Organizers: ARISC Directors Edward Lazzerini (Indiana University) and Mary Neuburger (University of Texas, Austin)<\/p>\n
Schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\nFriday, April 4, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nRegistration<\/p>\n
Opening Remarks<\/a><\/p>\nWelcome<\/a>
\nDavid Zaret, Vice-President for International Programs, IU<\/p>\nSession One \u2014 Caucasus and Circulation<\/b><\/p>\n
Featured Speaker
\nKevin Tuite, University of Montreal
\n\u201cIs \u2018Caucasus\u2019 singular or plural?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nDiscussion<\/p>\n
Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University
\n\u201c(Un)welcome Guests: Caucasus Traders in late Soviet Leningrad and Moscow\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nHouri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach
\n\u201c\u2019The Caucasus is in the Hands of Revolutionaries\u2019: Circulation, Connections, and Caucasian Armenians\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n
Claire Kaiser, University of Pennsylvania
\n\u201cFereydan, Saingilo, and the Local Construction of Cross-Border Nationality\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nAimee Dobbs, Indiana University, Bloomington
\n\u201cThe Move South: The Emergence of Baku as a Socio-Cultural and Educational Center for Late-Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Century Azerbaijani Intelligentsia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nDiscussion<\/a><\/p>\n![\"IMG_2828\"](\"http:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Discussion")
<\/a>Discussion following session on Caucasus and Circulation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n
Session Two – Crossroads and Peripheries<\/b><\/p>\n
Featured Speaker
\nChristina Maranci, Tufts University
\n“Armenian Art in the Seventh Century and the Problem of \u2019Periphery\u2019”<\/a><\/p>\n![\"IMG_2830\"](\"http:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Christina")
<\/a>Christina Maranci’s presentation, “Armenian Art in the Seventh Century and the Problem of \u2019Periphery\u2019”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDiscussion<\/p>\n
Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University
\n\u201cBaku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan\u201d
\nDue to technical difficulties, this presentation is not available.<\/em><\/p>\nShalala Mammadova, Baku State University
\n\u201cOffences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nDiana Ter-Ghazaryan, University of Miami
\n\u201cSpaces of Diaspora Investment: Urban Transformations and Transnational Linkages in the Landscape of Yerevan\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nDiscussion<\/a><\/p>\n![\"IMG_2838\"](\"http:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Discussion")
<\/a>Discussion on Crossroads and Peripheries session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLunch break (on own)<\/p>\n
Session Three – Cultural Connections<\/b><\/p>\n
Alyssa Mathias, University of California, Los Angeles
\n“\u2019Light Your Fire!\u2019: Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nYulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University
\n\u201cContesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on ‘Georgianization’ of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n
Jeremy Johnson, University of Michigan
\n\u201cMountains of Letters: Tracing Literacy Across the Early Soviet South Caucasus\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nIsabelle Kaplan, Georgetown University
\n\u201cThe Dekady<\/em> of the Art of Caucasian Republics, 1937-1944\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n![\"IMG_2849\"](\"http:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Isabelle")
<\/a>Isabelle Kaplan’s presentation, \u201cThe Dekady of the Art of Caucasian Republics, 1937-1944\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDiscussion<\/a><\/p>\nKeynote Address<\/b><\/p>\n
Harsha Ram, University of California, Berkeley
\n“The Literary Origins of the Georgian Feast: The Cosmopolitan Poetics of a National Tradition\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n![\"IMG_2856\"](\"http:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/5-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Keynote")
<\/a>Keynote address by Harsha Ram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nReception
\nTudor Room, IMU First Floor<\/p>\n
Saturday, April 5, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nPanel Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n
Featured Speaker
\nEdward Lazzerini, Indiana University, Bloomington
\n“Snoopy and the Mulla”<\/a><\/p>\nMonica Steinberg, City University of New York
\n\u201cIncongruent Strategies: Engagements with Humor and Identity in Contemporary Azerbaijani Art\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nJakub Osiecki, Pontifical University of John Paul II
\n\u201c\u2019Franks’ Armenian Catholics in Armenia and Georgia in 20th Century. Preliminary Results of Historical and Oral History Studies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nJo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University
\n\u201cDisplacing, Circulating and Resettling Armenians: Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nHarutyun Marutyan, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, NAS, Armenia
