Ruben Safrastyan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Սաֆրաստյան; born 5 October 1955), is a professor, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, full member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, and professor of history and Turkish studies at the Yerevan State University. He has also served as a counsellor of the Armenian Embassy in Germany. In recent years he has received various fellowships, including Humboldt (Germany), Fulbright (USA), and International Policy (Hungary) fellowships and conducted researches at the universities of Bochum, Berkeley, and Budapest. His publications include 12 authorized and edited books and 130 articles and papers. He specializes in Turkish, Ottoman, Genocide, Middle Eastern and Regional Studies.