Armenian Van/Vaspurakan / Edt. Richard G. Hovannisian.

Proceedings of the first in a series of conferences held at the University of California on historic Armenian cities and provinces.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Cont.: Armenian Van/ Vaspurakan : an introduction / Richard G. Hovannisian -- "Van in this world, paradise in the next" : the historical geography of Van/Vaspurakan / Robert H. Hewsen -- Van and the persistence of memory / James R. Russell -- Tovma Artsruni : historian of Vaspurakan / Robert W. Thomson -- Relations between the kingdoms of Vaspurakan and Ani / S. Peter Cowe -- The architectural heritage of Vaspurakan and the preservation of memory layers / Nairy Hampikian -- Van under Mongol, Turkmen, Persian, and Ottoman domination / Dickran Kouymjian -- The heritage of Van provincial literature / Rubina Peroomian -- Visual perceptions of Van through nineteenth and early twentieth century travel accounts / Dickran Kouymjian -- The city of Van at the turn of the twentieth century / Anahide Ter Minassian -- Demography of Van province, 1844-1914 / Sarkis Y. Karayan -- Van 1915 / Anahide Ter Minassian -- "The atrocious Armenians of Van" : the modern Turkish view / Clive Foss -- The flames of Van / Marc Nichanian