Month: June 2016

Participating in international seminar in Tbilisi

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International Seminar on Russian and Caucasus Studies
Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, June 22, 2016
 
IMG_3216-211:00-11:10, Prof. Tamar Dolbaia, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Georgia.
 
11:10-11:30, Prof. Bo Petersson (left). “Frail Grounds: Charismatic Legitimacy, Political Myth and the Specter of Regime Succession in Russia.” Malmo University, Sweden.
 
11:40-12:00, Prof. Alexandre Kukhianidze. “Russia after the USSR: From Professional to Political Organized Crime?” Tbilisi State University, Georgia.
 
12:10-12:30, Prof. Stephen Jones. “Georgia, Russia, and the Limitations of Geography.” Mount Holyoke College, USA.13528712_10205052246580774_6605778065253521837_n

12:40-13:00, Prof. Korneli Kakachia. “South Caucasus: Between Russia and the West.” Tbilisi State University, Georgia.

13:10-13:30, Prof. Karina Vamling (right). “On RUCARR initiative.” Malmo University, Sweden.

 

Round table discussion on Challenges to Azerbaijan’s Development at ISDP

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Märta-Lisa Magnusson, Senior lecturer in Caucasus Studies, Mah, was invited to participate in a round table discussion on “Challenges to Azerbaijan’s Development: Managing Nagorno-Karabakh, Changing Geopolitics and religious Radicalism, organized on 11 April by Institute for Security & Developments Policy, Stockholm. The round table discussion was opened up after a presentation by Dr. Mubariz Gurbanli, Chairman to the State Committee on Religious Associations of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Märta-Lisa Magnusson made comments and asked questions related to the negotiations on a settlement of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and the OSCE Minsk Group mediation process.
http://isdp.eu/news/roundtable-dr-mubariz-gurbanli-chairman-state-committee-religious-associations-republic-azerbaijan/

Visiting Circassian Center

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13511627_1130111727045990_1232858852_nProf. Bo Petersson, Malmö University, visited the Circassian Cultural Center in Tbilisi together with Prof. Karina Vamling.

At the meeting with Director of the Circassian Center, prof Merab Chukhua they discussed recent pubications and prospects for future workshops and other activities.

Read more:
Сегодня в ЧКЦ состоялась встреча с Бо Петерсоном
http://circassiancenter.org/index.php?news=31258