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ANEC RELEASES 'ATLAS OF HISTORICAL ARMENIA'
18:34 07.08.20130
The Armenian National Education Committee (ANEC) recently announced
its publication of the bilingual (Armenian and English) Atlas of
Historical Armenia, edited by Dr. Vartan Matiossian, the executive
director of the ANEC. The Atlas was published under the auspices of His
Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy
of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, on the 500th anniversary
of Armenian printing. The cost was underwritten through the generous
donation of the Hagopian family of Providence, R.I., in memory of their
parents, Ervant and Serpouhi Hagopian, the Armenian Weekly reports.
While the book's primary target audience are students and teachers,
the Atlas is equally valuable for the general public. The basic premise
is to offer readers an essential core that may serve as a starting
point to widen their knowledge. To this end, the new edition has been
rewritten and updated, with the addition of four new chapters. It
contains 32 chapters, 30 maps, and 174 photographs (148 in full
color). The maps are also provided on a CD attached to the book.
The Atlas combines three books in one: a book of historical geography
(maps), a book of history (text), and a book of illustrated history
(photographs). It is an educational tool that may be used as a standard
textbook of Armenian history-in Armenian and English-that supersedes
other textbooks currently in use.
The book is structured in four sections. It opens with an overview
of Armenian historical geography, followed by a second section on
Armenian cultural heritage. The main section of the book is the
third, which introduces compact chapters on Armenian history from
its origins to 1991. The final section, entitled "Armenians Today,"
presents chapters on the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Nagorno
Karabagh (Artsakh), and the Armenian Diaspora. An extensive chapter
on the Armenian Church is followed by an "Afterword" that succinctly
explains the current status of Armenians and Armenia.
As part of its series of publications in Armenian studies, the
ANEC released the first edition of theAtlas, written by Dr. Garbis
Armen and edited by Vrej-Armen Artinian, in 1987. It remains the
only bilingual atlas of Armenian history ever published. (Whereas
other atlases were published before and after, all of them were
monolingual). Incidentally, the Atlas was the first such publication
in English until Dr. Robert Hewsen's Armenia: A Historical Atlas
(2001), an erudite work for a different audience.
The unprecedented historical transformations that followed the initial
publication of the Atlas, including the independence of the Republics
of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh in 1991, demanded a revision. After a
long hiatus, work on the new edition resumed in 2010 and 25 years after
the first edition, the ANEC can offer a new atlas for a new generation.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/08/07/anec-releases-atlas-of-historical-armenia/
From: A. Papazian
18:34 07.08.20130
The Armenian National Education Committee (ANEC) recently announced
its publication of the bilingual (Armenian and English) Atlas of
Historical Armenia, edited by Dr. Vartan Matiossian, the executive
director of the ANEC. The Atlas was published under the auspices of His
Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy
of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, on the 500th anniversary
of Armenian printing. The cost was underwritten through the generous
donation of the Hagopian family of Providence, R.I., in memory of their
parents, Ervant and Serpouhi Hagopian, the Armenian Weekly reports.
While the book's primary target audience are students and teachers,
the Atlas is equally valuable for the general public. The basic premise
is to offer readers an essential core that may serve as a starting
point to widen their knowledge. To this end, the new edition has been
rewritten and updated, with the addition of four new chapters. It
contains 32 chapters, 30 maps, and 174 photographs (148 in full
color). The maps are also provided on a CD attached to the book.
The Atlas combines three books in one: a book of historical geography
(maps), a book of history (text), and a book of illustrated history
(photographs). It is an educational tool that may be used as a standard
textbook of Armenian history-in Armenian and English-that supersedes
other textbooks currently in use.
The book is structured in four sections. It opens with an overview
of Armenian historical geography, followed by a second section on
Armenian cultural heritage. The main section of the book is the
third, which introduces compact chapters on Armenian history from
its origins to 1991. The final section, entitled "Armenians Today,"
presents chapters on the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Nagorno
Karabagh (Artsakh), and the Armenian Diaspora. An extensive chapter
on the Armenian Church is followed by an "Afterword" that succinctly
explains the current status of Armenians and Armenia.
As part of its series of publications in Armenian studies, the
ANEC released the first edition of theAtlas, written by Dr. Garbis
Armen and edited by Vrej-Armen Artinian, in 1987. It remains the
only bilingual atlas of Armenian history ever published. (Whereas
other atlases were published before and after, all of them were
monolingual). Incidentally, the Atlas was the first such publication
in English until Dr. Robert Hewsen's Armenia: A Historical Atlas
(2001), an erudite work for a different audience.
The unprecedented historical transformations that followed the initial
publication of the Atlas, including the independence of the Republics
of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh in 1991, demanded a revision. After a
long hiatus, work on the new edition resumed in 2010 and 25 years after
the first edition, the ANEC can offer a new atlas for a new generation.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/08/07/anec-releases-atlas-of-historical-armenia/
From: A. Papazian