The Gomidas Institute (GI; Armenian: ԿԻ) is a London-based non-profit independent academic institution dedicated to modern Armenian and regional studies. Its activities include research, publications and educational programmes. It publishes documents, monographs, memoirs and other works on modern Armenian history and organizes lectures and conferences. The institute was founded in 1992 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. British-Armenian historian Ara Sarafian serves as its director. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.