CAUCASUS  STUDIES I    FALL 2012

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.

INTRODUCTION TO CAUCASUS STUDIES   
A LANGUAGE OF THE CAUCASUS

4/9 - Lecture 1: Introduction - geography, nature, borders

  

3/9 - Russian, Lect. 1 / Georgian, Lecture 1
11/9 - Lecture 2: Administrative and political division

6/9- Russian, L. 2 / Georgian, Lect. 1, p. 2
10/9 - Russian, L. 3 / Georgian,  Lect. 2
18/9- Lecture 3: Language, ethnicity and national identities in the Caucasus
Assignment 1 (mandatory)
13/9 - Russian, L. 4 / Georgian, Lect. 2, p. 2
17/9 - Russian, L. 5 / Georgian,  Lect. 3
25/9 - Lecture 4: Culture and traditions in the Caucasus
20/9 - Russian, L.6 / Georgian, Lect. 3, p. 2
24/9 - Russian, L. 7 / Georgian, Lect. 4
2/10 - Lecture 5: Early and pre-Soviet history
Assignment 2 (mandatory)
27/9 - Russian, L 8 / Georgian, Lect. 4, p. 2
1/10 - Russian, L. 9 / Georgian, Lecture 5
9/10 - Lecture 6: Soviet Russia and the USSR
4/10 - Russian, L. 10 / Georgian, Lect. 5, p. 2
8/10 - Russian, L. 11 / Georgian, Lect. 6
16/10 - Lecture 7: Post-Soviet Caucasus. New geopolitical competition
Assignment 3 (mandatory)
11/10 - Russian, L. 12 / Georgian, Lect. 6, p. 2
15/10 - Russian, L. 13 / Georgian, Lect. 7
23/10 - Lecture 8: Conflict cases in the Caucasus
18/10 - Russian, L. 14 / Georgian, Lect. 7, p. 2
22/10 - Russian, L. 15 / Georgian, Lect. 8
24/10 - Exam questions published

25/10 - Russian, L.16 / Georgian, Lect. 8, p. 2
29/10 - Russian, L. 17 / Georgian, Lect. 9
30/10 - Submit Home exam
5/11 - Exam questions published


12/11 - Submit Home exam



 HISTORY OF THE CAUCASUS
 POST-SOVIET DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAUCASUS
 30/10  - Lecture 1
1/11 - Lecture 1
 6/11 - Lecture 2
8/11  - Lecture 2
13/11- Lecture 3
15/11- Lecture 3
20/11- Lecture 4
22/11 - Lecture 4
27/11 - Lecture 5
29/11 - Lecture 5
4/12 - Lecture 6
6/12 - Lecture 6
11/12- Lecture 7
13/12 - Lecture 7
18/12 - Lecture 8
20/12 - Lecture 8
2/1 - Exam published

4/1 - Exam published
8/1 - Submit exam
10/1 - Submit exam






 REEXAMS

Introduction to Caucasus Studies - 4/12 reexam published

Russian / Georgian- 4/12 - reexam published

History of the Caucasus - 5/2 - reexam published

Post-Soviet developments in the Caucasus- 5/2 - reexam published