by Professor Oksana Nesterenko, Visiting Scholar, New York University, and ARISC Junior Research Fellowship awardee. Keywords: Spiritual music; sacred text; symphony; Soviet Union; Soviet policy; Armenia; Avet Terterian; Tigran Mansurian; and David Haladjan. Module Description: This module examines spiritual music…
by Professor Isabelle Kaplan, Howard University and ARISC Junior Research Fellowship awardee. Keywords: Soviet Union; ethnic minorities; Azerbaijan; opera; cultural experience; cultural legacy Module Description: Even as Russian language and cultural hegemony dominated the Soviet Union, there were spaces in…
Edited from: “The Dekady of the Art of the Caucasian Republics, 1937-1944”by Isabelle Kaplan, Georgetown University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: dekada, Moscow, Stalin, Friendship of the Peoples, nationalities policy, bratskii Text | Video
Edited from: “The Dekady of the Art of the Caucasian Republics, 1937-1944”by Isabelle Kaplan, Georgetown University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: dekady, nationalities policy, Soviet, Stalin, imagined community, Moscow, Azerbaijan Text | Video
Edited from: “Incongruent Strategies: Engagements with Humor and Identity in Contemporary Azerbaijani Art”by Monica Steinberg, City University of New York. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Azerbaijan, Arabic, Turkish, Cyrillic Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
Edited from: “Incongruent Strategies: Engagements with Humor and Identity in Contemporary Azerbaijani Art”by Monica Steinberg, City University of New York. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Europe, humor, Huseynov, Alakbarov, Rasulov, censorship, arts, Azerbaijan, social contract Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint…
Edited from: “Incongruent Strategies: Engagements with Humor and Identity in Contemporary Azerbaijani Art”by Monica Steinberg, City University of New York. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Huseynov, Bruce Lee, art, film, actor, Azerbaijan Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video…
Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery”by Christina Maranci, Tufts University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: architecture, churches, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, domed basilica, cruciform, barrel vaults, rotunda, ambulatory, Holy Sepulchre, capitals, domes, Mren, Zvart’nots’,…
Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery”by Christina Maranci, Tufts University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Holy Land, Heraclius, tympanum, Byzantine, Persian, Mren, Ptłni, Zvart’nots’ Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video |…
Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery”by Christina Maranci, Tufts University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Return of the Cross, relief sculpture, Heraclius, Armenia, Persian, Jerusalem, Byzantine, Kren, Zvart’nots’ Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint…
Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery”by Christina Maranci, Tufts University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keyworks: social history, Ptłni, Zvart’nots’, Mren, churches, Eucharist, medieval, noble life Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video…
Edited from: “Incongruent Strategies: Engagements with Humor and Identity in Contemporary Azerbaijani Art”by Monica Steinberg, City University of New York. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: architecture, art, Alakbarov, Rasulov, Baku, Azerbaijan, corruption, Soviet Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF |…