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 and CRRC present the 15th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series!Giorgi Gotua, Mikheil Svanidze“Echo in the Periphery: the Change in Government and Local Politics in Georgia”
Wednesday, 11 December, 2013 at 6:15pmISET/CRRC Georgia, Zandukeli St. 16, Tbilisi,…
American Councils and CRRC present the 14th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series! Wednesday, 4 December, 2013 at 6:15pm
ISET/CRRC Georgia, Zandukeli St. 16, Tbilisi, GEORGIA
American Councils and CRRC present the 13th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series! Nino Lotishvili, University of Lugano“Ethno-Cultural Mixed Families as Confidence Building Agents for Reconciliation”Wednesday, 27 November, 2013 at 6:15pmISET/CRRC Georgia, Zandukeli St. 16, Tbilisi, GEORGIA  
American Councils and CRRC present the 12th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series! Hans Gutbrod “Testing Innovative Approaches to Improving Policy Research – Everywhere”
American Councils and CRRC present the 11th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series!Bret Barrowman, The George Washington University “The Politics of Civil Service Reform in Georgia”
Wednesday, 13 November, 2013 at 6:15pmISET/CRRC Georgia, Zandukeli St. 16, Tbilisi, GEORGIA
American Councils and CRRC present the 10th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series!Sarrah Bechor, IREX IARO FellowA Crisis in the Caucasus: The Implications of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis for Georgia and the South Caucasus 
Wednesday, 6 November, 2013 at 6:15pmISET/CRRC…
  American Councils and CRRC present the 9th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series!Mariam Naskidashvili Orthodox Politics: The Religious Renaissance and its Political Implications in Post-Soviet Georgia 
Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 at 6:15pmISET/CRRC Georgia, Zandukeli St. 16, Tbilisi, GEORGIA  …
American Councils and CRRC-Georgia present the 8th talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series!Mariella Falkenhain, Hertie School of Governance“Institutions as Straightjackets? Revisiting the Role of NGOs in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes”
Wednesday, 23 October, 2013 at 6:15pmISET/CRRC Georgia, Zandukeli St. 16,…