderike (2015). The Boys Are Dead: The Roboski Massacre and the Kurdish Question in Turkey. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1909382190.
Kahraman, Ahmet (2007). Uprising, Suppression, Retribution: the Kurdish Struggle in Turkey in the Twentieth Century. Translated by Andrew Penny. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN978-1903656747.