Hovann Simonian
University of Southern California, Political Science, Graduate Student
- Political Science, Armenian Studies, Armenian History, Caucasus, Caucasus Politics, Caucasus-XVI-XIX Centuries, and 58 moreAncient DNA Research, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, Political Science - South Caucasus, History and Culture of the Hemshin People, Armenian nobility, South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iranian Studies, Armenian Culture, History of Iran, Iranian History, Safavids (Islamic History), Ilkhanids, Medieval Armenian Culture, Mongol world empire Seljuk, Turco-Iranian World, Mongol and Timurid Period In the History of Iran, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Ilkhanate, Anatolia, Byzantine Studies, Post-Soviet Studies, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Pontus, özhan öztürk, Hemshins, Dersim Studies, Dersim, Zaza Identity, Zazaki, Dimili Studies, History of Karabakh, Principaute De Theodoro, Crypto-Christians, Arsacid History, Arsacid Royal Policy, Arsacids, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus and Central Asia, De Facto States, Colour Revolutions, Elections in Authoritarian states, Byzantine Sigillography, Byzantine prosopography, Byzantinology, Medieval Islamic and Turco-Iranian world, Mongol world empire, Seljuk, Mongol, post-Mongol, and Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500), Comparative empire, frontier, and political culture, Persian and Ottoman Turkish historical writing, Kale Pakouriane, Tao-Klarjeti, History of Georgia, Bzyantine History, Nizam Al-Mulk, Population Genetics, and Arsacids descent- Movses Khorenatsiedit
"History and Identity among the Hemshin," in Richard G. Hovannisian, ed., Armenian Pontus: The Trebizond-Black Sea Communities (UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series, Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, Vol. 8). Costa Mesa, CA:... more
"History and Identity among the Hemshin," in Richard G. Hovannisian, ed., Armenian Pontus: The Trebizond-Black Sea Communities (UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series, Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, Vol. 8). Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2009, pp. 371-402.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, and 15 moreEthnic minorities, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Religious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean context, Minorities in Turkey, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, Trabzon, and Hemşinliler: Kültür ve Tarih
Hovann Simonian, "La Noblesse Arménienne," in Annuaire High-Life (La Société et le High-Life), vol. 139, 2017, pp. 16-22.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Genealogy, Caucasus, Nobility, Armenian History, and 10 moreRussian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Medieval Nobility, Genetic Genealogy, Feudalism and Lordship, History of Georgia, Dynastic Politics, Armenian nobility, Russian nobility, Feudalism, and Medieval Armenian History
Chapter Six (pp. 124-137) in The Hemshin, History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London: Routledge, 2007).
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, and 15 moreArmenian History, Early modern Ottoman History, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, Trebizond, Pontos, Trabzon, and Pontus
Chapter Four (pp. 52-99) in The Hemshin, History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London: Routledge, 2007).
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, and 20 moreArmenian History, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, History and Culture of the Hemshin People, Trebizond, Pontos, Hemshins, Trabzon, Pontus, Hamshen Turkish dialect, History of Black Sea Regiuon, Hamshen, and Hemshin
Chapter Two (pp. 19-41) in The Hemshin, History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London: Routledge, 2007).
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Ottoman Studies, Armenian History, Black Sea region, and 21 moreEconomic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Ottoman-Armenian History and Material Culture, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Ottoman Armenians, Armenian nobility, History and Culture of the Hemshin People, Trebizond, Pontos, Hemshins, Trabzon, Pontus, Medieval Armenian History, Hamshen Turkish dialect, History of the Empire of Trebizond, History of Black Sea Regiuon, Hamshen, Hemshin, and Hamshen Armenian Syntax
... Les Lazes en Turquie (XIXeXXe Sie`cles), Cahiers du Bosphore No 11 (Istanbul: Les Editions Isis, 1995), p2; Revaz Gachechiladze, The New ... Bougai, p 141; Pohl, p 130; Jean-Jacques Marie, Les Peuples Déportés d'Union... more
... Les Lazes en Turquie (XIXeXXe Sie`cles), Cahiers du Bosphore No 11 (Istanbul: Les Editions Isis, 1995), p2; Revaz Gachechiladze, The New ... Bougai, p 141; Pohl, p 130; Jean-Jacques Marie, Les Peuples Déportés d'Union Soviétique, Questions au XXe Sie`cle Series (Paris ...
