POST-SOVIET CAUCASUS: POLITICS, CIVIL SOCIETY, ECONOMY  
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

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



11/9 - Lecture 2: Administrative and political division



18/9- Lecture 3: Language, ethnicity and national identities in the Caucasus
Assignment 1 (mandatory)


25/9 - Lecture 4: Culture and traditions in the Caucasus

2/10 - Lecture 5: Early and pre-Soviet history
Assignment 2 (mandatory)


9/10 - Lecture 6: Soviet Russia and the USSR

16/10 - Lecture 7: Post-Soviet Caucasus. New geopolitical competition
Assignment 3 (mandatory)


23/10 - Lecture 8: Conflict cases in the Caucasus

24/10 - Exam questions published



30/10 - Submit home exam




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


10/1 - Submit home exam





 REEXAMS

Introduction to Caucasus Studies - 4/12 reexam published

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