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

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 1st talk in the Fall 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Timothy Blauvelt, American Councils for International Education and Ilia State University
“Practicing Stalinism in the Georgian NKVD” Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 23th and final talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Jo Laycock, Sheffield Hallam University
“‘Peculiar problems, peculiar opportunities’ Armenian Refugees, Relief and Reconstruction in early Soviet Transcaucasia” Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 22rd talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Anna Dolidze, University of Western Ontario
“Beyond the Binary of Exogenous and Endogenous Transitions: The International Governance of Transitional Justice in Georgia” Wednesday, July 23,…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 21nd talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Kathryn O’Neil Weber, Cornell University and ARISC Fellow
“Preliminary Results of the Tbilisi Archaeological Survey 2014”   Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 6:30pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 20th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Ketevan Chkheidze, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
“Women’s Political Representation in Democratic Transition of Georgia” Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3,…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 19th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Irina Levin, New York University and CAORC Fellow
“Uncertain Returns: Meskhebi and Ahıska Türkleri in Georgia and Azerbaijan” Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia,…
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 17th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass, Notre Dame University
“Bullies: Why Great Powers Exploit Weak Neighbors” Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi
American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 16th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Richard W. Maass, Cornell University
“Putin’s Salami Tactics, Annexation and Ukraine” Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi