Current Institutional Members

Brown University

Dartmouth College

Indiana University

Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP)

New York University

Purdue University

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of Chicago

University of Illinois

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Pennsylvania

University of Texas, Austin

University of Washington

Welcome...

To the webpage of the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus.  This site is under construction, but as we grow, you will be able to find information, resources, and contacts pertinent to research in all three of the republics of the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) encourages and supports scholarly study of the South Caucasus states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) across all disciplines of the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences.  Incorporated in 2006, ARISC currently has offices open in Yerevan and Tbilisi (see About Us page) and is working to establish an office in Baku, which will serve to facilitate research and nurture scholarly ties between institutions and individuals.

Mission

The mission of The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is to encourage and support scholarly study of the South Caucasus states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) in all fields from the earliest times to the present. ARISC will provide an ongoing American scholarly presence in each country in order to facilitate research and will establish and nurture ties between institutions and individuals. Further, ARISC will promote and encourage intellectual inquiry across boundaries within the South Caucasus and between the South Caucasus and adjacent areas. The exchange of scholars and scholarly information will be encouraged by the support of conferences, fellowship opportunities, publications, teaching resources, and other forms of cooperation for use both in the United States and in the host countries where the Institute is located.

Membership

ARISC is led by a growing consortium of U.S. academic institutions and individual scholars interested in the region.  We welcome the participation of new institutions and individuals who are interested in becoming members of ARISC.  The support of our members is particularly crucial in this formative stage of our development, so please join ARISC today!

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