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 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…
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…
Edited from: “‘Franks’: Armenian Catholics in Armenia and Georgia in the 20th Century. Preliminary Results of Historical and Oral History Studies”by Jakub Osiecki, Pontifical University of John Paul II. “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Armenian Franks, Catholics, Ottoman vilayet, Tsarists…
Edited from: “St. George in the Caucasus: Singular and Plural”by Kevin Tuite, Montréal “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: St. George, History, Iconography, linguistics Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
Edited from: “St George in the Caucasus: Singular and Plural”by Kevin Tuite, Montréal “Caucasus Connections” (2014) presentation. Keywords: Christianity, Eastern Georgia, Western Georgia, Greek Deities Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
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: diaspora, Armenia, Tbilisi, Vardaton, Sayat Nova,Vernatun, Hayartun, churches question Text…
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: “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: “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: “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: de-secularization, wars of memory, Georgian Orthodox Church, Armenian Apostolic Church,…
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: “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…