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, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 7th session of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be entirely ONLINE. “From the High Caucasus to the Moldavian plains: Iron Age Hillforts and the Evolution…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 6th session of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and online. “Roundtable on Study Abroad in Eurasian Studies…
“Swedish Aid, Gender Equity and Sexual Rights Discourses in Development Cooperation with Eastern Europe” Sofie Bedford, Institute for Russian And Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 4th talk of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! “A proposal for a future electoral system for the Abkhazia Autonomous Republic – A Path Towards Sustainable Conflict Transformation” Giorgi Arziani,…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 3rd talk of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s talk will be in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and online. Book Talk – *Remembering the War, Forgetting…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 2nd talk of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s talk will be in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and online. “Russian Anatolia (1877-1917), between Colonial Fantasy and…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the First talk of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s talk will be VIRTUAL ONLY. “The Caucasus and Transcaspia under Russian rule: Orientalism, Customary Law and the Production of…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 18th and final talk of the Spring/Summer 2024 Tbilisi Works-in Progress series! The talk will take place in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and online. “The Role of Climate…