Arda Arsenian Ekmekji

Arda Arsenian Ekmekji is a Lebanese Armenian scholar. Ekmeji, who was born in Jerusalem, lived in Jordan until 1968 and currently lives in Beirut. She has an MA in archaeology from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and a PhD in the same field from the Sorbonne in Paris. She taught archaeology, ancient religions and civilizations and cultural studies at AUB for two decades before accepting a position at Haigazian University where she has served as the Dean of Arts and Sciences since 1998.

Her research interests include Prehistoric Armenia and the Kingdom of Urartu. She also works on oral histories of the Armenian genocide and gender studies (with a focus on education).