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Robert H. Hewsen
Birth Date:May 20, 1934
Birth Place:New York City, US
Death Date:November 17, 2018[1]
Death Place:Fresno, California
Fields:History of Armenia and the Caucasus
Alma Mater:Georgetown University
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Doctoral Advisor:Cyril Toumanoff
Known For:Armenia: A Historical Atlas (2001)
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Robert H. Hewsen (born Hewsenian; May 20, 1934 – November 17, 2018) was an American historian and professor of history at Rowan University. He was an expert on the ancient history of the South Caucasus.[2] Hewsen is the author of Armenia: A Historical Atlas (2001), a major reference book,[3] acclaimed as an important achievement in Armenian studies.

Biography

Hewsen was born Robert H. Hewsenian[4] [5] in New York City in 1934. His Armenian father came to the U.S. from Smyrna (now Izmir).[6]

He spent seven years in Europe with the US Air Force and studying.[7] He received his B.A. in history from the University of Maryland and his Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1967. The same year he joined the history department of Rowan University, where he taught Byzantine and Russian history for more than 30 years. After retiring from Rowan University in July 1999, Professor Hewsen lectured at University of Chicago, Columbia University, California State University, Fresno and University of California, Los Angeles.[8]

He was the president of the Society for Armenian Studies in 1988–89.[9] He was also the co-founder and president of the Society for the Study of Caucasia, which was active from 1989 to 1997.[10]

Works

Hewsen wrote many books and articles on the history of the Caucasus, especially Armenia. His seminal contribution to the field is Armenia: A Historical Atlas (2001). The book received wide critical acclaim.[11] [12] [13] Michael E. Stone said it "has no rival in Armenian studies", calling it a "pioneering and largely definitive work" and the "best atlas of Armenia ever prepared."[14] Merrill D. Peterson wrote that it "may by itself be considered a monument of American scholarship."[15] Nina Garsoian also described it as monumental.[16] Charles King wrote that the book is an "outstanding achievement not only as a geographical reference but also as a guide to the demographic and political history of the entire Caucasus."[17] Adam T. Smith wrote of the Atlas as "an important milestone in the development of Armenian studies."[18]

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Notes and References

  1. Remembrances: Robert H. Hewsen . Rowan Magazine . Spring 2019 . 46 . . Robert H. Hewsen, 84, of Fresno, Calif., formerly of Pitman and Cherry Hill, died Nov. 17, 2018..
  2. Book: de Waal, Thomas. . 2003. New York University Press. New York. 978-0-8147-1945-9. Thomas de Waal. 156. ...the [Caucasian] Albanian question. Fortunately, Professor Robert Hewsen of Rowan College, New Jersey, the foremost expert on this period of Caucasian history, was able to advise..
  3. Book: Hovannisian, Richard G.. Richard G. Hovannisian. Armenian Tsopk/Kharpert. Mazda Publishers. 2002. xiv. ...and recently published Armenia: A Historical Atlas, a major reference work with an extensive bibliography..
  4. In 1959–62, he signed Hewsenian for articles in the Armenian Review: The Legend of Akhtamar (A Ballad), by Robert H. Hewsenianhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240910085848/https://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%20AMSAGIR/Armenian-review/1959(2-46).pdf and A Visit to New Nakhichevan, Translation by Robert Hewsenian https://web.archive.org/web/20240910090218/https://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%20AMSAGIR/Armenian-review/1962(1-57).pdf
  5. Web site: Volume 12 (1959-1960) . . 18 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140818223539/http://www.armenianreview.org/twelfthvolume.htm . August 18, 2014 .
  6. Ghazarian . Salpi . Armenia: More Than A Historical Atlas . Armenian International Magazine . July 2001 . 70 . Salpi Ghazarian. (archived)
  7. http://agbu.org/ararat_archives/1961/03/1961_V2_N3_22.pdf Biographical note in Ararat magazine, 1961
  8. Web site: News of Members. Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno. https://web.archive.org/web/20140818222320/http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/sas_newsletter/Spring2002/page7.htm. 18 August 2014.
  9. Web site: We are sorry to bear the sad news of the passing of the preeminent Armenologist Prof. Robert Hewsen . Society for Armenian Studies . https://archive.today/20241018071040/https://www.facebook.com/societyforarmenianstudies/posts/pfbid02TGvaj4MPHhgxHEf6aEsGaT2JagcLxxjZMycKzccebXaQECkHUU7vz3ymGYS5bZXAl . 18 October 2024 . December 3, 2018.
  10. Web site: The Annual of the Society for the Study of Caucasia . iucat.iu.edu . https://archive.today/20241018070820/https://iucat.iu.edu/iuk/381864 . 18 October 2024.
  11. Armenia: A Historical Atlas by Robert H. Hewsen Review by: Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Russian Review. 66. 1. January 2007. 136–137. Robert Hewsen is to be vigorously applauded for the publication of his historical atlas of Armenia..
  12. Book: Whitby, Mary. Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204. limited. British Academy. 2007. 203. 978-0-19-726378-5. Excellent atlas that, despite its title, encompasses the whole of Caucasia, including the various Georgian lands..
  13. Book: Kaldellis . Anthony . Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium . 2019 . . 9780674986510. 313 . For the historical geography of Armenia, the maps in Hewsen, Armenia, are invaluable..
  14. Armenia: A Historical Atlas by Robert H. Hewsen Review by: Michael E. Stone. Slavic Review. 62. 1. Spring 2003. 174–175.
  15. Book: Peterson, Merrill D.. "Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After. University of Virginia Press. 2004. 174.
  16. Book: Garsoian . Nina . Nina Garsoian . Straw . Carole . Lim . Richard . The Past Before Us: The Challenge of Historiographies of Late Antiquity . 2005 . . 9782503514567 . 54 . Armenian historiography in crisis . A monumental historical Atlas of Armenia has finally appeared....
  17. Book: King, Charles. The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus: A History of the Caucasus. Oxford University Press. 269.
  18. Book: Smith, Adam T.. Tsetskhladze,Gocha. Adam T. Smith. Ancient West and East, Volume 3. Brill. 2004. 186–188.
  19. Cowe . S. Peter . S. Peter Cowe . Review of The Geography of Ananias of Širak (AŠXARHAʿCOYʿC), the Long and the Short Recensions: Introduction, Translation and Commentary . . 1997 . 117 . 2 . 379–380 . 10.2307/605516 . 0003-0279.
  20. https://archive.org/stream/edwards-1988-kola-rmnt-03/Edwards_1988_Kola_RMNT03_djvu.txt Full text of Robert W. Edwards: The Vale of Kola: A Final Preliminary Report on the Marchlands of Northeast Turkey.

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