Academic Discussion Series (WiP)

Works-in-Progress (WiP) is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place at the new office of CRRC at Chkhikvadze St. 1. It is co-organized by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC). All of the talks are free and open to the public.

The purpose of the WiP series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining the Caucasus region.

If you would like to present at one of the W-i-P sessions, please contact: mariam.kobaladze@crrccenters.org

American Councils, CRRC Georgia and ARISC present the 2nd talk in the Spring 2015 Works-in-Progress Series! Vladimir Troyansky, Stanford University  ‘Emigration and Return Migration of North Caucasian Muslims in 1860-1880’
American Councils, CRRC Georgia and ARISC present the 1st talk in the Spring 2015 Works-in-Progress Series! Lela Chakhaia, European University Institute  “Higher education admissions reform and access to university: the case of Georgia”
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 14th and final talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Alexi Gugushvili and Peter Kabachnik ‘Stalin’s Russia vs. Georgia’s Stalin: Similarities and Differences in Public Attitudes’
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 13th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Dustin Gilbreath, CRRC-Georgia
State/party capacity and constraints on state action: Operationalizing and indexing state capacity in Georgia and Armenia Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 6:30pm…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 12th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Salome Tsopurashvili, Tbilisi State University  Women’s Representations in Georgian Soviet Silent Films: Agency, Social Class and Modification of the Images
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 10th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Kathryn O’Neal Webber
Known and Unknown: Progress towards Mapping Tbilisi’s Past Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 9th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Gavin Slade and Vakhtang Kekoshvili
The Pains of Prison Reform: Violence, Trust and the Prisoner Society in Georgia Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia,…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 8th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Maia Mestvirishvili, Tinatin Zurabishvili, Tamar Iakobidze, Natia Mestvirishvili
“Exploring Homphobia in Georgia” Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi