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

On October 19, 2016, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to present the 4th talk of the Fall 2016 WiP series on – “Historical Legacies in the Management of Georgia’s Water Resources” by Ryan Wyeth, Indiana University.
On September 28, 2016, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 3rd talk of the Fall 2016 WiP series on – “Regulatory Affairs and the Outdoor Food Market in Tbilisi, Georgia” by Natalja Czarnecki, the University of Chicago and…
On September 21, 2016, 18:30, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the second talk of the Fall 2016 WiP series, on “Information War and Social Media” by Svitlana Matviyenko, University of Western Ontario.
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the first talk of the Fall 2016 WiP series: “Post-Soviet Conspiracy Theories” by Scott Radnitz, University of Washington.
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 24th talk of the Spring/Summer 2016 Works-in-Progress season on “Leninopad: Ukraine’s Struggle with its Soviet Past” by Ani Chkhikvadze, Georgetown University.
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 23rd talk of the Spring/Summer 2016 Works-in-Progress season on “Constraints on the Growth of the Private Security Sector in Comparative Perspective” by Matthew Light, University of Toronto.
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 21st talk of the Spring/Summer 2016 Works-in-Progress season! “The System is Not Broke, It’s Broken”: The Global Crisis in Humanitarian Aid by Elizabeth Cullen Dunn from Indiana University Bloomington.
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 20th talk of the Spring/Summer 2016 Works-in-Progress season on “Neoliberal Orientalism and the Arab Uprisings: Art and Politics in the ‘Arab Street’” by Rayya El Zein, Graduate Center, City University of New York.…