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Following Komitas: Bedros Alahaydoian’s Ethnographic Collection
Armen Adamian, Ph.D. student, Ethnomusicology, UCLA, and ARISC FellowAni Hakobyan, Ph.D. student, Art Institute NAS RA, and ARISC Fellow Date: 30th of September, 2021, at 7 pm Yerevan time Location: Komitas Museum-Institute, 28 Arshakunyats Ave, Yerevan The presentation presents the project of digitization and cataloging the ethnographic field recordings collected by Armenian folklorist-musicologist Bedros Alahaydoian. Archiving […]
What Remains: Landscape and Method in Post-Quake Gyumri
By Evangeline McGlynn, PhD candidate in Geography at the University of California Berkeley and ARISC Fellow Date: 19:00-20:30 Yerevan (11:00am EDT), 28th of July, 2021 What Remains: Landscape and Method in Post-Quake Gyumri Evangeline McGlynn will use her research experiences in Gyumri, Armenia to make the case for re-centering landscape in social science inquiry. In […]
Why is it crucial for Azerbaijan to have the European Convention on Human Rights as a part of its legislation system?
By Tofig Shahniyarov ADA University, School of Public and International Affairs, senior MA student and ARISC Fellow Date: August 27, 2021 Time: 7-8:30 pm Baku time (11:00am-12:30pm EDT) Registration required: https://bit.ly/3shqQGD The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the European Convention on Human Rights (the ECHR) has been […]
Research of Azerbaijani professional music of oral tradition in American ethnomusicology
By Khanim Askerova, Ethnomusicology Department, Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, MA student and ARISC Fellow Date: August 12, 2021 Time: 7-8:30 pm Baku time (11:00am-12:30pm EDT) Registration required: https://bit.ly/3l6VC3u The presentation focuses on research problems in American ethnomusicology regarding oral Azerbaijani professional music. As a new topic, this project offers fresh insight into […]
The Challenges and Rewards of Literary Translation
ARISC Online Workshop By Dr. Anna Oldfield, Coastal Carolina University Dates: May 24, 25, 26 2021 Time: 5-7 pm Baku time Workshop will be conducted via Zoom This is a workshop taking place over 3 days. Each day will be a continuation of the day prior. For more information please, contact us at azerbaijan “at” […]
Online Movie Screening “Namakhvani”
By Dr. Marina Decristoforo, ARISC Fellow September 7, 2021, at 5:00-6:30 PM Tbilisi Time (9:00 AM EDT) Registration required: https://bit.ly/3zySOAk (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting) I chose to present my research in the form of a short ethnographic film that explores the situation surrounding the Namakhvani […]
The Georgian Sacred Chant Revival in Imperial Context, 1860-1917
By Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, Middlebury College and ARISC Fellow July 30, 2021, at 5:00-6:30 PM Tbilisi Time (9:00 AM EDT) On December 20, 2011, the Georgian Orthodox Church canonized the five Karbelashvili brothers (Petre, Andria, Vasil, Polievktos and Pilmon) for their struggles against both imperial Russian authorities and Bolshevik revolutionaries to preserve the unique […]
Religious Culture of Armenian Catholics
By Sose Grigoryan, ARISC Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia July 28, 2021, at 5:00-6:30 PM Tbilisi Time (9:00 AM EDT) The project presents History of Armenian Catholic Church. It presents all objective historical events and context in which Armenians living on the territory of […]
Territorial Autonomy as Conflict Management Strategy in Georgia, 2003 to present
By Dr. Edward C. Holland, University of Arkansas and ARISC Fellow Date: July 26, 2021 at 5:00-6:30 PM Tbilisi Time (9:00 AM EDT) This project investigates territorial autonomy as a conflict management strategy used to limit separatism in post-Soviet Georgia. As a constituent unit of the Soviet federal state during the communist period, […]
A Political Ecology of Emotion and Displacement in Georgia’s Abandoned Soviet Spas
Dr. Ariel Otruba, Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania July 23, 2021 at 6:00-7:30 PM Tbilisi Time (10:00 AM EDT) During the Soviet era hundreds of thousands of people traveled to bathe in the radon-carbonate springs of the resort town of Tskaltubo, Georgia. No longer operational after the collapse of the USSR, the decomposing […]
CfP for 2-Day Workshop on Research Design in the Social Sciences
Dr. Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass Old Dominion University June 14-15, 2021 at 6:00-8:00 PM Tbilisi Time This workshop aims to help research-oriented students develop their skills in research design, learning to ask interesting research questions, build convincing theories, and develop testable hypotheses through a combination of presentations, facilitated discussions, and interactive exercises. We will discuss the fundamentals […]
