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CFP: Caucasus Research Forum

The Slavic Reference Service is inviting colleagues to submit proposals for the annual Caucasus Research Forum, April 15-16, 2026. This year’s theme is Protest Movements. The Caucasus region has witnessed numerous protest movements throughout its history. From resistance to colonialism and imperialism…

Richard G. Hovannisian, 1932-2023

ARISC’s Vice President Stephen Jones shares this remembrance of Richard Hovannisian, who died July 10, 2023, at the age of 90: Richard Hovannisian, one of the titans in South Caucasian studies and a founding father of the field of Armenian…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) Georgia Branch is looking to fill an Internship position in Tbilisi. Duties include assisting ARISC Georgia branch staff in everyday activities, updating databases, organizing and attending online public talks and events,…

ARISC Internship Opportunity in Armenia

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides and contact lists, creating information materials, helping in organization of talks and events and…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides and contact lists,creating information materials, particularly infographics for social media, helping in organization of…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides and contact lists,creating information materials, particularly infographics for social media, helping in organization of…

After the Revolution: Baku and its Oil – 1918-1927

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus invites to to the presentation in Baku. Speaker: Jonathan Sicotte People’s Friendship University of Russia, Georgetown University, ARISC Fellow Venue: Baku Idea Lab, 44 Jafar Jabbarly street, Caspian Plaza III, 3rd floor Date:…

ARISC presentation in Baku

ARISC invites you to the presentation “Hounds and Jackals and Fifty-Eight Holes: Ancient Mesopotamian Board Games in Azerbaijan?” Speaker: Walter Crist Arizona State University, American Museum of Natural History, ARISC member Date: April 16, 2018, 11 AM Venue: 115 Huseyn…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides and contact lists, creating information materials, helping organize talks and events, and assisting US…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides and contact lists, creating information materials, particularly infographics and other creative products for social media,…

Public talk in Baku

ARISC presents public talk “Writing Home: Communication of Muslim Refugees Between the Ottoman and Russian Empires” by Vladimir-Hamed Troyanski, Stanford University Location: Baku American Center, 134 Rashid Behbudov st. Date: 25 August, 2016 Time: 5 pm For more information, please,…

Reading Group in Yerevan

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus is pleased to invite you to attend the Reading Group in Yerevan, which will kindly be hosted by AEON on March 17, at 17:00. We will read “Gaston”, written by William Saroyan.…

ARISC Reading Group in Baku

Date & time: Tuesday, February 23, 3:30 pm Venue: Baku American Center, Azerbaijan University of Languages, 60 R. Behbudov str. Reading: “The Intellectual life of Shah Ismail I and his Care, Love, Respect Towards his Mother Tongue (Turkish)”, by Mohammad Karim…

ARISC Internship Opportunity in Baku

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Baku, Azerbaijan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides, assisting with organization of local talks and reading groups; providing research and logistical…

ARISC Reading Group in Baku

ARISC and Baku American Center invite you to the Reading Group in Baku! Date & time: Tuesday, January 26, 4 pm Venue: Baku American Center, Azerbaijan University of Languages, 60 R. Behbudov str. Reading: “History and Policy of Translating Poetry: Azerbaijan…

Reading Group in Baku

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and Baku American Center invites you to the Reading Group in Baku! Date & time: December 17, 15:30 Venue: Baku American Center, Azerbaijan University of Languages, 60 R. Behbudov str. Reading: “Missing…

Reading Group in Baku

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus in conjunction with Baku American Center launches the new season of Reading Group sessions! Join us at our fisrt meeting! Date & time: November 27, at 15:30 Venue: Baku American Center, AUL,…

Curricular Materials on the South Caucasus

New curricular materials for higher education on a variety of topics about the South Caucasus region are available for free at Modules are available to be used as scholarly vignettes on Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia to enhance instruction and…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. JOB DESCRIPTION: Duties include updating our country guides, working on information materials, helping in organization of talks and events and assisting US…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

ARISC Internship Opportunity The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. Duties include helping to organize reading and writing groups, talks and events, updating our country guides and contact lists,…

Presentation of Other Yerevan Project

Presented by Sarhat Petrosyan, urbanlab and ARISC Fellow, and Diana Ter-Ghazaryan, University of Miami and ARISC Fellow Date: August 27, 2015 Time: 6:30pm (+04:00 GMT) Duration: 90 min This grant was made possible through Project Discovery! For more information, please…

ARISC Reading Group in Baku

ARISC invites you to the Reading Group in Baku! Date: May 22, at 16:30 Venue: ADA University, Ahmedbey Agaoglu str. 11, Baku Reading: “Education of the Children with Disabilities in Azerbaijan: Barriers and Opportunities”, by Ulviyya Mikayilova et.al. This event…

Presentation time changed

Dear All, ARISC Fellow Alexander Balistreri’s presentation in Baku which was planned to be at 10:30 am, Tuesday, April 28 is going to be at 1:45 pm, the same day.

ARISC presentation in Baku

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus in cooperation with ADA University is pleased to present From Baku to Kars: Muslim Solidarity Across the South Caucasus, 1878–1922 by Alexander E. Balistreri, Princeton University ARISC Fellow Venue: ADA University, Ahmedbay Agaoglu…

ARISC Internship Opportunity

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. Duties include helping to organize reading and writing groups, talks and events, updating our country guides and contact lists, meeting and greeting…

Reading Group in Yerevan

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to the Reading Group in Yerevan. Time and date: Tuesday, January 13, at 6:30 pm Reading. We shall read “Mountains of Music: Musical Dialects and Hybridisms in the South…