International Scientific Conference “The Caucasus at the Crossroads: What Role for the EU?”

We are happy to invite you to attend and International Conference on “The Caucasus at the Crossroads: What Role for the EU?” organized by the Technical University in Georgia in cooperation with the AESC on November 4-5, 2022, in Tbilisi. To see detailed agenda please follow the link: Final programme 6th AESC Annual Convention Conference…

Call for Contributions – “The ‘New’ Geopolitics in the Caucasus and the EU’s Role”

Call for Contributions Association of European Studies for the Caucasus book series, volume 4 We’re happy to announce another Call for Contributions to the AESC book series, volume 4: “The ‘New’ Geopolitics in the Caucasus and the EU’s Role” AESC is the Caucasus’ only regional association of European Studies. It held its Fifth Annual Convention in December 2021 to discuss the ‘New’…

The final event under Jean Monnet, in Sile, Turkey

We’re very happy to announce that the final event under our Jean Monnet grant will be the book launch of AESC volume no. 2 https://aesc-online.eu/about-us/publications/books/ plus extended board meeting and brainstorming with the Turkish European Studies community. In collaboration with Yeditepe University, we shall be meeting at Yeditepe’s wonderful Doga Club in Sile on the Black Sea, not far…

AESC Young Scholars’ Competition: The list of the winners!

AESC is happy to announce the winners of the AESC Young Scholars’ Competition: Tolibjon Mustafoev and Ryan Michael Schweitzer: “Social Resilience in Authoritarian Regimes. Case Study of Civil Society and Democratization in post-Soviet Azerbaijan” Anahit Babayan and Giorgi Labadze: “European Studies in Crisis? Regional Perspectives from the Caucasus” Mariam Bliadze and Yelyzaveta Kochekova: “Pathologies of…

Experiencing Europeanization in the Black Sea and South Caucasus

European Studies in the Caucasus, Vol.2 Experiencing Europeanization in the Black Sea and South Caucasus Inter-Regionalism, Norm Diffusion, Legal Approximation, and Contestation Edited by Oliver Reisner, Selin Türkeş-Kılıç, and Gaga Gabrichidze. Foreword by Thomas Kruessmann ibidem Press CLICK HERE to purchase The book series European Studies in the Caucasus offers innovative perspectives on regional studies of the…

AESC Paper Competition

In line with the idea of promoting inter-regional cooperation between the South Caucasus and the neighbouring countries and with the financial support of the EU, AESC is announcing a competition for best scholarly paper under the general title “European Studies in Crisis? Regional Perspectives from the Caucasus”. We are looking for papers which critically reflect…