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Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani , also known as Souren Melikian
[1]
[2] (born 5 December 1936),
[3] is a French-Iranian
[4]
art historian ,
art critic ,
[5]
[6] and curator.
[7] He is a renowned scholar of Iranian culture,
[8] and
its sphere of influence .
[9]
Background
He was born on 5 December 1936,
[3] in
Paris to an Armenian father, Kevork Melikian (Georgiy Melikov), and Azerbaijani mother, Kawsar Asadullayeva. His father was accused of taking part in
March Days , but he was not found guilty after it was found out that he was defending his Muslim friend.
[10] Melikian's paternal grandfather Ambartsum Melikov was an oil billionaire who owned A.S.Melikov and Co in
Baku . His maternal-grandfather was
Mirza Asadullayev and thus was a nephew to
Banine .
[3] He grew up with his mother after losing father in 1945.
Education and career
After completing high school in
Lycee Condorcet , Melikian graduated from the
Sorbonne and the
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO).
[11] He has served as (since 2005) as Chair of Middle Eastern History at the
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
[12] He was named emeritus research director in 2007.
[11] He wrote weekly columns on
art history and
art markets for the
International Herald Tribune
[13]
[14] since 1969.
[11] Between 2011 and 2013 he wrote for
The New York Times .
[1] He has served as Senior Collections Adviser for the
Aga Khan Museum .
[15]
[16]
References
^
a
b
"Recent and archived work by Souren Melikian for The New York Times" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
^ Waghmar, Burzine (2016).
"An Annotated Micro-history and Bibliography of the Houghton Shahnama" (PDF) .
SOAS University of London . p. 162. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2021-02-25. Assadullah Souren MelikianChirvani [passim Souren Melikian]...
^
a
b
c Ahmadov, Hafiz.
"Interview with Souren Melikian" . Hafiz Times (in Azerbaijani).
^
"Rare Safavid Era Bowl Looted From Afghan Museum Returned" .
Financial Tribune . May 25, 2016. Archived from
the original on 1 October 2021.
^ Crane, Diana (August 2009).
"Reflections on the global art market: implications for the Sociology of Culture" . Sociedade e Estado . 24 (2): 331–362.
doi :
10.1590/S0102-69922009000200002 . The European art critic, Souren Melikian...
^ Thompson, Don (2011). "Art fairs". In Moeran, Brian; Pedersen, Jesper Strandgaard (eds.).
Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries .
Cambridge University Press . pp. 59–72.
doi :
10.1017/CBO9780511790393.003 .
ISBN
9780511790393 . Souren Melikian, a distinguished art writer and critic...
^ Cornwell, Tim (August 12, 2018).
"Toronto's Aga Khan Museum Houses Treasures From The Fatimid Dynasty" .
Harper's Bazaar Arabia . Archived from
the original on 1 October 2021. In interviews, curator and art historian Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani...
^
"Souren Melikian on collectors coming to the rescue in preservation crisis: The International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art's London Conference" .
The Art Newspaper . 1 October 1995. Archived from
the original on 1 October 2021.
^
"The Tolerance of Fatimid Egypt and its Unnoticed Enigma" .
Aga Khan Museum . Archived from
the original on 29 September 2020.
^
March 1918 Baku. Azerbaijani pogroms in documents (in Russian). Solmaz Ru̇stămova-Toḣidi. Baku: Research Center of the Ministry of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2009. pp. 716–718.
ISBN
978-9952-8000-9-8 .
OCLC
320778888 . {{
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^
a
b
c
Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren (1936-....) (in French).
Bibliothèque nationale de France . Archived from
the original on 1 October 2021 – via catalogue.bnf.fr.
^
"Les historiens français (position institutionnelle) : 1800-2005" . rhe.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr (in French). Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation. Archived from
the original on 1 October 2021.
^
"Contemporary Syrian Art" .
SOAS University of London . September 2004. Archived from
the original on 1 October 2021.
^
"Art fairs ride high to tackle auctions" .
South China Morning Post . 19 November 1995.
^ Lawrence, Lee (January 13, 2015).
"Rethinking 'Islamic Art' " .
Wall Street Journal .
^
"Pattern and Light: The Aga Khan Museum" . rizzoliusa.com .
Rizzoli New York . Archived from
the original on 25 November 2020. Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani is senior collections adviser
International National Academics People Other