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: Informal Justice among Svans, Tsova-Tush and Khevsurs, May 14 – Jeffrey Renz

14 May, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 13th talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Jeffrey Renz, University of Montana
“Informal Criminal Justice among the Svans, Tsova-Tush and Khevsurs” Wednesday, 14 May, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi…

WiP: Georgian Muslim women and identity in Adjara, 7 May – Inga Popovaite

6 May, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 12th talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Inga Popovaite, Central European University
“Religious and National Aspects of Georgian Muslim Women’s Identity in Adjara” Wednesday, 7 May, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St.…

WiP: Gun Control in Georgia, 30 April – Matthew Light

28 April, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 11th talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Matthew Light, University of Toronto
“Gun Control in Georgia” Wednesday, 30 April, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi

WiP: Linguistic Dimensions of Ethno-National Identity in Dagestan, 23 April – Kendra Dias

22 April, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 10th talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Kendra Dias, Central European University
‘Linguistic Dimensions to ethno-national identity: the Avars of contemporary Dagestan’ Wednesday, 23 April, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3,…

WiP: Dissident Movements in the Late Soviet Period, 16 April – Emily Tamkin

15 April, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the ninth talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Emily Tamkin, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
Of Mass and Mind: Identity Formation of Dissident Movements in the Late Soviet Period Wednesday, 16 April, 2014…

WiP: Georgica: An Open Access Academic Database on Georgia, 2 April – David Sichinava and Irakli Gunia

1 April, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the eight talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! David Sichinava and Irakli Gunia, Tbilisi State University
“Georgica: An Open Access Academic Database on Georgia” Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St.…

WiP: Adoration No More: Perceptions of the West in the South Caucasus, March 26 – George Mchedlishvili

25 March, 2014

American Councils, ARISC and CRRC present the seventh talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! George Mchedlishvili, University of Georgia and 2013 Robert Bosch Fellow, Chatham House
“Adoration No More: Perceptions of the West in the South Caucasus” Wednesday, 26…

WiP: IDPs and Structural Vulnerability in Georgia, 19 March – Erin Koch

17 March, 2014

American Councils, ARISC and CRRC present the sixth talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Erin Koch, University of Kentucky
‘We are existing, not living’: Protracted Displacement and Structural Vulnerability in Georgia’ Wednesday, 19 March, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze…

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