Armenian Smyrna/Izmir edited by Richard G. Hovannisian (2012; NEW)

Description: Series: UCLA Armenian History & Culture Series 11Availability: In stockPublished: 2012Page #: xiv + 210Size: 6 x 9ISBN: ISBN 13: 978-1568591582, 1-56859-158-6plates, index From early antiquity, the Armenian people developed a rich and distinctive culture on the great Armenian highland plateau extending from Asia Minor to the Caucasus. On that crossroad, they interacted on many levels with civilizations of the Orient and Occident. Also from early times, Armenian colonies and communities were established beyond the highland, along the seacoasts of the Black, Mediterranean, and Aegean seas and onward to other continents. One such community was that of Smyrna along the Ionian coastline, which figures so heavily in Hellenic civilization and biblical history. The natural harbor of Smyrna attracted merchants from around the world, and from the Middle Ages onward Armenian settlers arrived from throughout Asia Minor and from their troubled homelands stretching eastward to the plain of Ararat, Karabagh, and northern Iran. Although numbering barely 25,000 persons when the surrounding towns and villages are taken into account, the Smyrna community stood out in its prosperity and adoption of Western modes and styles. Its merchants flourished in the Italian city states and as far west as Manchester, England, and participated in the eastern trade as far as Persia and the Indian Ocean. Smyrna, more familiar as Izmir in Turkish and modern usage, played a key role not only in Armenian commercial history but also in the national process of intellectual, cultural, and social enlightenment. Schools and churches, dramatic and musical groups, and athletic and sporting associations thrived there in the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century until the swift demise of the entire community in the chaos and Great Fire of 1922. All these aspects are presented in this volume. The UCLA conference series, “Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces,” has been organized by the Holder of the Armenian Educational Chair in Modern Armenian History for the purpose of exploring and illuminating the historical, political, cultural, religious, social, and economic legacies of the Armenian people. Armenian Smyrna/Izmir is the eleventh of the conference proceedings to be published. Richard G. HovannisianRichard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023) was past holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. A native of California, he received his B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. in history from UCLA. A member of the UCLA faculty since the 1960s, he organized both the undergraduate and graduate programs in Armenian history and served as the Associate Director of UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies from 1978 to 1995. Professor Hovannisian is a Guggenheim Fellow and has received many honors for his scholarship, civic activities, and advancement of Armenian studies. He is a founder and six-time president of the Society for Armenian Studies and has published thirty books and numerous scholarly articles, including 5 volumes on the Armenian Genocide and 15 volumes by Mazda Publishers on historic Armenian cities and provinces. CHAPTER 1Armenian SmyrnaRichard G. Hovannisian CHAPTER 2Armenians on the Aegean: The City of SmyrnaRobert H. Hewsen CHAPTER 3The Armenian Communities of Smyrna and the Aegean Region from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth-Century TanzimatAlbert Kharatian CHAPTER 4Armenian Monuments and Textile Arts of SmyrnaChristina Maranci CHAPTER 5The Armenian Dialect of SmyrnaBert Vaux CHAPTER 6The Missionary Armenian Language Press of Smyrna, 1833-1853Barbara J. Merguerian CHAPTER 7Translators-Enlighteners of SmyrnaSona Seferian CHAPTER 8Matteos Mamourian: A Smyrnean Contributor to the Western Armenian RenaissanceRobert H. Hewsen CHAPTER 9Armenian Intercommunity Relations in Late Ottoman SmyrnaHervé Georgelin CHAPTER 10The Demise of Armenian Smyrna: An Oral History PerspectiveRubina Peroomian CHAPTER 11Two Armenian Physicians in Smyrna: Case Studies in SurvivalJack Der-Sarkissian CHAPTER 12Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller,and Smyrna 1922David Stephen Calonne CHAPTER 13The Armenian Elite of Smyrna in the Formation of Associative Networks in Buenos AiresNélida Boulgourdjian-Toufeksian CHAPTER 14From Asia Minor to the Río de la Plata: Smyrna and South American Armenian OriginsVartan Matiossian Index

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