What is Vahakn Dadrian?
[[File:Vahagn Dadryan.JPG|thumbnail|Vahagn Dadryan]] '''Vahakn Norair Dadrian''' ({{lang-hy|Վահագն Տատրեան}}; 26 May 1926 – 2 August 2019)<ref>[http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9368294/Istanbul Britannica, Istanbul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218080707/http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9368294/Istanbul |date=2007-12-18 }}:''When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara, and Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.''</ref> was a researcher and historian of the [[Armenian Genocide]]. He was the director of Genocide Research at ''Zoryan Institute''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Governance|url=http://www.zoryaninstitute.org/governance.html#academicboard|publisher=Zoryan Institute|accessdate=7 May 2013|archive-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226105946/http://www.zoryaninstitute.org/governance.html#academicboard|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Biography == Dadrian was born in [[Istanbul]]. He first studied [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Berlin]], after which he decided to switch to a completely different field, and studied [[history]] at the [[University of Vienna]], and later, [[international law]] at the [[University of Zürich]]. He completed his [[Ph.D.]] in [[sociology]] from the [[University of Chicago]]. Dadrian was a professor of sociology, and an internationally renowned expert on the [[Armenian genocide]].<ref>A Lecture on The Armenian Genocide, Professor Stuart D. Stein, Ph.D.</ref> The particularity of Dadrian's research is that by mastering many languages, including [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] and [[Armenian language|Armenian]]. == Bibliography == === Books === * Autopsie du Génocide Arménien. Trans. Marc & Mikaël Nichanian. Brussels: Éditions Complexe, 1995, 266p. * Jenosid Ulusal ve Uluslararasi Hukuk Sorunu Olarak: 1915 Ermeni Olay ve Hukuki Sonuçlar [