S. Peter Cowe is the Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies at UCLA and has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. His research interests include medieval Armenian history, modern Armenian nationalism, and Armenian film and theater. Cowe is the author of five books and the editor of four others. A regular contributor to Armenological journals, Cowe has received a grant from the National Council on Eurasian and East European Research to investigate the post-Soviet publishing industry in the Republic of Armenia.