CfP for 2-Day Workshop on Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Dr. Richard Maass Old Dominion University June 16-17, 2021 at 6:00-8:00 PM Tbilisi Time This workshop aims to help participants understand the major methodological options available for testing hypotheses in the social sciences and to envision how those methods might be applied in their own research projects. Looking ahead to the writing of a […]
Cultural Studies in/and the Global South: Thinking and Organizing Around Race in the Periphery of the Anglophone Academy
Workshop for Doctoral Students in the Department of Anthropology, Ilia State University sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus.Dates: June 28-29, 2021 Schedule June 28: A Critical Cultural Studies for/of the Global SouthVirtual presentation + introductions. The presentation was open to the public. –—————————————————————————————————————————————June 29: WorkshopDiscussion of readings and student projects–—————————————————————————————————————————————Both meetings will […]
Open-Door Day for ARISC Small Grants for Students from the South Caucasus
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) announces the availability of small grants in support of research in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and/or Georgia) for graduate and undergraduate students of the South Caucasus. The small grant in the amount of up to 300$ will be granted to students representing all fields of […]
ARISC Panel: Strategizing Academic Placement
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to attend the 2021 Forum on Strategizing Academic Placement Friday, 5 November 2021 12:00 PM (US eastern) Virtual 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 forum […]
ARISC Panel: Accessing Materials in Libraries and Archives in the Time of COVID-19
DATE: Friday, August 7, 2020 TIME: 9am PDT/11am CDT/12pm EDT/5pm BST/8pm South Caucasus Many library and archival resources are now beyond reach due to travel and other restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) has invited librarians to a teleconferenced session to present information on South Caucasus library […]
Roundtable: Research in the South Caucasus in the Time of COVID-19 & Beyond
Wednesday, July 29, 20208pm South Caucasus/ 12pm eastern US/ 11am central US The COVID-19 global pandemic has upended research in the South Caucasus. The pandemic has paused US-South Caucasus partnerships, and research outcomes may be impacted for some time to come. The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to attend a […]
Open Door Day for Potential Applicants of ARISC Small Grants
November 19, 2021, at 6:00-7:00 PM South Caucasus local time Registration required: https://bit.ly/31pcgU5 (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting) Language of instruction: English The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) announces the availability of small grants in support of research in the South Caucasus (Armenia, […]
ARISC Panel: Strategizing Academic Placement
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to attend the 2021 Forum on Strategizing Academic Placement Friday, 5 November 2021 12:00 PM (US eastern) Virtual 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 forum […]
GIS from the Ground Up: Introducing Geospatial Tools for Archaeological Research
In this virtual seminar series, international practitioners presented on a different GIS technique each week and discussed how it contributes to their archaeological or cultural heritage research in a variety of contexts and periods. The aim of each presentation has been to introduce scholars unfamiliar with geospatial methods to the “anatomy” of a GIS-focused research […]
ARISC Panel: Accessing Materials in Libraries and Archives in the Time of COVID-19
DATE: Friday, August 7, 2020 TIME: 9am PDT/11am CDT/12pm EDT/5pm BST/8pm South Caucasus Many library and archival resources are now beyond reach due to travel and other restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) has invited librarians to a teleconferenced session to present information on South Caucasus library […]
Roundtable: Research in the South Caucasus in the Time of COVID-19 & Beyond
Wednesday, July 29, 20208pm South Caucasus/ 12pm eastern US/ 11am central US The COVID-19 global pandemic has upended research in the South Caucasus. The pandemic has paused US-South Caucasus partnerships, and research outcomes may be impacted for some time to come. The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to attend a […]