Author: Michael Pifer
Bio: Michael Pifer is lecturer in Armenian language and literature at the University of Michigan. His publications include the co-edited volume *An Armenian Mediterranean: Words and Worlds in Motion* (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and *Kindred Voices: A Literary History of Medieval Anatolia* (Yale University Press, 2021).  He received his doctorate in Comparative Literature in 2014, and since has worked toward promoting the appreciation and study of Armenian art.