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Armenia
September 6, 2019
Imaging and Imagining Avarayr: Visualizing Armenian History in Early Modern Vaspurakan
Speaker: Erin Piñon, Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University Date & Time: September
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Social Justice Activism in the United States
Speaker: Sarah McNamara, Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M UniversityDate & Time: August 27,
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“Roses remind me of Aleppo”: Memories, Strategies, and Aspirations of Ethnic Armenian Women from Syria in Yerevan, Armenia
Speaker: Anahid Matossian, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky Date & Time:
Learn More >>July 29, 2019
Rapid soil assessment through the application of a portable visible/near-infrared spectrometer in Armenia: Current State of the Art
Speaker: Dr. Scott Demyan, Assistant professor at the School of Environment and Natural Resources, The
Learn More >>July 1, 2019
Workshop: Going Beyond Grades: Classroom Assessment Techniques (CAT) in Assessing Learning Progress
An important component of teaching is being able to determine whether students are learning and
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Workshop: Visualizing, Analyzing & Sharing Your Geospatial Data with ArcGIS Online
Speaker: Dr. Diana Ter-Ghazaryan, Department of Geography, University of MiamiDate & Time: June 21, 10:00-15:00Location:
Learn More >>June 6, 2019
Digitizing and Revisiting the Works of Oskar Schmerling (1863-1938)
Oskar Schmerling (1863-1938) was an artist from Tbilisi, Georgia, who played a decisive role in the development of nationalist discourses in the South Caucasus in the final years of the Russian Empire. As an outsider to the region’s major ethnic groups, he was in a unique position to move with ease between them, and this paved the way for a prolific career publishing caricatures and political cartoons in the Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, and Russian press
Learn More >>May 29, 2019
Research Methods in Health Care
Speaker: Dr. Hamlet GasoyanDoctoral Fellow, Department of Health Services Administration and Policy,College of Public Health,
Learn More >>Azerbaijan
August 31, 2019
ARISC Fellow’s talk in Baku: Biological Histories of the Late Iron Age in the Talysh Mountains
May 23, 2019
Memories Don’t Burn: Soviet Censorship and the Azerbaijani Bard
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus in cooperation with Azerbaijan State Culture and Art
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June 28, 2019
Public Talk on “Fishing and Farming: the role of aquatic resources in the spread of the Neolithic”
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) Georgia Branch organizes a public talk on
Learn More >>April 3, 2019
WiP: Axmet Tsalykkaty: A Free Mountaineer in Tiflis 1919-1920
By Sarah Slye, University of Cambridge Date: April 3, 2019, at 18:30 pmVenue: CRRC Georgia, 5
Learn More >>Networking Calls
ARISC is organizing teleconferenced networking sessions for scholars of the South Caucasus from around the world. These networking sessions are an informal way for scholars in all stages of their careers to meet and connect with one another on topics of mutual interest and have a chance to discuss issues relevant to their research. Sessions are devoted to broad topics. Attendees begin the session by introducing themselves, the topics of their research interests, and what they hope to discuss with the group during the session. A moderator will lead each discussion.
“Gender Successes and Gender Struggles: Including Gender Dimension into Teaching” with Dr. Joanna Regulska
Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 10:30am – 11:30am EDT (New York time)
“Social Media Use in Academia” with Dr. Ian Lindsay
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 from 11:00am – 12:00pm EDT (New York time)
“Women and Gender in Armenian Studies” with Dr. Houri Berberian
Thursday, June 13, 2019 from 11:00am – 12:00pm EDT (New York time)
Space is limited! Interested participants can reserve their space by emailing info@arisc.org. Please include the title of the session you are interested in attending, your name, contact information, and research interests in the email. Please include a note about what you would like to discuss with the group during the call. Additional information about meeting URL, login, and other details about joining the discussion will be sent in a confirmation email. Participants will need a computer/mobile device with internet connection, speakers/earphones, and microphone. Cameras are optional.
Sessions are free and open to all.
ARISC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition, ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, or status as a covered veteran.
USA
June 18, 2019
Teaching the South Caucasus: A Workshop for College and University Educators
June 18-21, 2019University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Preliminary Schedule The American Research Institute of the
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The South Caucasus Region: Crossroads of Societies & Polities. An Assessment of Research Perspectives in Post-Soviet Times
Saturday, April 13, 20191.00 – 4.15pm17 Apache room Chairs: Alvaro Higueras, David Berikashvili and Isabelle
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