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