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ARISC Newsletter No 8 MEMBER NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 8 2016-17 American Research Institute of the South Caucasus Ian C. Lindsay A Word from the President Dear Colleagues, anthropology to study how local people in We’re once again excited to tell you Georgia’s Adjara region make use of native about the many accomplishments of plants for food, traditional medicines, and ARISC’s members and fellows in 2016-17! pasture. In addition, ARISC Fellow Jesse This year saw continued accomplishments Swann-Quinn (PhD student at Syracuse), who overseas, and our support of research in has been documenting post-Soviet mining and the region continues to make a strong logging policies in Georgia, including the IN THIS ISSUE: impact on the careers of junior scholars. economic, environmental, and health impacts Activities you can read about here of extractive industries on local populations. A WORD FROM THE include ARISC-funded programs that have ARISC Fellow, Alyssa Mathias (UCLA), is PRESIDENT 1 as their common theme the need to salvaging the less tangible aspects of regional preserve cultural heritage—both the heritage, in her dissertation research to NEWS OF ARISC material remains of history and the fragile explore the concept of “musical diplomacy” MEMBERS 2 cultural ties between political adversaries. to create a community of Armenian and Dr. Talinn Grigor (UC Davis) and Yeva Turkish artists advancing peace through forms ARISC Ess used ARISC funds to create the Online of communication that transcend political REPRESENTATIVES 3 Encyclopedia of Armenian Modernist speech. NETWORKING 4 Architecture, or “ArmArch”, documenting One of the exciting new programs we unique examples of modernist vernacular began to offer this year are online networking NOTES FROM architecture in Armenia from the Soviet opportunities (p.4), in which young scholars ABROAD 5 era, Armenia’s more recent architectural from the South Caucasus and the US can heritage, and a searchable database of connect via teleconference with an ARISC DONATIONS & buildings and artwork. senior scholar to discuss issues related to APPRECIATION 11 You can also read about recent efforts their research. funded by ARISC to conserve more And be sure to check out the section on EVENTS 12 ancient forms of material culture. Dr. news items from you, our ARISC members (p. 2), including new books, awards, job MEMBERSHIP 16 Barlow Der Mugrdechian (Cal State Fresno) and Arusyak Baldryan (University placements, and other milestones! We’re INSTITUTIONAL of Cottbus Senftenberg, Germany) in proud to share the great work you’re doing, MEMBERS 16 concert with Armenia’s leading specialists not only among our members, but also on at the Matenadaren restored in situ the our social media outlets. Keep us in the loop CONTACT US 16 Gospel of Tsughrut, a rare and fragile 1000- about professional developments so we can year old parchment. share them with the broader community. I also invite you to read our “Notes As always, our activities are made possible From Abroad” (p. 5) to learn about because of the hard work and dedication of ARISC-funded scholarship on the our overseas staff, Diana Lezhava, Susan complex relationship between humans Marukhyan, and Leyla Rustamli (p. 3). As we and the environment, highlighting the rich advance, we continue to rely on our cadre of and diverse geography of the South generous supporters. Your help ensures a vital Caucasus. For example, Richard Tate, ARISC presence in the region and the ARISC Student Director and PhD student expansion of our programming and at the University of Florida, combines fellowships. Thank you for taking the time to research methods of botany and discover more about ARISC! PAGE 1 MEMBER NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 8 2016-17 News from ARISC Members Sharing updates from our members (October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017) Congratulations to ARISC Member Marilyn Kelly- joint NELC-Price Lab for the Digital Humanities Buccellati! In summer 2016, she curated the position. Congratulations, Emily! exhibition, "Georgia, Land of Gold and Faith. The Power of Christian Identity" with the National ARISC Member William Fierman recently attended Museum of Tbilisi in Georgia, at the Meeting in a conference at Baku’s Western University on "The Rimini. Running from 19 August 2016 - 25 August Current Problems of National Self-Awareness and 2016 in Self-Esteem in Changing World” 1-2 June, 2017. His Rimini, talk focused primarily on identity as reflected in Italy, the language policy and language change. exhibit was a Congratulations to ARISC Member Nathaniel Erb- great Satullo, who has begun a position as Departmental success Lecturer in Archaeomaterials at the University of as over Oxford! twelve thousand From July 17 to 20, 2017, ARISC Member Lori people Khatchadourian led an archaeological summer visited it camp for six young girls from the town of Aparan, in the one week of the Meeting. With the Pope's Camp Aragats. Campers learned the basics of visit to Georgia, articles on the exhibit and the archaeology, beginning with excavations at the Early catalog