Dr. Racho Donef (honorary Assyrian)

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Posted: Thursday, July 04, 2013 at 07:30 PM UT | Updated: August 22, 2022

Dr. Racho Donef − author, historian, and human rights activist.

Racho Donef was born in Istanbul, Turkey, where he completed his high school education. He migrated to Australia in the 1980s. He studied Languages and Sociology for his Bachelor of Arts degree, and after completing a Master's degree in Sociology, he went to Sweden and studied for a Diploma in the Social Sciences, at the University of Stockholm. When he returned to Australia, he embarked upon a doctoral thesis in Anthropology, focusing on Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians and Kurds. He conducted research in both Australia and Sweden for the thesis and interviewed survivors of the Armenian genocide.

After completing his doctoral thesis, he concentrated on the Assyrian Genocide: he participated in research projects, produced a number of papers and gave several lectures on the topics. Dr. Racho Donef published a number of articles in Greek, Turkish and English related to the Assyrian genocide and minorities in Turkey. He has also published several books. His most recent book Assyrians post-Nineveh: conflict, identity, fragmentation and survival: A study of Assyrogenous communities was a culmination of many years of study of Assyrian history.

He worked at both the Federal and NSW State Public Services for many years. He has also been tutoring at the Workers’ Education Association, where he mainly taught subjects related to Middle Eastern religions and politics, as well as the Turkish language.

Dr. Racho Donef — author, historian, and human rights activist — is an academic scholar who continues to bring clarity to important Assyrian-related topics in society and culture.

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