[Bilimsel Haber] CONF.- Georgia: The Making of a Nation, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 15-18

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CONF.- Georgia: The Making of a Nation, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
May 15-18

Posted by: Gloria Caudill <gcaudill at umich.edu>



Major International Conference on Georgia Planned
by Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan

Conference will be Webcast Live


The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
is pleased to announce the convening of a major international conference 
on "Georgia: The Making of a Nation," to be held at the International 
Institute of the University on May 15-18, 2008.

More than 30 scholars from Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Japan, 
Canada and the United States will take part is this unique event. The 
themes to be considered by the conference include: "Christian Georgia:
Culture and Identity in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period," "The 
Emergence of Modern Georgian Nationalism," "Diversity and Unity in the 
South Caucasus:  Discourses of Division," "Expressing the National, 
Performing the Nation," "Evolution and Revolution in Georgian Political 
Development," and "Challenges of the Modern Moment: Georgia in the 
Globalizing World."

Details of the program can be found on the website of the Armenian
Studies program: http://www.ii.umich.edu/asp.


The conference is part of the series "Armenia and Its Neighbors." The
conference is open to the general public. Equally important is the fact 
that the conference proceedings will be broadcast live on the Internet. 
Interested individuals can follow the presentation of papers and the 
discussions at the following web address:
http://umtv-live.rs.itd.umich.edu/asp/asp052008.asx.
(Michigan is in the Eastern US time zone, the same as New York.)

Professor Ronald Suny is the main convener of the conference. 
"Considering the increasing importance of the South Caucasus region to 
the international community and of Georgia particularly, we think this
gathering will constitute a milestone that will not only make this 
important country known to our audiences but also bring together
scholars from around the world who have devoted time and energy to
understand it," stated Professor Suny. "From the Armenian point of 
view," he added, "it is essential that all neighbors be understood first 
in their own context."

The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of History, the 
Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Rackham Graduate School, the
International Institute, the Center for Russian and East European 
Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and 
the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies at the University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor; and by the American Research Institute of the South 
Caucasus (ARISC, based at the University of Chicago).


For further information please contact:

Ms. Gloria Caudill, Administrator
Armenian Studies Program
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
gcaudill at umich.edu
(734) 763-0622




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