2023 Events

Speaker: Dr. Tekla Schmaus, Assistant Professor, Honors College, Washington State University, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 7pm Yerevan time, (10am US EST) Language: English Registration required: https://bit.ly/3SaZ4KU Dr. Tekla Schmaus spent summer 2023 in Vayots Dzor province, learning about the archaeological landscape, with a focus on the Early Iron Age. She […]

Speaker: Oya Rose Aktaş, PhD Candidate, University of Washington  Date & Time: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 7pm Yerevan time, (11am US eastern time) Language: English Registration required: bit.ly/453c1tX This presentation will examine the physical spaces shared by Armenians and Jews in the late Ottoman Empire, focusing on Istanbul from the 1890s until the 1920s. During this period […]

Speaker: Dr. Josiah Marineau, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Date & Time: Thursday, July 6th, 2023 at 11:30am Yerevan time Address: Institute of Philosophy, Sociology, and Law at the National Academy of Sciences of RA, 44 Aram Street, 0010, Yerevan, Armenia Led by Dr. Josiah Marineau (University of North Carolina at […]

Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Associate Professor of History, University of Central Florida Date & Time: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 at 7pm Yerevan time (11:00 am-12:30pm EDT) Language: English Registration required: https://bit.ly/3INfRO1 Urartu was a powerful kingdom that existed in the ancient Middle East from the 9th to the 7th centuries BCE, although it has been overlooked and misunderstood in various […]

Isabelle Kaplan Howard University, Washington DC ARISC Fellow Date & time: Monday, June 19, 2023, 10:30-11:30 AM Venue: Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, 39 Inshaatchilar Avenue, Baku Overview: The Art of Nation-Building examines the production and consumption of national culture in Stalin-era Azerbaijan. With a focus on highly orchestrated cultural events such as […]

By Ruth Portes, Cornell University and ARISC Fellow Date: Friday, December 15, 2023 Time: 7:00-8:30PM Tbilisi Time / 10:00-11:30AM EDT The talk will be held via Zoom. To register:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvduyqrTIqHN390YMfuCvBa47dmJBYWKGo Ruth will be presenting on research conducted from July – September studying ceramics dating from the LBA – 2nd c. BCE from both eastern and […]

By Dato Laghidze, Ilia State University and ARISC Fellow Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Time: 7:00-8:30PM Tbilisi Time / 10:00-11:30AM EDT The talk will be held via Zoom. To register:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcumhqDMjGNP-IFR1YZExZr1aZKbgDyEe Migration from the city of Kutaisi is relatively high and increases every year. Empty neighborhoods, lone houses, and a lack of young people represent […]

Constructing Old Tbilisi: Socialist and National Narratives in Georgian Architectural Preservation, 1959-2013 Angela Wheeler Harvard University and ARISC Fellow Thursday, October 26, 2023 6:00-7:30PM Tbilisi Time / 10:00-11:30AM EDT The talk will be held via Zoom. To register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtduuhqzkiGNShBINc_sIeRHl6wTZA2waO This lecture examines the ways in which historic urban neighborhoods were deployed in service of both […]

Viticultural Vocality: Mapping the official and non-official “Wine Routes” in Georgia Rikki Brown University of California, Santa Cruz and ARISC Fellow Magda Rukhadze Tbilisi State University, Project Mentee Tuesday, October 17, 2023 5:00-6:30PM Tbilisi Time / 9:00-10:30AM EDT The talk will be held via Zoom. To register:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdO6hrDopH9aGUPn5pmcftwc6OPqHlFQw Georgia’s “Wine Route” is a state-sponsored initiative that places brown […]

“Initial Reflections on Summer Research Among Georgia’s Migrants and Displaced People” Jennifer S. Wistrand Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and ARISC Fellow Friday, September 29, 2023 5:00-6:30PM Tbilisi Time / 9:00-10:30AM EDT The talk will be held via Zoom. To register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYocOyppj8pEtNf5–S6mYPmtIvK-HOPWNN Jennifer S. Wistrand is the Deputy Director of the Kennan […]

By Joseph P. Wood University of Alabama at Birmingham and ARISC Fellow June 21, 2023 at 5:00-6:30 PM Tbilisi Time Venue: Ilia State University, G Block, Room # 106 Address: 1 Giorgi Tsereteli Street The talk will be held in a hybrid form. For registering online, please follow the URL: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdeupqTwiGtF962Z4J36L514dXqiSAMgZ Joseph P. Wood is […]

CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 5th talk of the Spring 2023 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series!  This week’s WiP session will take place in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and virtually via this Zoom link:   https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscumtqTIjGtxNOoqpMmt7JuZJCtEZJwin “The Place of Udi in the Language History of the South Caucasus”  By Thomas Wier, […]

Speaker: Paul W. Werth, Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Date & Time: Monday, July 24th, at 7pm Tbilisi time, (11am US eastern time) Language: English Registration required: bit.ly/44Kz0cH Russia’s border is the longest in the world, and like everything else it has a history. “Russia’s Enclosure” aspires to provide that history by investigating the making of […]

Ariel Otruba, PhD (Acadia University) Thursday, September 7, 2023: 18:00-20:30 Tbilisi; 10:00am-12:30 EDT Thursday, September 14, 2023: 18:00-20:30 Tbilisi; 10:00am-12:30 EDT Are you interested in using visual research methods? In this two-part workshop, participants will be introduced to the theory and process of photovoice. Photovoice is a community-based, qualitative visual research method that directly engages […]