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A new home for the Caucasus Newsletter
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For technical reasons, we have migrated the newsletter to a new provider. If you haven't done so already, would kindly ask you to sign up to the new list.
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Save-the-date | Film Screening | 30.11.2023
Panjara – Feminist views on South Caucasus
by Rovshana Orujova
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"Panjara" means "window" in the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian languages. A window connects the private with the public and symbolizes communication and interaction. It is a metaphor for a common view of different struggles. This is because the issues of individual feminist struggles in the different states are similar and yet not the same. The film "Panjara" aims to illuminate this contradiction and enable a thinking together of the struggles. The documentary film centers around politically active FLINTA*s from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and focuses on the situation of politically active FLINTA*s on the ground.
More information will follow.
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New Book
Making a Homeland. Roots and Routes of Transnational Armenian Engagement
by Tsypylma Darieva
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Ties to the homeland have always been a central focus of global diaspora and migration studies. How and why do the descendants of migrants maintain their attachment to the ancestral homeland? To what extent do emotional ties bind second and later generations of migrants to that place? Tsypylma Darieva examines various actors, channels and sites of transnational Armenian engagement that generate new pathways of diasporic ›roots‹ mobility. Drawing on long-term ethnographic observations in Armenia and in the USA, she examines transnational flows of people, money and ideas to show the social and political significance that roots mobility acquires when the mythical ›homeland‹ becomes a real place.
Find the book here
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ZOiS Report 2/2023
Russians in the South Caucasus: Political Attitudes and the War in Ukraine
by Félix Krawatzek, George Soroka, Isabelle DeSisto
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Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, numerous Russians decided to leave their country. Georgia and Armenia were among the most popular destinations for Russian migrants, either as a temporary stopover or for more permanent relocation. Using a face-to-face survey conducted in both countries in late 2022 with a total of more than 1,600 respondents, the report explores the experiences and attitudes of recent Russian migrants in Armenia and Georgia.
Find the report here
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New Book
Mord im Tiergarten
by Silvia Stöber
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Based on the Berlin Tiergarten murder in 2019, the book describes Putin's doctrine of violence that he pursued from the beginning of his presidency in Chechnya, Georgia, and beyond, and explains how he justified this policy as a fight against terrorism. The murder in central Berlin was further evidence of Putin's disrespect for the sovereignty of other states, but it had few foreign policy consequences.
Find the book here
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Caucasus Edition – Journal of Conflict Transformation
What can be done?
by Lala Darchinova, Philip Gamaghelyan
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In the context of the recent Azerbaijani attack on Naghorno-Karabakh, the authors discuss the current events, history and rather bleak future of the region and propose urgently necessary steps for the different local and international actors involved in the conflict.
Read the article and watch the recording here
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Caucasus Research Resource Center - Georgia
Life of Russian émigrés in Georgia
by Givi Silagadze
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Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Georgia and the South Caucasus region, in general, have been among the most popular destinations for Russian migrants. Figures suggest the number of Russians who entered Georgia in 2022 amounts to more than a third of Georgia’s total population. Rough estimates suggest that 100,000 of them stayed in Georgia. Using a sample of 1,008 adult Russian citizens who moved to Georgia after February 2022, the study aims to provide a more nuanced picture of Russian citizens residing in Georgia in terms of their motivations for moving, their perceptions, and their political attitudes.
Read the report here
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New Blog
Across the Caucasus - The JENA-CAUC Blog
Published by the Institute for Caucasus Studies, Jena
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The JENA-CAUC Blog provides a publication platform for research around foreign and security policy, democracy and societal change, political economy as well as languages and cultures in the Caucasus Region.
Find the blog and contribution guidelines here
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Upcoming ZOiS Report
Russian Migrants in Georgia and Germany: Activism in the Context of Russia’s War against Ukraine
by Tsypylma Darieva, Tatiana Golova, Daria Skibo
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Drawing on in-depth interviews with Russian migrants in Georgia and Germany, a new ZOiS report examines a variety of grassroots projects in anti-war activism and related fields. Besides providing independent information to audiences in Russia and supporting regime opponents, activists try to build new socially and politically engaged diasporic communities.
Watch out for the published report here
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Thursday, 12 October 2023 | 12pm – 1pm | ZOiS, Mohrenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin
Russian Migrant Activism in the Context of Russia’s War Against
In conversation with…Tsypylma Darieva, Tatiana Golova and Daria Skibo (all ZOiS)
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After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Germany and Georgia became two prominent host countries for the recent wave of Russian emigration, in particular among politically and socially engaged Russian citizens. How do these Russian migrants organise themselves in two different receiving societies and what are the main challenges they face at this critical time? Drawing on in-depth interviews with Russian migrants in Georgia and Germany, the authors of the recently published ZOiS Report 3/2023 discuss a variety of initiatives in anti-war and humanitarian activism in the first year after the invasion and highlight major issues related to this field of activism.
Register here
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Second International JENA-CAUC Conference
South Caucasus after „Zeitenwende“: Dimension of Translocality and Societal Change
9.-10. November, 2023 | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine marked a turning point for the South Caucasus (SC) region. The countries in the region face severe security risks, carry a burden of protracted conflicts, and cope with socio-economic, socio-cultural, and institutional challenges. Long overlooked by the international community, the conference will adress the new challenges as well as opportunities the region has encountered since.
Find the call for contributions (past) and program here
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Workshop
Approaching the exodus: Tensions and cooperation in the emerging communities in South Caucasus after the start of the full-scale invasion
11-12. November, 2023 | Ilia Stata University, Tbilisi (Georgia)
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This workshop aims to focus on the way the after war migration shapes the society, politics and places in Tbilisi mainly, but also in other cities in Georgia and in Armenia, and Central Asia.
Read more
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Hybrid KonKoop Workshop
In:Security in Border Regions
8 June, 2023
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The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has strongly affected security perceptions and discourses around the world. To look beyond the main themes of current policy debates such as hard security and state centrism, ZOiS conducted a workshop on the changes in security perceptions of ordinary people and civil society in regions that border or are in close to the proximity to the Russian Federation.
Read the whole summary here
Also watch out for our upcoming ZOiS report on the matter.
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Caucasus Network Online Meeting
The South Caucasus as a Place of Refuge? Migration and Insecurity
6 July, 2023
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Since the escalation of the Ukrainian war in 2022, Russia has experienced a significant exodus of up to a million citizens. But due to the travel restrictions in the European Union, many chose to move to Georgia and Armenia. This mass movement of people and their generally anti-war views are becoming increasingly pivotal issues within these countries. We discussed the implications of recent migration and displacement on those two countries with two researchers from the region, Givi Silagadze (CRRC-Georgia) and Nareg Seferian (Virginia Tech).
Read the whole summary here
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Farewell Sina Giesemann
Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Sina Giesemann, who was instrumental in developing the ZOiS Caucasus Network from the very beginning. We would like to thank her for her two years of work and her active support of the Caucasus Network! We wish Sina Giesemann all the best for her professional future!
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All other activities of the ZOiS Caucasus Network can be found on our website.
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