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Kaukasiologie Jena Die Studierenden können aus einem reichen Angebot an methodisch-theoretischen Sprachkursen sowohl zu den kaukasischen Sprachen (z.B.

Kaukasiologie in Jena (english version below)

Das an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena angebotene BA-Ergänzungsfach Kaukasiologie und der darauf aufbauende Masterstudiengang Kaukasiologie/Kaukasusstudien sind europaweit einzigartig und vermitteln Kenntnisse zum Kaukasus in einem individuell betreuten Studium. Durch das Bachelor-Ergänzungsfach Kaukasiologie werden Grundkenntnisse zur Kaukas

usregion vermittelt, die den Studierenden eines sprach-, kultur-, politik- oder religionswissenschaftlich ausgerichteten Bachelor-Kernfachs eine außergewöhnliche Profilierung ermöglichen. Der Masterstudiengang bietet eine wissenschaftliche Spezialausbildung auf dem interdisziplinären Wissenschaftsfeld der kaukasiologischen Forschung und besteht aus einem sprach- und einen regionalwissenschaftlichen Schwerpunkt. Wir bieten:
• Ausbildung durch Spezialist/inn/en zu Spezialist/inn/en
• Individuelles Betreuungsverhältnis
• Eigenständige Schwerpunktwahl
• Enge Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Fachbereichen innerhalb der FSU, sowie Universitäten im In- und Ausland. Das Studium

Neben Wissen zu den im Kaukasus befindlichen Regionen und Bevölkerungen werden grundlegende religions-, politik-, sprach- und geschichtswissenschaftliche Kenntnisse vermittelt, die für die Beschäftigung mit der Kaukasusregion unentbehrlich sind. Georgisch und Armenisch) als auch den Kontaktsprachen im Kaukasus (z.B. Russisch) wählen. What are Caucasus studies? Caucasus studies, also known as Caucasiology, is a regional science concerning language, culture, living and history of Caucasus related ethnic groups. Why Caucasus studies? The Caucasus geographical region is not just a natural border, but has also been a cultural bridge between Europe and Asia for hundreds of years. In this historic conflict area the region has become a contact room melting pot characterized by the coexistence of religions such as Christianity and Islam, as well as significant ethnic, lingual, and cultural diversity. This distinctive cultural blending calls out for unique researches to participate in a regional science that is willing to identify transnational, transcultural, and transconfessional processes. Caucasus studies in Jena:

The Friedrich-Schiller University is the only university in Europe that offers not only a bachelor additional subject Caucasus studies but also a master course based on the bachelor subject. Both convey knowledge about the Caucasus Region with individual supervised studies. As a bachelor subject Caucasus studies leads to basic knowledge, in addition to which students can choose their own focus by taking a language, or create a cultural, political or theological profile. The Master program offers a scientific specialization on the interdisciplinary science field of the Caucasian research. Here we offer a language and a regional science focus. We offer:

-education by specialists
-individual supervision
-independent focus choice
-linked research and teaching
-practical relevance
-cooperation with other subject of the local and other universities national and international

The studies:

In addition to the knowledge about the Caucasian regions and ethnic groups we impart basic knowledge about religion, political science, languages and history, which is necessary for the engagement with the Caucasus area. Students can choose from a rich offering of methodological-theoretical Caucasian language classes (for example Georgian and Armenian) and contact languages like Russian .

02/06/2026

📣 – Visiting Fellowships on International Law and Politics in the South Caucasus

We invite applications for up to two Visiting Fellowships in the DAAD-funded project "Contested Spaces, Fragmented Orders: International Law in the South Caucasus", carried out jointly with the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University.

Fellows pursue an individual research project on themes such as the politics of international law, contested sovereignty, authoritarian legal strategies, and hybrid conflicts in the South Caucasus and the wider post-Soviet region. During their stay in Regensburg, they take part in the institute's academic life, contribute to co-teaching, and develop at least one article-length text. They also help prepare the International Autumn School in Yerevan (30 September – 10 October 2026).

The fellowships include a stipend of up to €2,150 per month plus a travel allowance of €825. Stays last one to three months and must be completed by 15 December 2026. Applicants hold a PhD, are at an advanced stage of doctoral research, or are experienced professionals, and should be affiliated with a recognized institution in Armenia or hold equivalent qualifications.

📅 Deadline: 20 June 2026
➡️ https://leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge-transfer/news/newsdetail/cfa-visiting-fellows-programm-2026-contested-spaces-fragmented-orders-international-law-and-politics-in-the-south-caucasus

25/05/2026

📣CfP for the International Conference organized by Max weber stiftung, Tbilisi, 5-7 October 2026: Global Caricatures, Cultural Misunderstandings, and the Visual Mediation of the World

Submission deadline: 10 June 2026

📢 Call for Applications – Global Caricatures, Cultural Misunderstandings, and the Visual Mediation of the World

Date: October 5-7, 2026

Submission Deadline: June 10, 2026

Organized by Max Weber Foundation – Georgia Branch Office and the Global History of Caricatures Network

The conference explores caricature and visual satire as central media of global interpretation. Moving beyond approaches that treat caricatures merely as illustrations of political opinion, the conference conceptualizes caricature as an epistemic medium that actively shaped social imaginaries, mediated cultural encounters, and generated forms of political and cultural knowledge.

