Mikayel Zolyan
Researcher, analyst and a former politician from Yerevan, Armenia. His work has focused on issues of politics of memory, nationalism, national identity, ethnic conflict, as well as mass protests and democratization in a post-Soviet context. After a short period as a member of parliament, he returned to academia and civil society, teaching at Valery Bryusov State University in Yerevan and acting as a consultant with Armenian and international NGOs. He is also the host of a TV show on the Armenian educational channel Boon TV.