\n\u201cArmenians and Jews: Neighbors in Memory\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nQuestions \/ Discussions<\/a><\/p>\n![\"IMG_2892\"](\"http:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/6-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Panel")
<\/a>Panel discussion following presentations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nClosing Remarks<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This conference is free and open to the public, and is supported with a grant from the US Department of Education and is co-sponsored by the Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington.<\/i><\/p>\n
Media:<\/p>\n
\u00a0“Scholars coming to IU Bloomington for conference about the Caucasus region”<\/a><\/p>\n
Registration<\/p>\n
Opening Remarks<\/a><\/p>\n Welcome<\/a> Session One \u2014 Caucasus and Circulation<\/b><\/p>\n Featured Speaker Discussion<\/p>\n Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach Coffee Break<\/p>\n Claire Kaiser, University of Pennsylvania Aimee Dobbs, Indiana University, Bloomington Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n Coffee Break<\/p>\n Session Two – Crossroads and Peripheries<\/b><\/p>\n Featured Speaker Discussion<\/p>\n Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University Shalala Mammadova, Baku State University Diana Ter-Ghazaryan, University of Miami Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n Lunch break (on own)<\/p>\n Session Three – Cultural Connections<\/b><\/p>\n Alyssa Mathias, University of California, Los Angeles Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University Coffee Break<\/p>\n Jeremy Johnson, University of Michigan Isabelle Kaplan, Georgetown University Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n Keynote Address<\/b><\/p>\n Harsha Ram, University of California, Berkeley Reception Saturday, April 5, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Panel Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n Featured Speaker Monica Steinberg, City University of New York Jakub Osiecki, Pontifical University of John Paul II Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University Harutyun Marutyan, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, NAS, Armenia Questions \/ Discussions<\/a><\/p>\n Closing Remarks<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n This conference is free and open to the public, and is supported with a grant from the US Department of Education and is co-sponsored by the Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington.<\/i><\/p>\n Media:<\/p>\n \u00a0“Scholars coming to IU Bloomington for conference about the Caucasus region”<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDavid Zaret, Vice-President for International Programs, IU<\/p>\n
\nKevin Tuite, University of Montreal
\n\u201cIs \u2018Caucasus\u2019 singular or plural?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201c(Un)welcome Guests: Caucasus Traders in late Soviet Leningrad and Moscow\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201c\u2019The Caucasus is in the Hands of Revolutionaries\u2019: Circulation, Connections, and Caucasian Armenians\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cFereydan, Saingilo, and the Local Construction of Cross-Border Nationality\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Move South: The Emergence of Baku as a Socio-Cultural and Educational Center for Late-Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Century Azerbaijani Intelligentsia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nChristina Maranci, Tufts University
\n“Armenian Art in the Seventh Century and the Problem of \u2019Periphery\u2019”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n\u201cBaku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan\u201d
\nDue to technical difficulties, this presentation is not available.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cOffences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cSpaces of Diaspora Investment: Urban Transformations and Transnational Linkages in the Landscape of Yerevan\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n“\u2019Light Your Fire!\u2019: Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cContesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on ‘Georgianization’ of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cMountains of Letters: Tracing Literacy Across the Early Soviet South Caucasus\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Dekady<\/em> of the Art of Caucasian Republics, 1937-1944\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n“The Literary Origins of the Georgian Feast: The Cosmopolitan Poetics of a National Tradition\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTudor Room, IMU First Floor<\/p>\n
\nEdward Lazzerini, Indiana University, Bloomington
\n“Snoopy and the Mulla”<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cIncongruent Strategies: Engagements with Humor and Identity in Contemporary Azerbaijani Art\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201c\u2019Franks’ Armenian Catholics in Armenia and Georgia in 20th Century. Preliminary Results of Historical and Oral History Studies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cDisplacing, Circulating and Resettling Armenians: Transcaucasia and Transnational Relief and Resettlement in the Inter-War Period\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cArmenians and Jews: Neighbors in Memory\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>