for the exhibit were made available in two Bronze Age settlement of Gegharot. Other sessions major newspapers in Italy. See more about the covered obsidian knapping, potting, tools of remote exhibit at the following links: sensing and map-making, survey, excavation, http://www.meetingrimini.org paleoethnobotany, and bioarchaeology. ARISC http://www.meetingmostre.com members http://www.ilsole24ore.com Ian Lindsay, http://www.ilsussidiario.net Alan Greene, and Read about the 7 things you should know about the Maureen October 2016 election in Georgia by ARISC Marshall Member Dustin Gilbreath! also led https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey- some of the cage/ sessions. The camp is the Check out ARISC Member Stephen B. Riegg’s new first programmatic initiative of the U.S.-based research article out in the latest issue of The Russian Aragats Foundation and its Armenian sister Review (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com). organization, the Aragats Cultural Heritage Congratulations, Stephen! Foundation. Congratulations to ARISC member Emily Hammer! She is starting an Assistant Professor position in Do you have news you'd like to share with the ARISC Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the community? Please let us know by sending an email to University of Pennsylvania as of fall 2017. This is a [email protected]. PAGE 2 MEMBER NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 8 2016-17 ARISC’s Representatives The people who make everything happen abroad Funding for these positions has been made possible in part through private donations. Caucasus Mountains. Photo by Giorgi Bedianashvili. Susan Marukhyan Leyla Rustamli Diana Lezhava The employment with and for This year was the most silent one for ARISC I have been with ARISC for three ARISC is very dynamic. The multi- in Azerbaijan. Due to the lack of funds and years already, and have been part of faceted work that we do as supporters consequently time, we had to keep ARISC all the great activities and events to our scientists is interesting and presence in Azerbaijan at a minimum. However, ARISC has conducted. For these challenging. It is a great opportunity to our communication with Caucasian colleagues years, I met many wonderful people meet different people from different and our Executive Director Talin Lindsay was from various disciplines and places all over the world, who strive still regular and ARISC Azerbaijan tried to participated in interesting for scientific research and devote contribute to the fulfillment of ARISC conferences and public discussions. It themselves to the search of the objectives. I think this is one of the main is a privilege to be part of ARISC’s answers to global questions. attributes of ARISC: even with its lowest profile wonderful team — always ready to Discovering the unknown…what else it makes you feel affiliated. I truly believe in the help everyone interested in the could be so interesting than this? significance of ARISC's mission in the South region. Susan Marukhyan is a public relations Caucasus and hope the upcoming year will be and public education specialist based in more productive. Diana Lezhava holds a BA degree in Yerevan, Armenia. She graduated from Leyla Rustamli received a BA in Intl Relations Humanities (English Language and Yerevan State Language University after V. and Intl Law from University of Languages and Literature) from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi Brusov in 1994. Later she studied in the MA in Middle East countries from Baku State State University, and a MA in Department of International Relations University. In 2008-09 she studied at Rothberg Intl International Affairs from the Georgian and European Studies at the Central School of Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). Institute of Public Affairs. Currently, she is European University (1996-1997). Since She is an expected PhD in Intl Relations at a PhD student of Sociology of Culture 1994 she has worked for different Philosophy, Sociology and Law Inst of Azerbaijan and Media at Tbilisi State University. Her foreign and international organizations in National Academy of Sciences. Leyla teaches research interests comprise: Higher the spheres of management and various courses on foreign policies of Middle East Education, Educational Policy and administration, public and media countries, international security problems and Management, Europeanization of Higher relations, and communication, research, peace and conflict studies at Azerbaijan University Education, Higher Education and Labor translation, and publishing. of Languages. Market. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PAGE 3 MEMBER NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 8 2016-17 ARISC’s Accountants ARISC’s Interns Ketevan Gikashvili, Georgia Accountant Mariam Nersisyan, Armenia ARISC provides a wonderful opportunity for I started my Internship at ARISC from May networking with international scholars from both the 2017 without even imagining how grateful I would region and the US. It is the venue for the exchange of be at the end of the program.
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