POST-SOVIET CAUCASUS:  POLITICS, CIVIL SOCIETY, ECONOMY 
FALL 2014

Note that all lectures are published at 10.00 at the It's learning site on the dates indicated below.      

Published lectures are available to course participants until the end of the semester.

Updated 2014.09.01
INTRODUCTION TO CAUCASUS STUDIES   

September 2
Lecture 1:
Introduction – geography, nature, borders

  
September 9
Lecture 2:
Administrative and political division

September 10
Web seminar 16-30-18-00
(more info, see course page)

September 11
Campus seminar, 16.30-18.00, room 525
(more info, see course page)

September 16
Lecture 3:
Language, ethnicity and national identities in the Caucasus
Assignment 1 (mandatory)

September 23
Lecture 4:
Culture and traditions in the Caucasus


September 30
Lecture 5:
Early and pre-Soviet history
Assignment 2 (mandatory)

October 1
Web seminar 16.00-17.30


October 7
Lecture 6:
Soviet Russia and the USSR

October 14
Lecture 7:
Post-Soviet Caucasus. New geopolitical competition
Assignment 3 (mandatory)

October 21
Lecture 8:
Conflict cases in the Caucasus


October 22

Web seminar 16.00-17.30

Exam questions published


October 28
Submit Home exam







POST-SOVIET DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAUCASUS
October 30
Lecture 1

November 6
Lecture 2

November 13
Lecture 3

November 20
Lecture 4
Assignment 1 (mandatory)

November 27
Lecture 5
Assignment 2 (mandatory)

December 3
Web seminar 16.00-17.30
December 4

Lecture 6
Assignment 3 (mandatory)

December 11
Lecture 7

December 18
Lecture 8

January 2
Exam published

January 9
Submit exam





 REEXAMS

Introduction to Caucasus Studies - December 4 reexam published

Post-Soviet developments in the Caucasus- February 6 - reexam published