Robert H. Hewsen or Hewsenian is Professor Emeritus of History at Rowan University

Rowan University

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 in Glassboro, New Jersey

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 and is an expert on the ancient history of the South Caucasus

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Biography

Of Armenian

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 heritage, and originally from the state of New York

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, Hewsen received his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 in history from the University of Maryland

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 and his Ph.D.

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 from Georgetown University

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 in 1967. The same year he joined history department of Rowan University, where he taught Byzantine

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 and Russia

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n history for more than 30 years. After retiring from Rowan University in July 1999, Professor Hewsen lectured at University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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, Columbia University

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, California State University, Fresno

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 and University of California, Los Angeles

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Professor Hewsen is also the co-founder and president of the Society for the Study of Caucasia.

Works

Hewsen has written a multitude of books and articles on the history of the Caucasus

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, especially Armenia

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. Professor Hewsen's most recent publication is Armenia: A Historical Atlas (University of Chicago Press, 2001).

• Robert H. Hewsenian, The Legend of Akhtamar (A Ballad) (pp. 64-66), The Armenian Review, VOLUME 12 , Number 2, Summer 1959
• Robert H. Hewsenian, The Autumn Glossary (pp. 90-93), The Armenian Review, VOLUME 13, Number 3, Autumn 1960
• Robert H. Hewsen. Ethno-history and the Armenian influence upon the Caucasian Albanians. Classical Armenian culture: Influence and creativity, Scholars press, Philadelphia, 1982
• Robert H. Hewsen. Science in Seventh-Century Armenia: Ananias of Širak, Isis, vol. 59, No. 1, (Spring, 1968), pp. 32—45.
• Robert H. Hewsen. Anatolia and Historical Concepts // The California Institute for Ancient Studies, a Velikovskian site
• Robert H. Hewsen. "The Kingdom of Arc'ax" in Medieval Armenian Culture (University of Pennsylvania Armenian Texts and Studies). Thomas J. Samuelian and Michael E. Stone (eds.) Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1984
• Robert H. Hewsen. Armenia: A Historical Atlas. — University of Chicago Press, 2001. — 341 p. — ISBN 0226332284, ISBN 9780226332284

External links

• Robert H. Hewsen Appointed Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor for Fall 2001 at Fresno State.