Selected Writings of
Hovann H. Simonian*
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"History and Identity among the Hemshin" from ISIM Newsletter [International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World] 14 June(2004) pp. 24-25.
History and Identity among the Hemshin, from ISIM.
Selected chapters from The Hemshin, History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (New York, 2007), edited by Hovann H. Simonian.
Hamshen before Hemshin: the prelude to Islamicization. Chapter 2 pp. 19-41.
Hemshin from Islamicization to the end of the nineteenth century. Chapter 4 pp. 52-99.
Interactions and mutual perceptions during the 1878-1923 period: Muslims of Armenian background and Armenians in the Pontus. Chapter 6 pp. 124-138.
"History and Identity among the Hemshin" from Central Asian Survey (March-June 2006) 25(1-2), 157-178.
History and Identity among the Hemshin, from CAS.
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