Robert H. Hewsen

Biography

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

He spent seven years in Europe with the US Air Force and studying. 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.

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

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. 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." Merrill D. Peterson wrote that it "may by itself be considered a monument of American scholarship." Nina Garsoian also described it as monumental. 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." Adam T. Smith wrote of the Atlas as "an important milestone in the development of Armenian studies."

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• Samuelian, Thomas J., ed (1982). "Ethno-History and the Armenian influence upon the Caucasian Albanians". Classical Armenian Culture. Influences and Creativity. Philadelphia: Scholars Press.

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• "Introduction to Armenian Historical Geography IV: The Vitaxates of Arsacid Armenia. A Reexamination of the Territorial Aspects of the institution (Part Two). Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 22 (1990-91)
• "Introduction to Armenian Historical Geography IV: The Vitaxates of Arsacid Armenia. A Reexamination of the Territorial Aspects of the institution (Part One). Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 21 (1988-89)
• "Achaemenid «Armina»". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 17 (1983).
• "Ptolemy on Armenia". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 15 (1981).
• "The Synchronistic Table of Ps. Sebēos". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 15 (1981).
• "The Meliks Of Eastern Armenia IV". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 14 (1980).https://archive.org/details/1980-hewsen-the-meliks-of-eastern-armenia-iv/
• "The Meliks Of Eastern Armenia III". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 11 (1975).https://archive.org/details/1975-1976-hewsen-the-meliks-of-eastern-armenia-iii
• "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia II". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 10 (1973-4).https://archive.org/details/1973-4-hewsen-the-meliks-of-eastern-armenia-ii
• "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia. A Preliminary Study". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 9 (1972).https://archive.org/details/1972-hewsen-the-meliks-of-eastern-armenia-i
• "The Successors of Tiridates the Great: A Contribution to the History of Armenia in the Fourth Century". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 13 (1978/79).
• "On the date and autorship of the *Ašxarhac'uyc'''" Revue des Études Arméniennes (*Nouvelles série'') vol. 4 (1967).
• "Armenia according to *Ašxarhac'uyc'''". Revue des Études Arméniennes (*Nouvelles série'') vol. 2 (1965).
• "On the Alphabet of the Caucasian Albanians". Revue des Études Arméniennes (Nouvelles série) vol. 1 (1964).
• // The California Institute for Ancient Studies, a Velikovskian site
• North Central Armenia, I: The Principality of Tayk. (Article, perhaps unpublished)
• On the Identity of Peter, [Georgian] Bishop of Maiuma. (Article, perhaps unpublished)https://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%20AMSAGIR/sas/2006(69).pdf

References

References

1. (Spring 2019). "Remembrances: Robert H. Hewsen". [[Rowan University]].
2. de Waal, Thomas. (2003). "[[Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War]]". New York University Press.
3. Hovannisian, Richard G.. (2002). "Armenian Tsopk/Kharpert". Mazda Publishers.
4. In 1959–62, he signed Hewsenian for articles in the ''[[Armenian Review]]'': The Legend of Akhtamar (A Ballad), by Robert H. Hewsenian[https://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. "Volume 12 (1959-1960)". [[The Armenian Review]].
6. (July 2001). "Armenia: More Than A Historical Atlas". Armenian International Magazine.
7. [http://agbu.org/ararat_archives/1961/03/1961_V2_N3_22.pdf Biographical note in Ararat magazine, 1961]{{Dead link. (October 2018)
8. "News of Members". Armenian Studies Program, [[California State University, Fresno]].
9. (December 3, 2018). "We are sorry to bear the sad news of the passing of the preeminent Armenologist Prof. Robert Hewsen". Society for Armenian Studies.
10. "The Annual of the Society for the Study of Caucasia".
11. (January 2007). "Armenia: A Historical Atlas by Robert H. Hewsen Review by: Nicholas B. Breyfogle". [[Russian Review]].
12. Whitby, Mary. (2007). "Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204". British Academy.
13. (2019). "Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium". [[Harvard University Press]].
14. (Spring 2003). "Armenia: A Historical Atlas by Robert H. Hewsen Review by: Michael E. Stone". [[Slavic Review]].
15. Peterson, Merrill D.. (2004). ""Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After". University of Virginia Press.
16. (2005). "The Past Before Us: The Challenge of Historiographies of Late Antiquity". [[Brepols Publishers]].
17. King, Charles. "The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus: A History of the Caucasus". Oxford University Press.
18. Smith, Adam T.. (2004). "Ancient West and East, Volume 3". Brill.
19. (1997). "Review of The Geography of Ananias of Širak (AŠXARHAʿCOYʿC), the Long and the Short Recensions: Introduction, Translation and Commentary". [[Journal of the American Oriental Society]].
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.''] – the following mention in the text: "''In his forthcoming article “North Central Armenia, I: The Principality of Tayk'” R. Hewsen accepts Adontz's identification (Armenia, 21 f, 68*) of Buxa in the Gahnamak with the gawat of Botxa in the Asxarhac‘oyc‘ to conclude that the Dimak‘seans controlled one of the three principalities of Tayk.''"