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 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.…
CRRC-Georgia, ARISC and American Councils present the 17th talk of the Spring/Summer 2016 Works-in-Progress season and a SPECIAL EVENT: A presentation by Erik R. Scott of his important new book: Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of Soviet Empire.…
CRRC-Georgia, ARISC and American Councils present the 16th talk of the Spring 2016 Works-in-Progress season: “Shifting Symbols of Identity – Armenian Oud Playing in the 1960s and 1970s”
Alyssa Mathias, University of California, Los Angeles Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at…