About Khachik Tololyan
Born 1944. Khachik Tololyan is a Syrian and American literary scholar and opinion journalist.
Khachig Tölölyan (Western ; born 1944) is an Armenian-American scholar of diaspora studies.
Biography
Early life Tölölyan was born in 1944 in Aleppo, Syria to Minas Tölölyan and Kohar Tölölyan (née Chobanian), Armenian intellectuals and educators from Turkey. He grew up in the Armenian diaspora communities of the Middle East. The Tölölyans resided in Aleppo before relocating to Cairo, Egypt in 1956, and then Beirut, Lebanon in 1957. In 1960, they eventually moved to the US, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts. Vijay Mishra, and Lisa Lowe. The journal was initially published by Oxford University Press. Since 1996, it has been published by the University of Toronto Press.
Tölölyan has also published articles on literature, including on the novelist Thomas Pynchon, terrorism, nationalism, diasporas, transnationalism, and globalization. He is considered a founder of the academic discipline of diaspora studies.
Publications Tölölyan's most cited publications are:
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Who is Khachik Tololyan?
Armenian-American scholar (born 1944)
When was Khachik Tololyan born?
Khachik Tololyan was born on 30 August 1944 in Aleppo.
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Khachik Tololyan is a literary scholar and opinion journalist.
What nationality is Khachik Tololyan?
Khachik Tololyan is Syrian and American.
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