Portraits of Hope : : Armenians in the Contemporary World / / ed. by Huberta v. Voss.

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• MitwirkendeR: Akçam, Taner,; Badde, Paul,; Balfour, Ian,; Bauer, Yehuda,; Bremer, Joerg,; Buchsteiner, Jochen,; Dadrian, Vahakn N.,; Eilin Jung, Gil,; Grigorian, Mark,; Gust, Wolfgang,; Hahn, Dorothea,; Hermann, Rainer,; Hofmann, Tessa,; Hugues, Pascale,; Knight, Ron,; Kocher, Victor,; Krikorian, Michael,; Mangelsen, Jochen,; Matossian, Nouritza,; Matt, Gerald,; Oehrlein, Josef,; Sarkissian, K. M. Greg,; Schloetzer-Scotland, Christiane,; Stein, Hannes,; Touryan Miller, Lorna,; Vartanian, Hrag,; Voss, Huberta von,; Weingaertner, Daniela,; Wiegel, Michaela,
• HerausgeberIn: Voss, Huberta v.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

Elie Wiesel called the genocide of the Armenians during the First World War ‘the Holocaust before the Holocaust’. Around one and a half million Armenians - men, women and children – were slaughtered at the time of the First World War. This book outlines some of the historical facts and consequences of the massacres but sees it as its main objective to present the Armenians to the foreign reader, their history but also their lives and achievements in the present that finds most Armenians dispersed throughout the world. 3000 years after their appearance in history, 1700 years after adopting Christianity and almost 90 years after the greatest catastrophe in their history, these 50 ‘biographical sketches of intellectuals, artists, journalists, and others…produce a complicated kaleidoscope of a divided but lively people that is trying once again, to rediscover its ethnic coherence. Armenian civilization does not consist solely of stories about a far-off past, but also of traditions and a national conscience suggestive of a future that will transcend the present.’ [from the Preface]

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Illustrations -- Contents -- Map -- Preface -- Prologue -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Between Ararat and the Caucasus: Portrait of a Tiny Country in Five Lessons -- 2. The Armenian Genocide: An Interpretation -- 3. The Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide in its European Context -- 4. The Silent Partner: Imperial Germany and the Young Turks’ Policy of Annihilation -- Part II: Portraits from Around the World -- History -- 5. The Investigator: Vahakn N. Dadrian, Genocide Scholar (Cambridge, MA) -- 6. A Foundation of Facts and Fiction: The Poet and Writer Peter Balakian (Hamilton, NY) -- 7. The Memory of Cilicia: Claude Mutafian, Historian and Mathematician (Paris) -- 8. Lord of the Books: Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation (New York City) -- Words -- 9. Shadows and Phantoms: Michael J. Arlen, Writer and Media Critic (New York City) -- 10. The Ashes of Smyrna: Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Writer (New York City) -- 11. The Tracker: Nouritza Matossian, Writer and Actress (London and Nicosia) -- 12. Difficult Truths: Nancy Kricorian, Writer (New York City) -- 13. A Seedbed of Words: Hrant Dink, Editor-in-chief of the Armenian Newspaper Agos (Istanbul) -- 14. La Femme révoltée: Human Rights Activist and President of the Armenian PEN Center, Anna Hakobyan (Yerevan) -- 15. Vocation: Azgayin gortsich. Zori Balayan: An Intellectual (Karabakh-Yerevan) -- Faith -- 16. The Catholicos of All Armenians: His Holiness Karekin II (Echmiadzin) -- 17. The Modernizer with the Miter: His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia (Antelias, Beirut) -- 18. Referee on a Slippery Pitch: His Beatitude Mesrop II, Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey (Istanbul) -- 19. With Cellphone and Habit on Lord Byron’s Island: Father Grigoris and the Novice Artour (San Lazzaro, Venice) -- Arts and Architecture -- 20. Son of an Amazon: Ashot Bayandur, Painter (Nicosia and Yerevan) -- 21. Seismograph of Different Worlds: Painter Sarkis Hamalbashian (Gyumri and Yerevan) -- 22. Fitzcarraldo in the Olive Grove: Garo Keheyan, Philanthropist and Impresario (Nicosia) -- 23. Ibis Eyes: Artist and Poetess Anna Boghiguian (Alexandria and Cairo) -- Film and Photography -- 24. Screening Histories: The Film-maker Atom Egoyan (Toronto) -- 25. Hollywood in Downtown Cairo: Van Leo, Photographer (Cairo) -- 26. Beyond All Limits: On the Art of Film-maker Artavazd Peleschjan (Moscow) -- Music -- 27. The Voice of France: Charles Aznavour, alias Varenagh Aznavourian (Paris) -- 28. Under the Stars: Accordion-player Madame Anahit on the Alleys of Beyoglu (Istanbul) -- Commitment -- 29. Ways to Identity: Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (New York City) -- 30. Daily Bread of Resolutions: Hilda Tchoboian, President of the Euro-Armenian Federation (Brussels) -- Politics and Diplomacy -- 31. From Diamonds to Diplomacy: Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (Yerevan) -- 32. Armenia’s Attorney on the Banks of the Seine: Minister Patrick Devedjian, Legal Adviser to French President Chirac (Paris) -- 33. In the Mission Quicksands: Benon Sevan, Ex-Undersecretary General of the United Nations (New York City) -- 34. The Man with the Mirror: The Armenian Ambassador to the OSCE and to International Organizations in Vienna, Jivan Tabibian (Vienna) -- Life Images -- 35. Courier of the Czar: The Petrossian Caviar Empire and Its Owner, Armen Petrossian (Paris) -- 36. End of a Long Journey: The Sexton Michael Stephen and the Armenians in India (Madras) -- 37. The Skeptic of the Jaffa Gate: Kevork Hintlian (Jerusalem) -- 38. “Excuse me, how do I get to the front?” The Brothers Monte and Markar Melkonian (Los Angeles) -- 39. The Everyday Life of a Hero: Levon Arutunyan, Veteran of the Karabakh War (Yerevan) -- 40. The Magic of the Opal: The Jeweler Varoojan (John) Iskenderian (Sydney) -- 41. ¿Hablás armenio? Rosita Youssefian, Teacher of Armenian (Buenos Aires) -- 42. Portrait of Survival: Reflections on the Life of Vahram S. Touryan (Pasadena) -- 43. Grande Dame of the Myths: Archeologist Nina Jidejian (Beirut) -- 44. A Perfectly Normal Story: Alfred and Ophelia Mouradian (Berlin) -- Part III: Symbolic Places -- 45. Swan Song in the Holy Land: The Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem -- 46. Last Stop: The Desert of Deir-es-Zor -- 47. Gangway to Life: The Armenian Quarter of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut -- 48. Struggle for Survival: Franz Werfel and the Armenians of Musa Dagh -- 49. An Eye for an Eye: The Assassination of Talaat Pasha on the Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin -- 50. Inch Piti Asem? What should I say? The Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Armenia -- Epilogue -- The Dichotomy of Truth and Denial and the Remembrance of a Courageous Turk (Toronto) -- Key Dates in Armenian History -- Glossary -- Additional Reading Material -- Notes on Contributors