Spring is a period when not only nature awakes and flourishes. This spring has been very intensive and full of events for DESCnet and the Caucasus region more broadly. In April, Ilia State University and New Vision University in Tbilisi jointly organised the AESC Second Annual Convention under the topic…
Dear Participants of the Summer School: “European Integration and Rivalry between Regional Integration Systems in the Caucasus” at Yeditepe University 9-13 July 2018, please find the finalized Program attached. Welcome and enjoy your stay In Istanbul! Istanbul Program Final 3 Istanbul Program final 5
The Summer School on “Security Perspectives in Eurasian Regional Context” organized by Ilia State University (Georgia) in partnership with Coastal Carolina University (The USA). Summer School partners are Developing European Studies in Caucasus (DESCNET) and Creation of the Graduate Curricula in Peace Studies in Georgia (PESTUGE) – projects funded…
As a part of the DescNet and Jean Monnet sponsored initiative to enhance the level of European Studies in the Caucasus region Yeditepe University is glad to host the Summer School: “European Integration and Rivalry between Regional Integration Systems in the South Caucasus”. The school hopes to increase the network of the nine DescNet…
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 9th issue of DESCnet newsletter! As you know, DESCnet stands for the Network for Developing European Studies in the Caucasus. The institute of higher eduction that are located in the EU and the Eastern European countries established…
Dear Colleagues and friends, I would like to welcome you to the eighth issue of the DESCnet newsletter. From the events planned within the DESCnet project, the second AESC Convention is of special significance. This time the Convention will be held in Tbilisi and will be jointly organised by New…
Call for Participation Second Annual Convention, Tbilisi (Georgia), 12 – 13 April 2018 Ilia State University and New Vision University Following the First AESC Convention at Yeditepe University in 2017, the Second Annual Convention will take place in Tbilisi from 12 – 13 April 2018. The general topic will be:…
Dear Friends of the DESCnet Project! Allow me to extend my warmest greetings to the readers of the 7th issue of our DESCnet Newsletter. Almost two years after the inauguration of our project, it is a great pleasure to see that the seeds planted by so many colleagues and partner…
Dear colleagues and Friends! Greetings and a warm welcome to the 6th issue of our DESCnet newsletter! Our project is almost two years old and we have accomplished much throughout this period. We have already had two winter schools in Stavropol and Pyatigorsk, a summer school in Batumi and a…
Give the comprehensive nature of the undertaking within the framework laid down by the DESCnet and the AESC, it seemed to be a daunting taks for me when I was asked by Professor Thomas Kruessmann to prepare the editorial for the fifth issue of the DESCnet Newsletter. Going through the…
On 28 April 2017 the General Assembly of the Association of European Studies for the Caucaus, at its meeting in Istanbul, elected a new Management Board for the time period until the Second Annual Convention 2018: Prof. Dr. Gaga Gabrichidze Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Hajizada Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Kruessmann,…