Dr. Rita Soulahian Kuyumjian is a prominent Canadian-Armenian psychiatrist, author, and scholar renowned for her pioneering work in psychobiography and the psychological trauma of the Armenian Genocide. A graduate of Yerevan State Medical University, she completed her specialization at McGill University in Montreal, where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Her medical background deeply informs her historical writing, and she gained significant acclaim for her groundbreaking book Archeology of Madness: Komitas, Portrait of an Armenian Icon (2001), which utilizes a clinical perspective to analyze the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by the revered composer Komitas. Dr. Kuyumjian has also authored the Trilogy—April 24, 1915, offering valuable translations, biographies, and psychoanalytical insights into the lives of surviving Armenian intellectuals like Teotig and Aram Andonian.
