{"id":12497,"date":"2025-09-12T03:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/?page_id=12497"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:32:02","slug":"ariscs-impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/?page_id=12497","title":{"rendered":"ARISC&#8217;s Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since 2006, ARISC has offered programming designed to increase long-term scholarship of and about Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Check out the research outputs and outcomes of our fellowships, grants, workshops, and programs, as shared by participants in our programs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/?page_id=5358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support ARISC <\/a>so we can continue funding innovative research in the South Caucasus!<br><br>Are you an ARISC visionary? In 2026, support ARISC in any amount, and you can be included on our <a href=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/?page_id=12677\">Wall of ARISC&#8217;s Visionaries<\/a>!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EIN: 83-0459187<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Otruba_nothing-like-ARISC.png\" alt=\"&quot;There isn't anything else like ARISC for American scholars of the region. I appreciated the freedom to conduct my research and the capacity to use funds to enlist help by local students\/scholars.&quot;\n\nAriel Otruba\nJunior Research Fellowship\" class=\"wp-image-12503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Otruba_nothing-like-ARISC.png 873w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Otruba_nothing-like-ARISC-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Otruba_nothing-like-ARISC-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fabos and Kavtaradze - ARISC&#039;s Impact\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rx6uAeCp4ZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;I have found the program very useful and generous. In some ways it pulled me into the Caucasus to a degree that would not have been the case otherwise.&quot;\nPaul Werth\nShort Term Research Fellowship\" class=\"wp-image-12504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth-1024x1449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Werth.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OtherYerevan-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OtherYerevan-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OtherYerevan-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OtherYerevan-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OtherYerevan.png 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Check out the ARISC funded project, the Other Yerevan website by Diana Ter-Ghazaryan and Sarhat Petrosyan. https:\/\/otheryerevan.am\/en\/ The team developed an interactive map with photos and information on historic and culturally significant buildings of downtown Yerevan, Armenia, whether still standing, endangered, or demolished. There\u2019s even a self-guided walking tour! Thanks to ARISC support, this information is available to the public for free!\nVisit our website for other projects ARISC has funded www. arisc. org! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dylan Vasey: ARISC&#039;s impact\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQvuZvDcTpA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oldfield_final.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oldfield_final.png 940w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oldfield_final-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oldfield_final-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What does ARISC do?\n\u201cARISC acts as a force for good by fostering academic connection and understanding in a very important part of the world that is critically under-researched. By creating and funding projects that increase communication between scholars, students and citizens of the US with the South Caucasian countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, ARISC enhances understanding of the region and contributes to peace and stability.\u201d \u2013 aoldfield (Source: GreatNonProfits.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Did-you-know.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Did you know that the 130 fellowships and grants awarded by ARISC since 2010 have resulted in over 244 presentations, 75 publications, 3 websites, and 12 exhibits? ARISC funds unique proposals across various disciplines \u2013 anthropology, archaeology, ethnomusicology, geology, history, literature, geography, sociology, political science, and linguistics \u2013 to name a few. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-08-20-George-1024x793.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-08-20-George-1024x793.png 1024w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-08-20-George-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-08-20-George-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-08-20-George-1536x1189.png 1536w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-08-20-George.png 1558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ARISC supports scholars doing innovative research in the South Caucasus thru fellowships, workshops, lectures. See what people are saying about us at GreatNonProfits.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kwan-Lamar-Blount-Hill.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kwan-Lamar-Blount-Hill.png 940w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kwan-Lamar-Blount-Hill-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kwan-Lamar-Blount-Hill-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;ARISC-funded research has contributed to my research in three major ways, at least: (1) It helped me build a profile as an international scholar, with a focus on research both inside and outside of my home country, the U.S., which helped garner interest from foreign scholars to work with me; (2) It reinforced and firmly established my interest in completing additional work in the South Caucasus, especially Azerbaijan, and, in fact, I am still planning the opportunity for most robust study there; (3) it exposed me to the greater network of CAORC, providing opportunities for me to work in places outside of the South Caucasus as well.&#8221;\nKwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Graduate\/Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BlueHorns-article-in-Civil.Ge-copy-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BlueHorns-article-in-Civil.Ge-copy-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BlueHorns-article-in-Civil.Ge-copy-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BlueHorns-article-in-Civil.Ge-copy-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BlueHorns-article-in-Civil.Ge-copy.png 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here is another project ARISC has funded, \u201cPreservation of the Order of the Blue Horns Manuscript Archive\u201d by Lasha Bakradze and Ryan Sherman. The Blue Horns were a group of young writers whose experimental poetry and prose took the Georgian literary scene by storm in the early 20th century and led to the renovation and Westernization of Georgian verse. This project focused on evaluating, preserving, digitizing, translating, and raising awareness for 500 original manuscripts related to the Blue Horns, and resulted in both a workshop to train a new generation of archivists, and an exhibit at the Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature in 2024.\nLearn more about the Blue Horns here https:\/\/civil.ge\/archives\/244366<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bryan Shuler - ARISC Impacts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSS3qUwojmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8-1024x1449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arisc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quote-8.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ARISC builds community.\nFor scholars both new as well as those already working in the region, ARISC provides programming and networks to ensure everyone has the support they need to conduct their research successfully, both for their current project, as well as for future research. \n\u201cI enjoyed attending lectures by other ARISC fellows throughout the summer; it was great to be a part of a community of scholars who work on the same region and related subjects.\u201d\n&#8211; Oksana Nesterenko, ARISC Fellow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kyle Estes - ARISC&#039;s Impact\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYEU3aJUbag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joseph Bohigian - ARISC&#039;s Impacts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8YpiEwdhV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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