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

CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 10th talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “Assembling Optimism: Tourism, Debts and Transnational Prostitution on the Georgian Black Sea Coast” Tamta Khalvashi, Free University of Tbilisi
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 9th talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “The Elastic Geography of Borderization and Creeping Occupation in Georgia” Ariel Otruba, Rutgers University
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 8th talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “The Evolution of Georgia’s Reintegration Policy: An Analysis of Presidential Addresses” Ann Tsurtsumia-Zurabashvili, Dublin City University
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 7th talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “Cultures of Memory and Memory Politics in Contemporary Georgia” Oliver Reisner, Ilia State University
CRRC-Georgia, American Councils and ARISC present the 6th talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “Gender Assignment in Tsova-Tush” Thomas Wier, Free University of Tbilisi
CRRC-Georgia, American Councils and ARISC present the 5th talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “What is a Modern State? Insights from Conceptual History” Dr. Poul Fritz Kjaer, Copenhagen Business School
CRRC-Georgia, American Councils and ARISC present the 3rd talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “Female Political Representation in Georgia” Ramaz Kutateladze, Yerevan State University and Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University  
CRRC-Georgia, American Councils and ARISC present the 2nd talk of the Fall 2015 Works-in-Progress season: “Nationalism and its Explanation: Insights from Students in Georgia” Markus Sattler, Humboldt University of Berlin, Free University Berlin and University of Potsdam