TY - BOOK AU - Atman,Sabri AU - Baarda,Tijmen C. AU - Barabraham,Abdulmesih AU - Barthoma,Soner Ö. AU - Bednarowicz,Sebastian AU - Berg,Heleen Murre-Van Den AU - Birol,Simon AU - Halo,Thea AU - Hellot-Bellier,Florence AU - Hofmann,Tessa AU - Hunter,Erica C.D. AU - Ishac,Ephrem Aboud AU - Khosroeva,Anahit AU - Lahdo,Ablahad AU - Müller,Hannelore AU - Sato,Noriko AU - Shabo,Talay AU - Talay,Shabo AU - Tamcke,Martin AU - Yuhanon,B.Beth TI - Sayfo 1915: An Anthology of Essays on the Genocide of Assyrians/Arameans during the First World War SN - 9781463207304 AV - DR435.S95 S29 2018eb PY - 2018///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - Arameans KW - Turkey KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Congresses KW - Assyrians KW - Genocide KW - Syriac Christians KW - Middle East KW - Turkey and Ottoman Empire KW - HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; CONTRIBUTORS --; SAYFO 1915: THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST --; I. THE SAYFO AND ARCHIVES --; 1. THE OTTOMAN GENOCIDE OF 1914-1918 AGAINST ARAMAIC-SPEAKING CHRISTIANS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE --; 2. THE TARGETING OF ASSYRIANS DURING THE CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST IN OTTOMAN TURKEY --; 3. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE AFTER A CENTURY --; 4. GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE SAYFO: HOW MUCH DID GERMANY KNOW? --; 5. LETTERS ON THE SAYFO FROM ASSYRIAN EYEWITNESSES --; II. LOCAL STUDIES --; 6. THE INCREASING VIOLENCE AND THE RESISTANCE OF ASSYRIANS IN URMIA AND HAKKARI (1900-1915) --; 7. ʿIWARDO: A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE --; 8. "I WILL STAY WITH JESUS AND WILL NEVER BETRAY HIM!": SAYFO IN MANSURIYE --; 9. A VICTIM OF THE SAYFO: ADDAÏ SCHER AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP --; 10. THE METHODS OF KILLING USED IN THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE --; 11. ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE --; III. POST-SAYFO PERIOD --; 12. WRITING ASSYRIAN HISTORY: THE MILITARY, THE PATRIARCH AND THE BRITISH IN YAQU BAR MALEK ISMAEL'S ASSYRIANS IN TWO WORLD WARS (TEHRAN 1964) --; 13. ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ, THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ADVOCACY (1920s-1940s) --; 14. THE MEMORY OF SAYFO AND ITS RELATION TO THE IDENTITY OF CONTEMPORARY ASSYRIAN/ARAMEAN CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA --; 15. FORGOTTEN WITNESSES: REMEMBERING AND INTERPRETING THE 'SAYFO' IN THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TUR 'ABDIN --; 16. THE POEMS OF GHATTAS MAQDISI ELYAS AND THE REMEMBRANCE OF TURABDIN --; 17. BEFORE AND AFTER LINGUICIDE: A LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF THE SAYFO --; APPENDIX: SYNOPSIS REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Drawing on the expertise of scholars from a variety of backgrounds, this anthology specifically seeks to shed light on this genocide from a multidisciplinary perspective and serve as a step for developing the future scholarship about the Sayfo UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463239961 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463239961 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463239961/original ER -