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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, December 9, at 6:30 pm Reading. We shall read 2 legends/stories (“The Rain” and “Bakarr the First, Tsar of…

Reading Group in Baku is back!

ARISC is pleased to invite you to the first Reading Group session of this season! Date: Monday, September 29 at 5 pm Venue: Ali & Nino bookcafe, 91 Nizami str., Baku Reading: “Trading Culture: Practical Background for Azerbaijani-English Poetry Translation”,…

ARISC Reading Group in Azerbaijan

ARISC is pleased to announce that the next Reading Group in Azerbaijan will be held in Sumgayit! Date & time: Saturday, July 19, 4 pm Venue: Sumgayit Education Information Center, 19th block, H. Aliyev Ave., Sumgayit Reading: A Growing Issue:…

ARISC Reading Group in Baku

ARISC is pleased to invite you to the next Reading Group session in Baku! Date & time: Wednesday, May 28, 6:00 pm Venue: Ali & Nino bookcafe, 91 Nizami str., Baku Reading: Hamlet Isakhanli, Val D. Rust, Younes Vahdati and…

Fulbright Scholar Program Opportunities in the Caucasus

The Fulbright Scholar competition for academic year 2015-2016 is launched and offers opportunities to postdoctoral scholars as well as early career and more advanced scholars to teach and/or conduct research in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The current competition will close…

Reading Group in Baku

ARISC & Baku American Center are pleased to announce that we will have a guest speaker at our next Reading Group session. Dr. Rovshan Abbasov will talk about water issues in Great Baku Area. Date: Thursday, May 1, 16:30 pm…

ARISC Internship Opportunity in Armenia

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. Duties include updating our country guides, meeting and greeting US scholars, assisting them with the logistics of their research, and helping to…

ARISC Internship Opportunity in Azerbaijan

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is looking to fill an Internship position in Baku. Duties include: • Assisting in organization of local talks and reading groups; • Providing research and logistical support for visiting scholars and…

ARISC office is now open at the AUA in Armenia!

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to house the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC)’s first office in Yerevan. ARISC and AUA will cooperate on different activities. ARISC aims…

ARISC Reading Group in Baku

ARISC & Baku American Center invite you to the next Reading Group session. Date: Thursday, April 10, 16:30 pm Venue:American Center/Azerbaijan University of Languages, 134 R. Behbudov Reading: “Between Sunnism and Shiism: Islam in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan” by Bayram Balci and…

ARISC Baku Reading Group’s next session

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and Baku American Center invite you to the next Reading Group meeting. Date: 4:30 pm, Friday, March 14 Venue: American Center/Azerbaijan University of Languages, 134 R. Behbudov Reading: Hamlet Isakhanli “Wavering Azerbaijani Literati Views of America: From the Russian…

Reading Group in Baku

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and Baku American Center invite you to the next session of the Reading Group. Date: 4:00 pm, Wednesday, February 5 Venue: American Center/Azerbaijan University of Languages, 134 R. Behbudov Reading: Tohidi, Nayereh. 1996. Soviet…

Baku Reading Group

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and Baku American Center invite you to the first session of the Reading Group in 2014. Date: 4:00 pm, Thursday, January 23 Venue: American Center/Azerbaijan University of Languages, 134 R. Behbudov Reading: “An Average…

Reading Group in Tbilisi

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Reading:  The Stalin Puzzle: Deciphering Post Soviet Public Opinion By THOMAS DE WAAL, MARIA LIPMAN, LEV GUDKOV, LASHA BAKRADZE Available online at: Date:…

ARISC Baku Reading Group

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and American Center invite you to the Reading Group. Date: 4:30 pm, Thursday, December 12. Venue: American Center/Azerbaijan University of Languages, 134 R. Behbudov Reading: “Ali and Nino: A Love Story”, by Kurban…

The Reading Group in Yerevan is back!

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to attend the first Reading Group in Yerevan in the fall 2013 season. Reading: “Kirakos,” a short story by Aghassi Ayvazyan Time: 6 pm, Thursday, November 7, 2013 Venue:…

Internship opportunity at ARISC Armenia

ARISC is looking to fill an Internship position in Yerevan. Duties include updating our country guides, meeting and greeting US scholars, assisting them with the logistics of their research, and helping to organize reading and writing groups, talks and events.…

ARISC Reading Group in Baku is back

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and American Center invite you to the Reading Group. Date: 4:30 pm, Thursday, October 31. Reading: “Me, You, Him and the Telephone” and “The Morning of that Night” by Azerbaijani author Anar Venue:…

Next ARISC Reading Group in Baku

Date:  Tuesday, July 30th, 5 pm Venue: Dept. of International Relations of Azerbaijan University of Languages (address: 60 Rashid Behbudov).  Reading: “Gender and Social Entrepreneurship in Societies in Transition: The Case of Azerbaijan” by Mehrangiz Najafizadeh and Lewis Mennerick. Please, see Events page for more information.

ARISC Reading Group in Baku

ARISC invites you to the next Reading Group in Baku after a month of break.  Date:  Saturday, July 13th, 11:30 am Venue: Reading Hall of the International Relations Department of Azerbaijan University of Languages,  61 Rashid Behbudov st.  Reading:  “Recasting and…

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The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), an independent not-for-profit organization, supports research in and about the three countries of the South Caucasus — Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.  Current activities are featured on the blog roll below and…