Education
Columbia University; New York University. San Francisco State University.
student scholars professor of Armenology
Columbia University; New York University. San Francisco State University.
He was an Armenian scholar who concentrated on Armenology, in particular studies of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Doctor Barsoumian had published many articles on the Armenian amira (aristocrat - grand bourgeois) class and the constitutional movement. He was also a professor of Armenology at the Haigazian University in Beirut during the 1980s.
In 1986, during the Lebanese Civil War, Doctor Barsoumian was abducted by Armenian leftist factions and reportedly murdered.
His Early Years
A few years later Hagop was placed in a youth shelter maintained by the Armenian Relief Society. He became a student at the then newly found school, Karen Yeppe, where he proved to be a bright and eager learner.
After completing his secondary education, he enrolled in the local French Lycee where he received his Baccalaureate Participant II in the field of Philosophy. In 1960, Hagop settled in the United States, in San Francisco, California.
There he attended San Francisco State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science (1964) followed by an Master of Arts (1969) in International World Trade.
The focus for his thesis was the European Common Market. On April 19, 1969, Hagop married Anais Bohjelian, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, who was living and studying in the United States.
In 1972 Hagop relocated to New York City to resume his education. In 1975 he received his second Master of Arts in Middle East History from New York University.
Five years later, in 1980, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in Ottoman History.
He then lectured at Columbia University for a brief period. Soon he was invited to teach at Haigazian College in Beirut, Lebanon, which he eagerly accepted.
