CRRC, ARISC, and MWNO are pleased to announce the 4th session of the Fall 2026 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! Rustaveli in Jerusalem: The Archaeology of Filmmaking Across Cold War Borders Benjamin Arenstein, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Date: 4 November 2026, 18:30 Tbilisi time /…
Course schedule: Wednesdays, September 23–October 21, 2026, 5–7pm Central/6–8pm Eastern (5 weeks). Classes meet online via Zoom with recordings available. What does archaeology in the South Caucasus look like? Join experts in the archaeology of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia and…
September 17-19, This conference is an opportunity to reflect on the scholarship produced by ARISC members and friends of ARISC over the past two decades, and to provide a platform to showcase new research by senior researchers, early career…
Speaker: Elise E. Schlecht, MARS-REEERS, Doctoral Candidate, and ARISC Member Date & Time: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 7pm Yerevan, 11am US EDT (Registration required) How does a city come to terms with its near total destruction? How does the image of…
ARISC and CRRC Georgia are happy to present the 7th session of the Spring/Summer 2026 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! Popular Political Preferences: Applying Global Models to the Caucasian Context Julie GeorgeQueens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York…
Course Schedule: 8 weeks, Mondays, June 29th–August 17th, 2026, 4–6 pm CDT/5–7pm EDT. Classes meet online via Zoom with recordings available. Experience traveling through the South Caucasus in the 19th and early 20th centuries through a joint course taught by…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to participate in a workshop series: Research Resources Workshops for the South Caucasus With cuts to once-reliable funding opportunities and changes in regional geopolitics, many scholars are looking for…
Stephen F. JonesAssociate Member at Harvard UniversityProfessor of Georgian Modern History at Ilia State University (Georgia)Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College Wednesday, May 13, 20262:00pm US EDT / 10:00pm TbilisiZoom Webinar Georgia was the first social democratic state in Europe (in…
Planning a trip to the South Caucasus or want to visit virtually? ARISC is offering a series of sessions on food in the region. Join us! Travelers to the South Caucasus return with wonderful tales of amazing foods, from simple…
We are celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2026! We will be updating this page through the year with various events and programs. Be sure to check back regularly! Our goal this year is to raise $20,000. You can help us…
Virtual Conference | September 17-19, 2026 In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), we invite scholars to join us for our upcoming Virtual Conference on September 17-19, 2026. Since its founding…
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 1st session of the Spring 2026 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be held in hybrid in-person and virtual format, with the Zoom link accessible through this registration link:…
Workshop Dates: Saturday, April 18, 2026 and Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT / 6:00 PM TBS Description Students and scholars in the social sciences are expected to understand the key principles for ethical research and how to…
Thursday, October 16, 202512:00-1:30pm EDTOnline. Registration required: Panelists: This forum will be a 75-minute discussion and Q&A session on different pathways in academic placement for graduate students specializing in the South Caucasus, Russian and Eurasian Studies, and adjacent fields. This…
Thursday, September 25, 2025 10:00am US EDT; 6:00pm South Caucasus local time Language of instruction: English The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is organizing an online workshop on developing research proposals for graduate and undergraduate students and…
Talin Lindsay American Research Institute of the South Caucasus Thursday, September 18, 2025 10:00am EDT; 6:00pm South Caucasus time Registration required: (you will be sent a link after registering) This lecture is developed for people interested in completing a…
co-led by Dr. Kate Franklin (Birkbeck, University of London)Dr. Julie George (Graduate Center, City University of New York) ARISC is organizing an online workshop for participants to learn about the publication process and to prepare a piece for submission. The…
Speaker: Paul W. Werth, Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Date & Time: Monday, July 24th, at 7pm Tbilisi time, (11am US eastern time) Language: English Registration required: bit.ly/44Kz0cH Russia’s border is the longest in the world, and like everything else it…
Ariel Otruba, PhD (Acadia University) Thursday, September 7, 2023: 18:00-20:30 Tbilisi; 10:00am-12:30 EDT Thursday, September 14, 2023: 18:00-20:30 Tbilisi; 10:00am-12:30 EDT Are you interested in using visual research methods? In this two-part workshop, participants will be introduced to the theory…
Michael J. Ernst, ARISC Fellow, PhD student, Temple University November 30, 2022, 7:00-8:30 PM Baku time Overview: This talk will look at gas station prayer-houses in the Azerbaijan Republic. Along several of the highways in Azerbaijan are to be found…
This is a 75-minute discussion and Q&A session on different pathways in academic placement for graduate students specializing in the South Caucasus, Russian and Eurasian Studies, and adjacent fields. This forum will broadly address the academic job search process, from…
Matthew Zaslansky, PhD Student, UC San Diego, ARISC Fellow October 3, 2022, 6:30-8:00 PM, Baku time Overview: Azerbaijan is home to a large variety of linguistic varieties (both languages and dialects) that are not commonly taught locally or internationally. In…
with Dr. Lara Fabian, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ARISC is organizing two identical, online workshops for participants to learn about the grant writing process. By attending the two-hour workshop, participants will Lara Fabian is an archaeologist and ancient historian specializing in Mediterranean/Iranian…
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 12:30–2:30 pm EDT Zoom Registration required: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Panelists: Fiala Abdullayeva (Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijani) Lisa Gulesserian (Harvard University, Western Armenian) Tereza…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to Online Lecture on Grant Writing Dr. Elizabeth Fagan Virginia Commonwealth University, USA December 18, 2019 20:00 GMT+4 Google Meet: email info@arisc.org with your name and contact information to…
Back by popular demand! ARISC is offering networking opportunities for South Caucasus scholars. Learn more and sign up here! “Gender Successes and Gender Struggles: Including Gender Dimension into Teaching” with Dr. Joanna Regulska Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 10:30am –…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications for a pedagogical workshop on integrating the South Caucasus into higher education classrooms.…
Jonathan Hollis, PhD student University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ARISC Fellow DATE: August 7, 2018 TIME: 12:00pm LOCATION: Eurasia University, Azatutyun 24/2, Room 419, Yerevan, Armenia For more information, see our Events page
Eurasia International University and ARISC invite to a Workshop How to Develop New Courses that Work Syllabus design for a democratic classroom Speaker: Professor Anna Ohanyan Date: June 27th, Wednesday 12 AM- 5 PM Place: Eurasia International University Azatutyan 24/2…
CRRC-Armenia and ARISC invite to a public presentation on “Home country engagement: some early results from the Armenian Diaspora Survey” to be delivered by Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, Ph.D., St. John’s University Date & Time: June 19, 12:00-13:30 Location: CRRC-Armenia office, Room 602,…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a presentation by ARISC fellow Stephen Riegg: “Imperial Battlegrounds: The Second Russo-Persian War (1826-28) in Regional Context.” LOCATION: 42 Tumanyan St, Yerevan 0002, Armenia; Yerevan Brusov State University…
Infinite Armenias: Digital Storytelling as Cultural Heritage Preservation LOCATION: 15 Charents Str., 0025, Yerevan, Armenia; 3rd floor, Library DATE: June 2, 2018 TIME: 10:00-17:00 Facilitators: Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Central Florida and ARISC Fellow, Arthur Petrosyan, Researcher…
Institute for Gender Studies at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Ilia State University invite faculty, MA and doctoral students to participate in the workshop on “Academic Writing and Publishing in the New Digital Environment” organized on June 4, 2018…
ARISC in conjunction with Georgian partner organizations invites interested scholars to participate in the international conference and summer school “Remembering the Georgian Democratic Republic 100 Years On: A Model for Europe?” For detailed information, please follow the link.
Back by popular demand! ARISC is offering networking opportunities for South Caucasus scholars. Learn more and sign up here! “Anthropology in the South Caucasus” with Kevin Tuite December 7, 2017 at 11:00am – 12:00pm EST (New York time) “History of the…
Alyssa Mathias, University of California, Los Angeles ARISC Fellow LOCATION: Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Room#406, Yerevan, Armenia DATE: September 8, 2017 TIME: 13:00-14:30 For more information, please visit our Events page.
Date: 27 July 2017 – Thursday Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM Where: Ligamus Bookstore, 3rd Floor (32 Chavchavadze Ave.) For additional information, please visit our Events page.
By Talin Lindsay, American Research Institute of the South Caucasus and Purdue University Date: June 28, 2017, at 16:30 Venue: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, II Block, Room #336 (3 Chavchavadze Ave.) For additional information, please visit our Events page.
ARISC is organizing teleconferenced networking call sessions for scholars of the South Caucasus from around the world. These networking sessions are an informal way for scholars in all stages of their careers to connect and have a chance to discuss…
“Oral History as a Tool for Research and Museology” by Robert van Voren, Human Rights in Mental Health – Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry Date: November 8, at 7 pm Venue: Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia Auditorium, 3 Purtseladze Str. Tbilisi,…