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The Hemshin are without doubt one of the most enigmatic peoples of Turkey and the Caucasus. As former Christians who converted to Islam centuries ago yet did not assimilate into the culture of the surrounding Muslim populations, as Turks... more
The Hemshin are without doubt one of the most enigmatic peoples of Turkey and the Caucasus. As former Christians who converted to Islam centuries ago yet did not assimilate into the culture of the surrounding Muslim populations, as Turks who speak Armenian yet are often not aware of it, as Muslims who continue to celebrate feasts that are part of the calendar of the Armenian Church, and as descendants of Armenians who, for the most part, have chosen to deny their Armenian origins in favour of recently invented myths of Turkic ancestry, the Hemshin and the seemingly irreconcilable differences within their group identity have generated curiosity and often controversy.
The Hemshin is the first scholarly work to provide an in-depth study of these people living in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. This groundbreaking volume brings together chapters written by an international group of scholars that cover the history, language, economy, culture and identity of the Hemshin. It is further enriched with an unprecedented collection of maps, pictures and appendices of up-to-date statistics. The Hemshin forms part of the Peoples of the Caucasus series, an indispensable and yet accessible resource for all those with an interest in the Caucasus.
The Hemshin is the first scholarly work to provide an in-depth study of these people living in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. This groundbreaking volume brings together chapters written by an international group of scholars that cover the history, language, economy, culture and identity of the Hemshin. It is further enriched with an unprecedented collection of maps, pictures and appendices of up-to-date statistics. The Hemshin forms part of the Peoples of the Caucasus series, an indispensable and yet accessible resource for all those with an interest in the Caucasus.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Armenian History, Early modern Ottoman History, and 23 moreConversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, 18th Century Ottoman History, Black Sea, 17th Century Ottoman History, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, History and Culture of the Hemshin People, Trebizond, Pontos, Hemshins, Trabzon, Pontus, Hamshen Turkish dialect, History of the Empire of Trebizond, 18 19th Century Ottoman History, History of Black Sea Regiuon, Hamshen, Hemshin, and Hamshen Armenian Syntax
Review of Richard G. Hovannisian. The Republic of Armenia. Vol. III. From London to Sèvres to London, February-August 1920. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1996, xx, 534; AND Vol. IV. Between Crescent and... more
Review of Richard G. Hovannisian. The Republic of Armenia. Vol. III. From London to Sèvres to London, February-August 1920. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1996, xx, 534; AND Vol. IV. Between Crescent and Sickle: Partition and Sovietization. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1996, xii, 496, in Central Asian Survey, vol. 17, No. 3, September 1998, pp. 506-508.
Research Interests: Soviet History, Armenian Studies, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkey, Armenian History, and 15 moreArmenian Foreign Policy, History of Turkey and Middle east, Late Ottoman Period, Soviet Union (History), Modern Armenian History, Kemalism, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, History of Azerbaijan, Ottoman Armenians, Georgian Studies, History of Georgia, and Georgian History
Review of Willem van Schendel and Erik J. Zürcher (eds.). Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World: Nationalism, Ethnicity and Labour in the Twentieth Century. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001, viii, 235 pp., in... more
Review of Willem van Schendel and Erik J. Zürcher (eds.). Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World: Nationalism, Ethnicity and Labour in the Twentieth Century. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001, viii, 235 pp., in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (BSOAS), vol. 69, No. 1, February 2006, pp. 162-163.