We invite proposals addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
▪️ Global circulation of caricatures and visual tropes
▪️ Caricature and the mediation of global news
▪️ Cultural misunderstanding and visual translation
▪️ Satire, empire, and colonial visuality
▪️ Caricature in imperial peripheries and semi-peripheries
▪️ Transnational visual repertoires
▪️ Illustrated periodicals and global modernity
▪️ Caricature and nationalism
▪️ Visualizations of the “Other”
▪️ Caricature and multilingual publics
▪️ Visual satire and revolutionary movements
▪️ Comparative histories of satirical journals
▪️ Image transfer between Europe, the Ottoman world, the Caucasus, and colonial contexts
▪️ Caricature and race, class, gender, and religion
▪️ Visual humor and censorship
▪️ Digital humanities approaches to caricature archives
▪️ Theoretical approaches to visual media and social imaginaries

We especially welcome contributions that combine textual and visual analysis, comparative perspectives, or multilingual corpora.

Please submit:
▪️ Abstract (300–500 words)
▪️ Short biographical note (max. 150 words)
▪️ Institutional affiliation
▪️ Contact information

Please indicate in your application whether you need financial support for your participation.

Deadline for submissions is June 10, 2026. Applicants will be informed about our decision and further details on June 15, 2026.
Participants will be notified until the end of May.

✉️ Please send your proposals to [email protected].

🔎 Read the full CfA here: https://mwsgeorgia.hypotheses.org/13425

15/05/2026

📣New article, "Beyond the ‘big brother – little brother’ paradigm: revisiting the nature of the Turkish–Azerbaijani relationship" by Levon Hovsepyan and Erik Davtyan has been published in Third World Quarterly.

The article revisits the dynamics of Turkish-Azerbaijani relations with the focus on Azerbaijan's actorness and offers a fresh perspective on the evolving nature of the partnership beyond conventional narratives.

The article is now available in open access on:

Famously known as ‘one nation, two states’, the Turkish-Azerbaijani relationship has traditionally been viewed as asymmetric, with Turkey being the dominant actor. Although grounded in the history ...

08/05/2026

📣Vortrag über Minderheitensprachen im Südkaukasus: Diversität, Resilienz und Revitalisierung.
Diana Forker & Elguja Dadunashvili von dem Institut für Kaukasusstudien (Universität Jena) sprechen über Diversität, Resilienz und Revitalisierung südkaukasischer Minderheitensprachen am
📅Freitag, 22.05.2026, 16:00
📍Seminarraum 1, Campus ÖAW, Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Wien

Anmeldung bis 15. Mai.

Diana Forker & Elguja Dadunashvili von der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena sprechen über Diversität, Resilienz und Revitalisierung südkaukasischer Minderheitensprachen

04/05/2026

📣Triple announcement by the Italian Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus (ASIAC):
- ASIAC XX Annual Conference
- ASIAC Days in Central Asia 2026
- ASIAC Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis

Triple ASIAC announcement: ASIAC XX Annual Conference | ASIAC Days in Central Asia 2026 | ASIAC Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis Pubblicato il 24 Aprile 202624 Aprile 2026 di admin ASIAC brings to your attention three initiatives: – Call for papers and panels for ASIAC’s annual conference, 14-16 D...

29/04/2026

📣Call for applications by the Yerevan Center for International Education - YCIE for scholars at various stages of their academic careers, from advanced PhD candidates to senior researchers, provided their research focuses on Eurasia, the Caucasus, or Central and Eastern Europe.
📅Deadline: May 16, 2026
📍Yerevan, Armenia

📙 Applications are now open for the second iteration of the YCIE Research Fellowship Program for the 2026–2027 academic year!

The program is designed to support research in the social sciences and humanities. We welcome applications from scholars at various stages of their academic careers, from advanced PhD candidates to senior researchers, provided their research focuses on Eurasia, the Caucasus, or Central and Eastern Europe.

• Please find detailed information and submission instructions here: https://yerevancenter.org/program/ycie-research-fellowship-program/

In case of any questions, contact us: [email protected]

28/04/2026

Last week, Prof. Dr. Emil Aslan (Charles University of Prague) visited the University of Jena in the framework of Erasmus Staff Mobility Programme.

During the visit, Prof. Aslan delivered a lecture at the Institute for Caucasus Studies on youth radicalization in Dagestan, followed by a pleasant get-together with members of the Institute.

A second lecture, jointly organized by the Institute for Caucasus Studies and the Institute for Political Sciences, focused on the current security and conflict trends in the Caucasus.

We would like to sincerely thank Prof. Aslan for the valuable contributions, and we look forward to future cooperation.

16/04/2026

"Who owns resilience? EU blueprints and local realities in the South Caucasus" edited by Bidzina Lebanidze and Tiffany Williams and published in East European Politics Symposium is now fully online!

The idea of symposium was born during the Jena-Cauc 1.0 project conference on resilience in Tbilisi in November 2023. The symposium critically examines how the EU resilience turn and demonstrates the difference between the expectations and approaches from Brussels on the one hand, and its interpretation on the ground and local struggles, on the other hand.

Congratulations to the authors (Aron Buzogany, Laure Delcour, Margherita Gobbat, Fabienne Bossuyt and Laura Luciani) and editors on the successful publication!

Open access at:

Resilience has become the EU's preferred answer to disorder in its eastern neighbourhood – but whose resilience is built, and on whose terms? This symposium introduction argues that in the South Ca...

16/01/2026

Our former doctoral student Dr. Weronika Zmiejewski just published her dissertation with Berghahn - Congratulations!!!

"Georgian Women on the Move" offers an intimate account of these Soviet-educated care-workers in Thessaloniki during 2015, amid Greece’s economic crisis.

The book will be soon available in Thulb.

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