With the funding of the foundation, the BRILL publishing house, edited by Igor Dorfman-Lazarev and Harutyun

 Khatchadourian, published a collection entitled „Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus: Karabakh, Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan in the modern Geopolitical Conflict”.

 

Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus: Karabagh, Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan in Contemporary Geopolitical Conflict

 

Series: Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume: 31

 

Volume Editors: Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev  and Haroutioun Khatchadourian

 

“This is the first multidisciplinary volume whose focus is on the barely accessible highlands between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and their invaluable artistic heritage. Numerous ancient and mediaeval monuments of Artsakh/Karabagh and Nakhichevan find themselves in the crucible of a strife involving mutually exclusive national accounts. They are gravely endangered today by the politics of cultural destruction endorsed by the modern State of Azerbaijan.
This volume contains seventeen contributions by renowned scholars from eight nations, rare photographic documentation and a detailed inventory of all the monuments discussed. Part 1 explores the historical geography of these lands and their architecture. Part 2 analyses the development of Azerbaijani nationalism against the background of the centuries-long geopolitical contest between Russia and Turkey. Part 3 documents the loss of monuments and examines their destruction in the light of international law governing the protection of cultural heritage”.

 

The collection can be found at the following link: https://brill.com/display/title/68142