Research Interests: Iranian Studies, Identity (Culture), Afghanistan, Nationalism, Central Asian Studies, and 15 morePost-Soviet Politics, Identity Politics (Political Science), Nationalism And State Building, Turkey, Post-Soviet Studies, Bangladesh, Central Asia, Minority Rights, Azerbaijan, Ethnicity & Ethnic Conflicts, Political Identity, Minorities, Iranian politics and history, Ethnicity and National Identity, and Ethnicity and Identity Politics
Review of Hilmar Kaiser (ed.). Marsovan 1915: The Diaries of Bertha B. Morley. 2nd Edition. Ann Harbor, Michigan: Gomidas Institute, 2000, xiv, 89 pp.; AND Stina Katchadourian (ed.). Great Need Over the Water: The Letters of Theresa... more
Review of Hilmar Kaiser (ed.). Marsovan 1915: The Diaries of Bertha B. Morley. 2nd Edition. Ann Harbor, Michigan: Gomidas Institute, 2000, xiv, 89 pp.; AND Stina Katchadourian (ed.). Great Need Over the Water: The Letters of Theresa Huntington Ziegler, Missionary to Turkey, 1898-1905. Ann Harbor, Michigan: Gomidas Institute, 2000, xvi, 375 pp., in Asian Affairs, Vol. 32, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 210-212.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Genocide Studies, Christian Missions, Ottoman Empire, and 15 moreComparative genocide, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, Ottoman Historiography, Late Ottoman Period, Minorities in Turkey, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, Genocide, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Missions, Ottoman Armenians, Late Ottoman Political and Cultural History, and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Review of International Oil and Gas Investment: Moving Eastward? Thomas W. Wälde and George K. Ndi (editors). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Graham & Trotman/Kluwer, 1994, xxiv, 548 pp.; International Boundaries and Environmental Security:... more
Review of International Oil and Gas Investment: Moving Eastward? Thomas W. Wälde and George K. Ndi (editors). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Graham & Trotman/Kluwer, 1994, xxiv, 548 pp.; International Boundaries and Environmental Security: Frameworks for
Regional Cooperation. Gerard Blake, Chia Lin Sien, Carl Grundy-Warr, Martin Pratt and Clive Schofield (editors). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer, 1997, xiv, 392 pp.; AND Boundaries and Energy: Problems and Prospects. Gerard Blake, Martin Platt, Clive Schofield and Janet Allison Brown (editors). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer, 1998, xviii, 566 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 251-252.
Regional Cooperation. Gerard Blake, Chia Lin Sien, Carl Grundy-Warr, Martin Pratt and Clive Schofield (editors). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer, 1997, xiv, 392 pp.; AND Boundaries and Energy: Problems and Prospects. Gerard Blake, Martin Platt, Clive Schofield and Janet Allison Brown (editors). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer, 1998, xviii, 566 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 251-252.
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Maritime Law, Central Asian Studies, Law of the Sea, Central Asian Politics, and 15 moreOil and Gas Law, Energy and Environment, Oil and gas, Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Security, Environmental Law and Human Rights, International Energy Security, Russian Energy Policy, Kazakhstan, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, International Law of the Sea, Law of the Sea, Maritime Boundary Delimitation and Dipute Resolution, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Review of Jonathan Cohen, ed. A Question of Sovereignty: The Georgia–Abkhazia Peace Process. Accord: An International Review of Peace Initiatives, No. 7. London: Conciliation Resources, 1999, 100 pp., in Nationalities Papers, Vol. 28, No.... more
Review of Jonathan Cohen, ed. A Question of Sovereignty: The Georgia–Abkhazia Peace Process. Accord: An International Review of Peace Initiatives, No. 7. London: Conciliation Resources, 1999, 100 pp., in Nationalities Papers, Vol. 28, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 760-761.
