St. John Armenian Church proudly presents a lecture and Book signing by Prof. Richard Hovannisian, “Armenian Kesaria/Kayseri and Cappadocia” (with video segments of the Last Armenians of Dikranagerd/Diyarbekir anmd the Armenian-Speaking Hamshen people of the Black Sea.)

“Armenian Kesaris/Kayseri and Cappadocia” focuses on the history, religion, economic and social life, and cultural, educational, and political developments of the Armenians in the city of Kasaria (Gesaria) and its many outlying villages, including Talas, Everek, Fenesse, Tomarza, Chomakhlu, Injesu, Efkere, and Germir. There are several contributors to this volume along with Professor Richard Hovanissian.

This volume derives from one of the 18 international conferences organized by Hovanissian between 1997 and 2010 relating to import historic Armenian regions, rearly all of which are now devoid of their native Armenian inhabitants.

Professor Hovanissian is the past holder of the AEF Chair in Modern History at UCLA. He is the author of Armenia on the Road to Independence, the 4-volume history the Republic of Armenia, and his edited and contributed to more than 200 books including The Armenian Genocide in Perspective, The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Remembrance and Denial, Looking Backward, Moving Forward, and The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies.

Copies of “Armenia Kesaria/Kayseri and Cappadocia” will be available for sale.