In January, Mazda Publishers released “Armenian Kesaria/Kayseri and Cappadocia,” the 12th volume in the UCLA series “Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces,” edited and contributed to by Professor Richard G. Hovannisian.
“Armenian Kesaria/Kayseri and Cappadocia” focuses on the history, religion, economic and social life, and cultural, educational, and political developments of the Armenians in the city of Kesaria (Gesaria) and its many outlying villages, including Talas, Everek, Fenesse, Tomarza, Chomakhlu, Injesu, Efkere, and Germir. Contributors to the volume include scholars James R. Russell, Robert W. Thomson, Gérard Dédéyan, Dickran Kouymjian, Sylvie L. Merian, Bedross Der Matossian, Hervé Georgelin, Jack Der-Sarkissian, Simon Payaslian, Tina Demirjian, and Vartan Matiossian.
Hovannisian is the past holder of the AEF Chair in Modern History at UCLA and currently Distinguished Chancellor’s Fellow at Chapman University in Orange County. This volume derives from one of the 18 international conferences organized by Hovannisian between 1997 and 2010 relating to important historic Armenian regions, nearly all of which are now devoid of their native Armenian inhabitants.
Copies of “Armenian Kesaria/Kayseri and Cappadocia” may be obtained from Mazda Publishers or by contacting Hovannisian directly by e-mailing hovannis@history.ucla.edu.
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