An International Conference in the Series "Armenia and its Neighbors"
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

May 15-18, 2008

From ancient to modern times Georgians have lived under both the threat and the influence of neighboring states and cultures. They have evolved from pagan to Christian societies, independent kingdoms and principalities, to maintaining their distinctiveness under the rule of Persians, Turks, and Russians. They have lived with Christian and Muslim neighbors, experienced the rule of tsarist and Soviet overlords, and today are building an independent republic itself damaged by ethnic conflict. This conference will explore the ways in which Georgians have developed their own culture and notion of nation, particularly in the last two centuries, their relations with their Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian, and other neighbors, and the acquired resources with which they may forge a post-Soviet national community.

This conference was sponsored by the Manoogian Simone Foundation, Armenian Studies Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and co-sponsored by 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).

Location:

International Institute, Room 1636
1080 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

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