Research Interests: Post-Soviet Regimes, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, and 15 moreEthnic Conflict, Abkhazia, North Caucasus, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, Georgia, Ethnicity & Ethnic Conflicts, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, Conflict Mediation Strategies, Georgian foreign policy, Ethnic Conflict and Human Rights, South Caucasus, Georgian Studies, History of Georgia, Negociation and mediation, and IR In Post soviet Space
Review of John F. R. Wright, Suzanne Goldenberg, and Richard Schofield (editors). Transcaucasian Boundaries. London: UCL Press, 1996, viii, 237 pp., in Geopolitics and International Boundaries, Vol. 2, No. 2, Autumn 1997, pp. 150-152.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, Armenian History, Caucasus Politics, and 15 moreRussian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Abkhazia, North Caucasus, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ethnicity & Ethnic Conflicts, South Ossetia, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Georgian Studies, and History of Georgia
Review of Levon Chorbajian (editor). The Making of Nagorno-Karabagh: From Secession to Republic, xiii, 267 pp. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants/New York: Palgrave, 2001, in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2003, pp. 117-120.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Human Rights, Self-Determination Theory, Nationalism, Caucasus, and 15 moreSecession, Post-Soviet Studies, Armenian History, Ethnic Conflict, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ethnicity & Ethnic Conflicts, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, Ethnic Conflict and Human Rights, South Caucasus, Ethnic Conflicts, and Self Determination
Review of Michael H. Glantz and Igor S. Zonn (editors). Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum–Caspian Region. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997, xvi, 312 pp.; AND Iwao Kobori and Michael... more
Review of Michael H. Glantz and Igor S. Zonn (editors). Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum–Caspian Region. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997, xvi, 312 pp.; AND Iwao Kobori and Michael H. Glantz (editors). Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas. Tokyo, New York, Paris: United Nations University Press, 1998, x, 204 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 19, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 301-303.
Research Interests: Water quality, Water resources, Central Asian Studies, Central Asian Politics, Energy and Environment, and 15 moreSustainable Water Resources Management, Water Resources (Geography), Environmental Sustainability, Central Asia, Water Resources (Environment), Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Water governance and management in Central Asia, Caspian Energy Resourses, Central Asian Societies, and Caucasus and Central Asia
Review of Charles van der Leeuw. Storm over the Caucasus: In the Wake of Independence. Richmond, England: Curzon Press, 1999, xii, 212 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 19, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 297-300.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Post-Soviet Regimes, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, and 15 moreArmenian History, Caucasus Politics, Ethnic Conflict, Abkhazia, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, South Ossetia, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Georgian Studies, and History of Georgia
Bahman Aghai Diba. The Caspian Sea in the Twenty-First Century: The Positions and Views of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, with Special Reference to Iran. Bethesda, Maryland: IBEX Publishers, 2003, 184 pp., in Middle East... more
Bahman Aghai Diba. The Caspian Sea in the Twenty-First Century: The Positions and Views of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, with Special Reference to Iran. Bethesda, Maryland: IBEX Publishers, 2003, 184 pp., in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 2, December 2004, pp. 269-271.
Research Interests: Political Geography and Geopolitics, Geopolitics, Iranian Studies, Energy Security, Oil and Gas Law, and 15 moreOil and gas, Azerbaijan, Russia, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Eurasian Geopolitics, Iranian Foreign Policy, Iranian politics and history, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Review of Mehmet Tütüncü, editor. Caucasus: War and Peace. The New World Disorder and Caucasia. Harlem, The Netherlands: SOTA, 1998, 222 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 18, No. 3, September 1999, pp. 393-398.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, Caucasus Politics, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, and 15 moreAbkhazia, North Caucasus, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Georgian Studies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Chechnya, The Caucasus, Caucasus Studies, and Caucasus and Central Asia
Review of Anne Elizabeth Redgate. The Armenians (The Peoples of Europe Series). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1998, xx, 331 pp., in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 64, No. 1, February 2001, p. 112.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval History, Armenian Studies, Caucasus, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreByzantine History, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, Georgia, Caucasian Studies, Parthian Empire, South Caucasus, Parthians, Georgian Studies, History of Georgia, Caucasian Albania, Armenian medieval art, Medieval Armenian Literature, Medieval Armenian History, and Medieval Armenian Culture
Bat Ye'or. The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude, Seventh-Twentieth Century. Madison, Wisc., Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London, Associated University Presses, 1996, 522 pp., in Journal of the... more
Bat Ye'or. The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude, Seventh-Twentieth Century. Madison, Wisc., Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London, Associated University Presses, 1996, 522 pp., in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 7, No. 3, November 1997, pp. 441-442.
