by Professor Kyle Estes, Assistant Professor, Bradley University, and ARISC Junior Research Fellowship awardee. Key words: Ethnic politics; distributive politics; public goods; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Kvemo Kartli Module description: This module enables students to explore what and who determines access to…
by Edward C. Holland, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, and ARISC Junior Research Fellowship awardee Key words: South Caucasus; North Caucasus; region; de facto states; human geography; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Module description: This module provides an overview of the…
by Prof. Bryan Shuler, Assistant Professor, Hillsborough Community College, and Teaching the South Caucasus Workshop participant Key words: Maps; cartography; Armenia; populations; ecology; physical geography; linguistics; natural resources. Module description: The focus of this three-week module is the Caucasus region,…
by Prof. Layla Goushey, St. Louis Community College, and Teaching the South Caucasus Workshop participant Key words: Novels, historical fiction; indigeneity; nationalism; Sovietization; imperialism; colonialism; extractivism. Module description: World Literature is an English course that offers an introduction to classic…
by Prof. Courney Dorroll, Associate Professor, Wofford College, and Teaching the South Caucasus Workshop participant Key words: Imperial projects; nation building and nationalism; identity formation; resilience; religious resurgence; Georgia; Armenia. Module description: Two modules are offered here, one that focuses…
by Prof. Jennifer Gurahian, Adjunct Professor, Westchester Community College, and Teaching the South Caucasus Workshop participant Key words: Peer-reviewed; library database search; Apricot Socialism; legitimated forms of expression; Armenia Module description: Two modules are offered here, one is a library…
by Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, and ARISC Junior Research Fellowship awardee Key words: Georgia; liturgical chanting; sacred polyphony; national identity; intangible cultural heritage; Georgian Orthodox Church. Module description: The module explores the questions of how and why…
Edited from: “‘Light Your Fire!’: Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest”by Alyssa Mathias, University of California, Los Angeles. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: babalan, duduk, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Eurovision, Garabagh, political, music Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF |…
Edited from: “Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period”by Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Nansen Scheme, International Labour Organization (ILO), resettlement, Lord Mayor Fund (LMF) Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF |…
Edited from: “Fereydan, Saingilo, and the Local Construction of Cross-Border Nationality”by Claire Kaiser,University of Pennsylvania. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Fereydan, repatriation, Soviet-Iran relations, K’axet’i Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
Edited from: “Fereydan, Saingilo, and the Local Construction of Cross-Border Nationality”by Claire Kaiser,University of Pennsylvania. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Saingilo, Ingilo, Forced assimilation Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
Edited from: “Baku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan”by Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: oil, Baku, ethnic minorities, religion, Jews, Russians, Armenians Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | References
Edited from: “‘Light Your Fire!’: Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest”by Alyssa Mathias, University of California, Los Angeles. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: balaban, duduk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, UNESCO, Eurovision, music Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video…
Edited from: “Offences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan”by Shalala Mammadova, Baku State University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Tats, history, Turkey, Iran, Azerbajian, Soviet government | Video |
Edited from: “Offences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan”by Shalala Mammadova, Baku State University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Talysh, history, Iran, Azerbaijan, Soviet government | Video |
Edited from: “The Dekady of the Art of the Caucasian Republics, 1937-1944″by Isabelle Kaplan, Georgetown University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: dekada, socialism, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Stalin, opera, Ker-oglu, Arshin Mal Alan, Leyli & Mejnun, Nizami 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, Soviet, opera, Druzhba Naradov, campaign, Moscow, music, nationalities policy, Armenia, Azerbaijan Text | Video
Edited from: “Offences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan”by Shalala Mammadova, Baku State University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Kurds, history, Soviet government, Turkey, Azerbaijan | Video |
Edited from: “‘The Caucasus is in the Hands of Revolutionaries’: Circulation, Connections, and the Caucasian Armenians”by Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Caucasus, Ottoman, Iran, Russian, Eastern Mediterranean, crossroads, multi-ethnic, Silk Road, Ottoman Text…
Edited from: “Contesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on Georgianization of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi”by Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Tbilisi, multi-ethnic, religious landscape, secularization Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint…
Edited from: “Fereydan, Saingilo, and the Local Construction of Cross-Border Nationality”by Claire Kaiser,University of Pennsylvania. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Fereydan, Ingilo, Georgia Text | Video | References
Edited from: “‘The Caucasus is in the Hands of Revolutionaries’: Circulation, Connections, and the Caucasian Armenians”by Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: revolutionaries, ARF, socialist, Caucasus, Iran, Ottoman, Dashnaktsutiun, Rostum, Duman, Khachaturian, mujahidin, Caucasus,…
Edited from: “Baku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan”by Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Baku, Soviet era, proletariat, Bakintsi, Jews, Armenians, ethnic minorities, migration Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | References
Edited from: “The Move South: the Emergence of Baku as a Socio-Cultural and Educational Center of the Late-Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Century Azerbaijani Turkish Intelligentsia”by Aimee Dobbs, Indiana University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Azerbaijani Turkish intelligentsia, ulema, indigenous elite Text | Video…
Edited from: “The Move South: the Emergence of Baku as a Socio-Cultural and Educational Center of the Late-Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Century Azerbaijani Turkish Intelligentsia”by Aimee Dobbs, Indiana University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Urban Reform, Duma, voting enfranchisement, three-tier system, Shi’a…
Edited from: “The Move South: the Emergence of Baku as a Socio-Cultural and Educational Center of the Late-Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Century Azerbaijani Turkish Intelligentsia”by Aimee Dobbs, Indiana University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Baku, Modern school, modernization campaign, night schools, Russification,…
Edited from: “(Un)Welcome Guests: Caucasus Traders in Late Soviet Leningrad and Moscow”by Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: ethnoscape, ethnic, Azerbaijan, friendship of the peoples, Moscow, bounded solidarity Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video
Edited from: “Baku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan”by Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Baku, ethnic riots, Musavat, Shaumian, Dashnak Party, March Events, the Wild Division Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | References
Edited from: “Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period”by Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Friends of Armenia , Near East Relief (NER), Lord Mayor’s Fund for Armenian Refugees (LMF), American Relief Administration…
Edited from: “Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period”by Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Near East Relief (NER), Friends of Armenia, the Friends (Quakers) Armenian Relief Mission, Baqubah refugees Text | PowerPoint…
Edited from: “Armenians and Jews: Neighbors in Memory”by Harutyun Marutyan, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Genocide, Holocaust, massacre Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
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