The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) will have its Reading Group in Yerevan. Time and date: Tuesday, April 29, at 6:30 pm Reading: We shall read excerpts from Fridtjof Nansen’s “Armenia and the Near East”. Here you…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) will have its next Reading Group in Yerevan. Time and date: Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 pm Reading: We shall read Lev Tolstoy’s “A Prisoner in the Caucasus”. Here you may…
Reading: Georgia through a Glass, Darkly, Article by Stephen F Jones, Mount Holyoke College Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, at 18:30 Venue: Prospero’s Books, 34 Rustaveli Ave; Tbilisi For more information visit our Events page
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The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) will have its Reading Group in Yerevan. Time and date: Wednesday, March 13, at 6:30 pm Reading: We shall read Lord Byron’s Armenian exercises and Poetry (till Lord Byron’s translations). Here you…
Time and date: Thursday, February 20, at 6:30 pm Reading. We shall read William Saroyan, a short story, My heart’s in the Highlands. Please make sure to read the English version, not the Armenian or Russian. We shall also watch…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) will have the next Reading Group in Yerevan. Time and date: Thursday, February 6, at 6:30 pm Reading. As suggested by the group, we shall read Edgar Alan Poe. You can…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) next Reading Group in Yerevan. Time and date: Thursday January 23, at 6:30 pm Reading. As suggested by the group, we shall read “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” by William Saroyan.…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) and American Center invite you to the next session of the Reading Group. Date: 4:30 pm, Thursday, December 26. Venue: American Center/Azerbaijan University of Languages, 134 R. Behbudov Reading: “The Good Russian…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Reading: Flight from the USSR by David Turashvili Available online at: Date: 18:00, Friday, 20 December 2013 Venue: Prospero’s Books, 34 Rustaveli Ave; Tbilisi *This…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Reading: A Russian Journal by John Steinbeck Available online at: Date: 18:00, Friday, 29 November 2013 Venue: Prospero’s Books, 34 Rustaveli Ave;…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus is pleased to invite you to a lecture From Humble Meals to the Food of Empire: Exploring Political Complexity Over Time in Ancient Southwest Asia Through Zooarchaeological Data by Hannah Lau, University…
On 7 August 2013, together with Geographic Society of Georgia, ARISC hosted a talk by its Graduate Fellow Jesse Quinn. With the support of ARISC, Jesse spent three weeks in Georgia researching the forest management and policies. During the presentation,…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is pleased to invite you to a presentation Exceptional Forests: Forest governance and state structure in Georgia by Jesse Quinn, University of Arizona and ARISC fellow Date: 17:00, 7 August 2013 Venue: Georgian…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus is pleased to present: “Highland Fortress-polities and Their Settlement Systems in the South Caucasus” Emily Hammer, New York University, ARISC Fellow Location: Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Naxçivan Section, H.Aliyev Avenue 76,…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus is pleased to invite you to a presentation The Samtavro Cemetery of Caucasian Iberia: Recent Research by Aleksandra Michalewicz, the University of Melbourne, Australia Venue: 17:00, 24 July, 2013. Science Café, Georgian National…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Reading: “Sultanetta” by Alexandre Dumas (Available here: ) Date: 18:30, 11 July 2013 Venue : literature café “Ligamus”, Ilia State University, 32 Chavchavadze…
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to its next Reading Group in Yerevan, which will discuss the same topic as the next Reading Group in Tbilisi: The Caucasus in Russian Literature Reading: A Hero of…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Topic of Discussion: Caucasus in Russian Literature Reading: A Hero of Our Times, by Mikhail Lermontov ( material is available here ) Date:…
The first ARISC Writing Group in Armenia will meet on Thursday May 23 at 6 pm, at 39 Yeznik Koghbatsi, library on the first floor. We will discuss two short stories by group member Nairi Avedissian, “School Lunch” and “Sherin.” Nairi…
Next ARISC Reading Group in Baku will meet on May 24, at 5:30 pm, at the American Center, 60 Rashid Behbudov. This week’s reading is “Forty Rules of Love” by Elif Shafak. The link for this compelling and enlightening novel: http://ebookbrowse.com/gdoc.php?id=420065571&url=f09bd78c251fe2dd7da0ea6348226b49…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Reading: Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Qurban Said (available in bookstores) Topic of Discussion: East-West Dilemma: Foreign Policy attitudes in the South…
ARISC Baku Reading Group will meet again on Friday, May 10, at 5:30 pm, at the American Center. We are going to discuss “My Name is Red” by the acclaimed Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk. The pdf file might be downloaded here:…
The ARISC Reading Group in Armenia will meet on Thursday May 2 at 6 pm, same place, Yeznik Koghbatsi 39, library on the first floor. The reading is a short story by William Saroyan called ‘Dear Baby.’ Whoever wants to join…
The ARISC Reading Group in Armenia will meet on Thursday April 25 at 6 pm, same place, Yeznik Koghbatsi 39, library on the first floor. The reading is a short story by William Saroyan called ‘Sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart.” Whoever wants to join…
Our next Reading Group in Baku will be on April 26, Friday, at 5:30 pm, at the American Center in the University of Languages. The address is 61 Rashid Behbudov str. We will discuss “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. This is a story of…
The next ARISC Reading Group in Baku! Date and time: 3 pm, Saturday, April 13 Venue: Azerbaijan University of Languages, 4th floor, Reading-room of the International Relations Department Reading of the week: “The Stalin Puzzle” edited by Thomas de Waal and published…
The ARISC Reading Group in Armenia will meet again next week on Wednesday April 10 at 6 pm, same place, Yeznik Koghbatsi 39, first floor, library of the Caucasus Institute. The reading is “Forbidden Fruit,” by Fazil Iskander, the story…
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to a Reading Group in Tbilisi! Topic of Discussion: Making the Georgian Nation Reading: Ilia Chavchavadze: “Notes of a Journey from Vladikavkaz to Tiflis” AND “Is That a Man?!” (Text…
ARISC invites US scholars to Reading Group in Baku! Local scholars are welcome to join us! Reading: A Prisoner in Caucasus, by Leo (Lev) Tolstoy URL: Date and time: 3 pm March 29, Friday Venue: 60 R. Behbudov st,…
Time: 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Venue: Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, 15 Charents Str., Yerevan For more information, please see our Events page.
ARISC is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant in 2012 from the US Department of Education for American Overseas Research Centers. This is a four-year grant awarded that will help us establish ourselves in the South…
Project Discovery!, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and preservation of the archaeological and cultural legacy of ancient Armenia, awarded ARISC grants in 2010 and 2011, with which we created the Collaborative Heritage Management in the Republic of Armenia…