Abstract This article examines how two leading figures of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Hovhannes Kajaznuni and Ruben Ter-Minasyan (Ruben) reworked older attachments to homeland into a m...

Abstract Between 1954 and 1963, the Ministry of Communal Economy of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, led by A. M. A. Abdullaev, conducted a consequential institutional experiment, achieving f...

Abstract This article examines the Vorontsov monument unveiled in Tiflis in 1867, situated alongside three related monuments erected in Odessa, Sevastopol, and Warsaw between 1863 and 1870. Drawing on...

International Conference, Tbilisi, 25–27 February 2027 Organizer: David Jishkariani (Max Weber Foundation – Max Weber Network Eastern Europe (MWNO)Co-organizer: Jörn Happel (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität...

Abstract This article traces how Karabakh was transformed into a cultural symbol and a cornerstone of Azerbaijani national identity in Soviet Azerbaijan. It shows how in the post-Stalin era, Azerbaija...

Abstract Primordial nationalists characterise the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict as one of perennial enmity that has ancient roots and continues to this day. Nevertheless, the modern conflict as it exists today is one whose roots can be pinpointed in the not-too-distant past. The mass violence that took place in Baku in February 1905 can be regarded as the first instance of massacres between Armenians and Azerbaijanis that took on mass proportions and were interethnic in character. This episode of violence set off a chain of Armenian-Azerbaijani massacres across Russian Transcaucasia that led to the hardening of ethnic boundaries and the reification of ethnic and national identities that continues to have consequences for Armenian-Azerbaijani relations to this very day. Through a variety of first-hand Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian and European sources, this paper explores the roots of the February massacres, the massacres themselves and their aftermath.

Abstract The Rose Revolution of 2003 marked Georgia’s strategic turn toward a Western-oriented path and liberal democracy, but the country’s recent conservative turn – a political and societal shift t...

XVIII ANNUAL CONFERENCEDECEMBER 9-10-11, 2024CA’ FOSCARI UNIVERSITY, VENICE

Call for Papers: 2025 Peace and Justice Forum First in its format Peace and Justice Forum invites researchers, practitioners, and activists to submit articles and panel proposals for the 2025 Peace an...

On Monday, 9, Tuesday, 10, and Wednesday, 11 December 2024, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host the annual conference of the Italian Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus (ASIAC).