Research Interests: Lebanese History, Lebanon, Arab Christian Studies, Coptic Studies, Ethnic minorities, and 15 moreSyriac Studies, Syria, Muslim-Christian Relation, Non-Muslim Minorities in Turkey, Minorities in Turkey, Muslim-Christian Relations, Minority Rights, Neo-Assyrian studies, Minorities, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Religious Minorities, Dhimmitude, history of the non-Muslim minorities, Christian-Muslim Relations, and Muslim Attitudes Towards Non-Muslims
Book Review Essay - Geopolitics of the Caucasus. Geopolitics, Vol. 7, No. 1, Summer 2002, pp. 193-200.
Research Interests: Political Geography and Geopolitics, Armenian Studies, Critical Geopolitics, Geopolitics, Post-Soviet Regimes, and 15 morePost-Soviet Politics, Eurasia, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, Central Eurasian Studies, Abkhazia, North Caucasus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, South Caucasus, Eurasian Geopolitics, Iranian Foreign Policy, and Chechnya
Review of Caspian Energy Resources: Implications for the Arab Gulf. Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2000, xii, 232 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 218-220.
Research Interests: Energy Security, Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, History of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and 15 moreHistory of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, International political economy of oil and gas, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Caspian Sea Region, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Review of Charles Dowsett. Sayat-Nova, An 18th-century Troubadour: A Biographical and Literary Study. Louvain, Belgium/Washington, D.C.: Peeters Publishers/Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium of the Catholic University of Louvain... more
Review of Charles Dowsett. Sayat-Nova, An 18th-century Troubadour: A Biographical and Literary Study. Louvain, Belgium/Washington, D.C.: Peeters Publishers/Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium of the Catholic University of Louvain and the Catholic University of America, 1997, xviii, 507 pp., in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 211-215.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Georgian Language, Languages of the Caucasus, Caucasus, Armenian History, and 15 moreArmenian Culture, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Armenian Language, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Azerbaijani Culture, Azerbaijani Language, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Georgian Studies, History of Georgia, Troubadour Studies, Azerbaijan Literature, and History of Georgia and the Caucasus of the XVI-XX Centuries
Review of Eliz Sanasarian. Religious Minorities in Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies, 13), xx, 228 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 69, No. 1, February... more
Review of Eliz Sanasarian. Religious Minorities in Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies, 13), xx, 228 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 69, No. 1, February 2006, pp. 151-153.
Research Interests: Bahái, Jewish Studies, Armenian Studies, Zoroastrianism, Iranian Studies, and 14 moreHistory of Iran, Minority Studies, Ethnic minorities, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, Diaspora Studies, Iranian History, Zoroastrianism (History), Minority Rights, Iranian Jews, Minorities, Religious Minorities, Iranian politics and history, and Bahai Faith
Review of George A. Bournoutian (ed. and tr.). Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a Documentary Record, xv, 578 pp. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol.... more
Review of George A. Bournoutian (ed. and tr.). Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a Documentary Record, xv, 578 pp. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 62, No. 2, June 1999, pp. 358-359.
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Armenian Studies, Iranian Studies, Caucasus, Armenian History, and 14 moreRussian History, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Imperial Russia, Russo-Turkish Relations, Ottoman-Russian relations, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Iran and Russia relations, History of Georgia, Russian Imperial History, and Tsarist Regime
Review of George A. Bournoutian (ed. and trans.). Armenians and Russia (1626-1796): A Documentary Record (Armenian Studies Series), xiv, 578 pp. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2001, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African... more
Review of George A. Bournoutian (ed. and trans.). Armenians and Russia (1626-1796): A Documentary Record (Armenian Studies Series), xiv, 578 pp. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2001, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 69, No. 1, February 2006, pp. 153-154.
