CRRC-Georgia, ARISC and American Councils present the 15th talk of the Spring 2016 Works-in-Progress season:
“Pioneers of Georgian Studies in the United States”
Paul Crego, U.S. Library of Congress
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 6:30pm
CRRC-Georgia
1 Ramaz Chkhikvadze Str. (Former 5 Chavchavadze Ave.)
Entrance III-IV, First Floor
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
Summary: We Americans who have studied Georgian remain a fairly small number. Who were our predecessors? In this paper I will discuss some of these people, including Jeremiah Curtain, Harvard College Class of 1863 and the much more well known Robert Pierpont Blake. Included also will be their adventures in Georgia.
Paul Crego is a Senior Cataloging Specialist at the United States Library of Congress. He has a PhD in Theology from Boston College and an MA from the Soviet Union program, and has studied Georgian since 1977.
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W-i-P is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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 W-i-P series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining the Caucasus region.
Would you like to present at one of the W-i-P sessions? Send an e-mail to natia@crrccenters.org.
