American Councils and CRRC are proud to present the 2nd talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series:
Dr. Florian Mühlfried, University of Jena
2013
May 31st is often called the Birthday of Internet. It was on this day in 1961 that American engineer and computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock published his first paper entitled “Information Flow in Large Communication Nets”. Even though the idea of…
American Councils and CRRC are proud to present the 1st talk in the Fall 2013 Works-in-Progress Series:
“Making sense of the empire? Russian imperial representation in the South Caucasus in the 19th century.”
17 ივლისიდან 17 აგვისტოს ჩათვლით პერიოდის შედეგებით შეიძლება, ითქვას, რომ ტელევიზიები ჯერ აქტიურ საარჩევნო რეჟიმზე არ გადასულან, თუმცა დაიწყეს საპრეზიდენტო კანდიდატებისა და მათი კამპანიების გაშუქება. ყველა არხზე თითქმის ყოველ დღე შუქდებოდა საპრეზიდენტო კანდიდატებთად დაკავშირებული ახალი ამბები. ამ მხრივ, გამონაკლისი იყო აჭარის ტელევიზია, სადაც კანდიდატებს დრო ნაკლებად ეთმობოდათ და თითქმის არ შქუდებოდა მათთან დაკავშირებული ამბები.
CRRC Georgia conducted a small survey among Georgian-speaking adult residents of Tbilisi regarding the May 17th events in which two demonstrations–one for the International Day Against Homophobia and another against homosexuality—ended with violent clashes between demonstrators. The fieldwork took place…
Quality of life and life satisfaction has been a central topic in social science research, as well as an increasingly popular area of interest for many policy makers. Balanced development is especially important in developing societies where political and economic…
The Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), in collaboration with the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), is soliciting proposals from scholars in the social sciences and history from Armenia, Azerbaijan,…
Societies in the South Caucasus are conservative with respect to gender roles within and outside the family. This conservatism also affects men and women in the labour market which is now facing many problems in the region, including high unemployment…
