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Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh is an American historian. A native of Lebanon, she specializes in Middle Eastern visual culture and wrote the books '' The Image of an Ottoman City'' (2004) and '' The Missing Pages'' (2019). Watenpaugh is a Professor of Art History at the University of California, Davis. Biography Watenpaugh, an ethnic Armenian, was born in Beirut, the capital and largest city of Lebanon. Her ancestors moved to that country and to Egypt after the Armenian genocide, which she described as "part of erhistory". Her father, Sarkis Zeitlian, was an Armenian Revolutionary Federation leader. She studied at the Lebanese American University (where she obtained her AA in 1988) and at the University of California, Los Angeles (where she obtained her BA in 1990, her MA, and eventually her PhD in 1999). In 1998, she became an Assistant Professor at Rice University, where she remained until 2001, when she became the Aga Khan Career Development Professor at the Massachus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, and was one of Phoenicia's most prominent city states, making it one of the oldest cities in the world (see Berytus). The first historical mention of Beirut is found in the Amarna letters from the New Kingdom of Egypt, which date to the 14th century BC. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important seaport for the country and region, and rated a Beta + World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by the Lebanese Civil War, the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2020 massive explosion in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
