Sayfo 1915 : : An Anthology of Essays on the Genocide of Assyrians/Arameans during the First World War / / ed. by Talay Shabo, Soner Ö. Barthoma.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Atman, Sabri,; Baarda, Tijmen C.,; Barabraham, Abdulmesih,; Barthoma, Soner Ö.,; Bednarowicz, Sebastian,; Berg, Heleen Murre-Van Den,; Birol, Simon,; Halo, Thea,; Hellot-Bellier, Florence,; Hofmann, Tessa,; Hunter, Erica C. D.,; Ishac, Ephrem Aboud,; Khosroeva, Anahit,; Lahdo, Ablahad,; Müller, Hannelore,; Sato, Noriko,; Talay, Shabo,; Tamcke, Martin,; Yuhanon, B. Beth,
• HerausgeberIn: Barthoma, Soner Ö.,; Shabo, Talay,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)

Drawing on the expertise of scholars from a variety of backgrounds, this anthology specifically seeks to shed light on this genocide from a multidisciplinary perspective and serve as a step for developing the future scholarship about the Sayfo.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- SAYFO 1915: THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- I. THE SAYFO AND ARCHIVES -- 1. THE OTTOMAN GENOCIDE OF 1914-1918 AGAINST ARAMAIC-SPEAKING CHRISTIANS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 2. THE TARGETING OF ASSYRIANS DURING THE CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST IN OTTOMAN TURKEY -- 3. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE AFTER A CENTURY -- 4. GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE SAYFO: HOW MUCH DID GERMANY KNOW? -- 5. LETTERS ON THE SAYFO FROM ASSYRIAN EYEWITNESSES -- II. LOCAL STUDIES -- 6. THE INCREASING VIOLENCE AND THE RESISTANCE OF ASSYRIANS IN URMIA AND HAKKARI (1900-1915) -- 7. ʿIWARDO: A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE -- 8. "I WILL STAY WITH JESUS AND WILL NEVER BETRAY HIM!": SAYFO IN MANSURIYE -- 9. A VICTIM OF THE SAYFO: ADDAÏ SCHER AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP -- 10. THE METHODS OF KILLING USED IN THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE -- 11. ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE -- III. POST-SAYFO PERIOD -- 12. WRITING ASSYRIAN HISTORY: THE MILITARY, THE PATRIARCH AND THE BRITISH IN YAQU BAR MALEK ISMAEL'S ASSYRIANS IN TWO WORLD WARS (TEHRAN 1964) -- 13. ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ, THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ADVOCACY (1920s-1940s) -- 14. THE MEMORY OF SAYFO AND ITS RELATION TO THE IDENTITY OF CONTEMPORARY ASSYRIAN/ARAMEAN CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA -- 15. FORGOTTEN WITNESSES: REMEMBERING AND INTERPRETING THE 'SAYFO' IN THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TUR 'ABDIN -- 16. THE POEMS OF GHATTAS MAQDISI ELYAS AND THE REMEMBRANCE OF TURABDIN -- 17. BEFORE AND AFTER LINGUICIDE: A LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF THE SAYFO -- APPENDIX: SYNOPSIS REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE