What is it about?
Unlike my scholarly publications, in this one I attempted, at the invitation of the Journal's editors, to give an account of my childhood reminiscences of the city of Baku which between the 1970s and the 1980 still possessed a conspicuous Armenian-speaking population.
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Why is it important?
After the massacres of Armenians in three large cities of Azerbaijan (Sumgait: February 1988; Gǝncǝ: November 1988; Baku: January 1990), no Armenians have remained on the territories controlled by Azerbaijan, whilst Armenian monuments have systematically been destroyed. The Armenian communities of Azerbaijan had ancient history, had contributed to the culture of Azerbaijan (notably, to its architecture) but are largely ignored in the West.
Perspectives
In perspective I would see the collection of surviving witnesses about the Armenian life and cultural heritage in Azerbaijan, which would give way to a comprehensive research of the history and architecture of the Armenians in Azerbaijan.
Dr. Habil. Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev
Universitat Hamburg
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This page is a summary of: A Lesson in Geography, Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, October 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/26670038-12342781.
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Resources
Armenian historical heritage endangered by cultural cleansing
Interview given on the aftermath of Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia in 2020.
Gandzak (Ganja) and Northern Artsakh at the Beginning of the Second Millennium and the Question of Armenian Cultural Identity
Lecture on the contacts between Christians and Muslims on the territory of today's Azerbaijan at the beginning of the second millennium. It examines a little-known page in the history of Armenian-Kurdish relationships.
Nagornyj Karabakh / L’Artsakh minacciato di genocidio culturale
The article discusses the genesis of the nationalist extremism in Azerbaijan, which underlies its expansionist politics and cultural cleansing
Le legs du stalinisme dans les nations post-soviétiques et l’épuration culturelle dans le Haut Karabagh
'The Legacy of Stalinism in the Post-Soviet Nations and Cultural Cleansing in Nagorno Karabakh', published in: Haut Karabagh : Le livre noir, eds É. Denécé et al. (Paris: Ellipses, 2022), pp. 141–168. Can be read on: https://www.academia.edu/83257088/_Le_legs_du_stalinisme_dans_les_nations_post_sovi%C3%A9tiques_et_l_%C3%A9puration_culturelle_dans_le_Haut_Karabagh_The_Legacy_of_Stalinism_in_the_Post_Soviet_Nations_and_Cultural_Cleansing_in_Nagornyj_Karabakh_in_Haut_Karabagh_le_Livre_noir_eds_%C3%89_Den%C3%A9c%C3%A9_et_al_Paris_Ellipses_2022_pp_141_168
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