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Armenian Studies, Iranian Studies, Caucasus, Armenian History, and 15 moreRussian History, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Safavids (Islamic History), Imperial Russia, Russo-Turkish Relations, Ottoman-Russian relations, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Safavid Persia, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Iran and Russia relations, History of Georgia, and Russian Imperial History
Review of Svante E. Cornell, Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus. Richmond, England: Curzon Press, 2001, 480 pp., in Nationalities Papers, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2002, pp. 703-705.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Post-Soviet Regimes, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, and 15 moreArmenian History, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Abkhazia, North Caucasus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, South Ossetia, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, Conflict, Identity and Nationalism in the Post Soviet Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, History of Georgia, History of Georgia and the Caucasus of the XVI-XX Centuries, and Abkhazia and Ossetia
Review of Bruno Coppieters, ed. Contested Borders in the Caucasus. Brussels: VUB University Press, 1996, 205 pp., in Haigazian Armenological Review, Vol. 22, pp. 361-362.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Post-Soviet Regimes, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, and 13 moreArmenian History, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Abkhazia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, Conflict, Identity and Nationalism in the Post Soviet Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, History of Georgia, History of Georgia and the Caucasus of the XVI-XX Centuries, and The Caucasus
Review of Edmond Schütz. Armeno-Turcica: Selected Studies (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, vol. 164). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1998, xii, 420, in Bulletin of the School... more
Review of Edmond Schütz. Armeno-Turcica: Selected Studies (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, vol. 164). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1998, xii, 420, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 62, No. 3, October 1999, pp. 618-619.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Armenian History, Turkic Speaking Peoples, Turkish Linguistics, Black Sea region, and 11 moreArmenian Language, Turkish Language, Black Sea Studies, Turkic Linguistics, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, Ottoman Armenians, Turkic languages, Armeno Kipchak, Kipchaks - Cumans, Turkic & Altaic Studies, and Turkic-Mongolic linguistic relationship
Review of Nicolas Beroutchachvili and Jean Radvanyi, eds. Atlas Géopolitique Informatique du Caucase. Paris: Observatoire des états post-soviétiques / Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), and Tbilissi:... more
Review of Nicolas Beroutchachvili and Jean Radvanyi, eds. Atlas Géopolitique Informatique du Caucase. Paris: Observatoire des états post-soviétiques / Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), and Tbilissi: Laboratoire de cartographie de l'Université de Tbilissi, 1996, in Haigazian Armenological Review, Vol. 22, 2002, pp. 359-360.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Post-Soviet Regimes, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, Caucasus Politics, and 15 moreRussian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Abkhazia, North Caucasus, Circassian Studies, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Caucasian Studies, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, History of Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Georgian Studies, Caucasian Languages, Dagestan, Chechnya, and The Caucasus
Review of Armine Ishkanian, Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia. London and New York: Routledge, 2008, ix, 200 pp., in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, June 2010, pp. 123-126.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Democratization, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, Post-Soviet Studies, and 12 moreArmenian History, Armenian Culture, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Soviet, post-Soviet, Russian politics, Post-Communism, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, South Caucasus, Post-Communist Studies, Democratic Transitions, Overcoming the Past: De-Communization and Reconstruction of Post-Communist Societies, Civil Society Development In Post communist States, and Caucasus and Central Asia
Review of Gerard J. Libaridian, The Challenge of Statehood: Armenian Political Thinking since Independence. Watertown, MA: Blue Crane Books, 1999, xii, 162 pp., in Nationalities Papers, Vol. 29, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 375-379.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Democratization, Post-Soviet Regimes, Post-Soviet Politics, Caucasus, and 14 moreArmenian History, Armenian Culture, Caucasus Politics, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, Soviet, post-Soviet, Russian politics, Armenia, Post Soviet Transformation of the South Caucasus, South Caucasus, Post-Soviet Transformation, Post-Communist Studies, Democratic Transitions, Overcoming the Past: De-Communization and Reconstruction of Post-Communist Societies, Civil Society Development In Post communist States, and Caucasus and Central Asia
Reşat Kasaba's Review of The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), in New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 42, Spring 2010, pp. 269-270.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, and 15 moreEthnic minorities, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman Period, Minorities in Turkey, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman History, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, and Trabzon
Susan Pattie's Review of The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), in Central Asian Survey, Vol. 29, No. 2, June 2010, pp. 239-240.
