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Kevork B. Bardakjian (born 2 August 1942) is a scholar of Armenian studies. He is Professor Emeritus of Armenian Languages and Literatures at University of Michigan.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Bardakjian received his MA in Armenian Language and Literature from Yerevan State University in 1970 and his PhD in Armenian Studies from Oxford University in 1974.

As a Senior Lecturer and Armenian Bibliographer he taught Armenian literature, language, culture and history at Harvard University and at the Harvard Extension from 1974 to 1987.

In 1987, he became the first holder of the newly-established Marie Manoogian Chair of Armenian Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and founded, directed, and taught at, the University of Michigan Summer Armenian Institute in Yerevan, Armenia (1988-2009).

From 1995 to 2007, he was Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Professor Bardakjian has been active in the Society for Armenian Studies and a number of other professional societies, has served on the editorial boards of some Armenian studies journals, has published many books and articles and has lectured extensively in the US and abroad.

Professor Bardakjian is a Fellow of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and is currently President of the Society for Armenian Studies.

Armenian literature (all periods); culture; language (all periods); history and Armenian Church history

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Recognition
Bardakjian was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 2011.

He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2011.