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

WiP: Elite Perceptions and Georgia’s Foreign Policy towards Russia, October 29 – Prof. Kornely Kakachıa, Levan Kakhishvili and Salome Minesashvili

23 October, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 7th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Prof. Kornely Kakachıa, Levan Kakhishvili, Salome Minesashvili, Tbilisi State University
“Elite perceptions and Georgia’s Foreign policy towards Russia: A Comparative Analysis” Wednesday, October 29, 2014…

WiP: Constructing Social Identity, October 22 – Wendy Smith

20 October, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 6th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Prof. Wendy Smith, California State University, San Bernardino and Visiting Fulbright Professor
“Constructing Social Identity: Silence and Argument in a Palestinian-Israeli Group Discussion” Wednesday, October…

WiP: The Life of the Life of St. Nino, October 15 – Paul Crego

15 October, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 5th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Paul Crego, U.S. Library of Congress
“The Life of the Life of St. Nino” Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi…

WiP: Attitudes toward the Judiciary in Georgia, October 8 – Koba Turmanidze

7 October, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 4th talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Koba Turmanidze, CRRC Georgia
“Attitudes toward the Judiciary in Georgia” Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi

WiP: Hans Gutbrod on Transparency, October 1

29 September, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 3rd talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Hans Gutbrod, Transparify.org
“Transparency of Civil Society Organizations, and Why It Matters in Georgia and Beyond” Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St.…

WiP: Polling for Democracy in Kaspi: An Experiment on Quantitative Information and Citizen Behavior, September 24 – Aaron Erlich

22 September, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 2nd talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Aaron Erlich, University of Washington
“Polling for Democracy in Kaspi: An Experiment on Quantitative Information and Citizen Behavior” Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia,…

WiP: Practicing Stalinism in the Georgian NKVD, September 17 – Timothy Blauvelt

15 September, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 1st talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Timothy Blauvelt, American Councils for International Education and Ilia State University
“Practicing Stalinism in the Georgian NKVD” Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze…

WiP: Armenian Refugees, Relief and Reconstruction in Soviet Trancaucasus, July 30 – Jo Laycock

28 July, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 23th and final talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University
“‘Peculiar problems, peculiar opportunities’ Armenian Refugees, Relief and Reconstruction in early Soviet Transcaucasia” Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at…

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