CONF.- Georgia: The Making of a Nation, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 15-18

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CONF.- Georgia: The Making of a Nation, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 15-18

Posted by: Gloria Caudill <gcaudill@umich.edu>

Major International Conference on Georgia Planned
by Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan

Conference will be Webcast Live

The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
is pleased to announce the convening of a major international
conference on "Georgia: The Making of a Nation," to be held at the
International Institute of the University on May 15-18, 2008.

More than 30 scholars from Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Japan,
Canada and the United States will take part is this unique event. The
themes to be considered by the conference include: "Christian Georgia:
Culture and Identity in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period,"
"The Emergence of Modern Georgian Nationalism," "Diversity and Unity
in the South Caucasus: Discourses of Division," "Expressing the
National, Performing the Nation," "Evolution and Revolution in
Georgian Political Development," and "Challenges of the Modern Moment:
Georgia in the Globalizing World."

Details of the program can be found on the website of the Armenian
Studies program: http://www.ii.umich.edu/asp.

The conference is part of the series "Armenia and Its Neighbors." The
conference is open to the general public. Equally important is the
fact that the conference proceedings will be broadcast live on the
Internet. Interested individuals can follow the presentation of papers
and the discussions at the following web address:

http://umtv-live.rs.itd.umich.edu/asp/asp052008.asx. (Michigan is in
the Eastern US time zone, the same as New York.)

Professor Ronald Suny is the main convener of the conference.
"Considering the increasing importance of the South Caucasus region to
the international community and of Georgia particularly, we think this
gathering will constitute a milestone that will not only make this
important country known to our audiences but also bring together
scholars from around the world who have devoted time and energy to
understand it," stated Professor Suny. "From the Armenian point of
view," he added, "it is essential that all neighbors be understood
first in their own context."

The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of History, the
Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Rackham Graduate School, the
International Institute, the Center for Russian and East European
Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and
the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor; and by the American Research Institute of the
South Caucasus (ARISC, based at the University of Chicago).

For further information please contact:

Ms. Gloria Caudill, Administrator
Armenian Studies Program
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
gcaudill@umich.edu
(734) 763-0622

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