Research Interests: Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Muslim Minorities, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, and 14 moreConversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman Period, Minorities in Turkey, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Armenia, Black Sea Studies, Late Ottoman History, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, and Trabzon
Babak Rezvani's Review of The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), in Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 46, No. 4, July 2010, pp. 630-631.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Ethnic minorities, and 13 moreArmenian History, Armenian Culture, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Religious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean context, Late Ottoman Period, Minorities in Turkey, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, and Trabzon
Hans-Lukas Kieser's Review of The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), in Orientalische Literaturzeitung, Vol. 104, No. 2, 2009, pp. 240-243.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Armenian History, and 14 moreArmenian Culture, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Religious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean context, Late Ottoman Period, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, Trebizond, and Trabzon
Michael E. Meeker's Review of The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), in Turkish Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2008, pp. 173-178.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, Armenian History, and 13 moreArmenian Culture, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman Period, Minorities in Turkey, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Conversion to Islam, Trabzon, and Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500) Comparative empire
Alice Assadoorian's Review of The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), in Iran and the Caucasus, Vol. 11, 2007, pp. 160-165.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Ottoman Archaeology, Religious Conversion, Ottoman Studies, and 15 moreArmenian History, Armenian Culture, Early modern Ottoman History, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Religious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean context, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics, Ottoman Warfare, Navy, Economy, and Black Sea Studies, Islamic Architecture, History of Archaeology in Ottoman Lands, The empire of Trebizond, Ottoman and Black Sea Region studies, Conversion to Islam, Ottoman Armenians, and Pontos
Scott Harris' Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region, in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 31, No. 2, March 2002, pp. 429-430.
Research Interests: Political Geography and Geopolitics, Geopolitics, Energy Security, Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, and 15 moreAzerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Eurasian Geopolitics, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Turkey's energy policies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Mehrdad Haghayeghi's Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001), in Slavic Review, Vol. 62, No. 3, Fall 2003, p. 605.
Research Interests: Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, History of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, History of Azerbaijan, and 15 moreUzbekistan, International political economy of oil and gas, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Caspian Sea Region, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Turkey's energy policies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Fred Rhodes' Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001), in The Middle East, No. 320, February 2002, p. 41.
Research Interests: Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, History of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, History of Azerbaijan, and 15 moreUzbekistan, International political economy of oil and gas, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Caspian Sea Region, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Turkey's energy policies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Dilip Hiro's Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001), in Middle East International, No. 680, 26 July 2002, pp. 30-31.
Research Interests: Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, History of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, History of Azerbaijan, and 15 moreUzbekistan, International political economy of oil and gas, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Caspian Sea Region, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Turkey's energy policies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
L. K. D. Kristof's Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001), in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol. 39, No. 10, June 2002, p. 1879.
Research Interests: Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, History of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, History of Azerbaijan, and 15 moreUzbekistan, International political economy of oil and gas, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Caspian Sea Region, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Turkey's energy policies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Michèle Kahn's Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001), in Le Courrier des Pays de l'Est, No. 1039, October 2003, p. 80.
Research Interests: Oil and Gas Law, Oil and gas, History of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, History of Azerbaijan, and 15 moreUzbekistan, International political economy of oil and gas, Geopolitics of Energy, Turkmenistan, Oil Natural Gas Energy Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Caspian/Azerbaijan (energy) security, Caspian Sea Region, Energy security, pipeline politics and regional security in Caspian Basin, Turkey's energy policies, Energy Policy, Energy Security, Central Asia, Russia, Caucasus, Caspian Sea Region, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan Economy, Caspian Energy Resourses, and Caspian Oil Routes
Shireen Hunter's Review of Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region (London: I.B. Tauris, 2001), in International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES), Vol. 35, No. 3, August 2003, pp. 509-10.