Governors & Directors

Representatives

The Association was founded in 1987 as a charitable organisation (no-profit) for preserving Armenian language, notably its Western form. It is established in Venice.

PRESIDENT
H.G. Mgr. Levon Zekiyan, Archibishop of the Catholic Armenians of Istanbul and Turkey; Pontifical Insitute of Oriental Studies (Rome); emeritus Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

VICE-PRESIDENT & TREASURER
Benedetta Contin Ipekdjian

SECRETARY
Daria Paulon

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Marco Bais
Claudia Bonardi
Vartan Giacomelli
Aram Ipekdjian
Minas Lourian
Marina Mavian
Anna Sirinian
Baykar Sivazliyan

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (Rassegna degli Armenisti Italiani)
Antonia Arslan
Marco Bais
Moreno Morani
Riccardo Pane
Anna Sirinian
Giusto Traina
Boghos Levon Zekiyan

FOUNDERS
Chiara Megighian
Franca Olivetti
Gabriella Uluhogian († 2016)
Boghos Levon Zekiyan

FORMER TREASURERS
Franca Olivetti Manoukian
Anahid Abrahamian
Arsine Nazarian

CURRENT TEACHING STAFF (Summer Intensive Course of Armenian Language and Culture)
Artsvi Bakhchinyan, Armenia
Benedetta Contin, Italy
Tork Dalalyan, France
Avedis Hadjian, Italy
Aram Ipekdjian, Italy
Baret Manok, France († 2020)
Raffi Setian, U.S.A
Sossi Soussanian, Hungary
Rosine Tachdjian, France