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,…
First AESC Annual Convention 27 April 2017 Venue: Faculty of Fine Arts Conference Hall 10:00 – Opening by Dr. Bilgen Sütçüoğlu Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yeditepe University 10:20 – Speech by Almula Türedi Ministry for EU Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Directorate for Accession Policy 10:40 – Welcome…
27 April 2017 10:00 – Opening by representative of Yeditepe University 10:30 – Welcome by AESC President 11:00 – Academic Workshop No. 1: The Changing Regional Geographies in Europe and its Eastern Neighbours The Black Sea Cooperation in the Context of Sub-regionalism and Inter-regionalism (Mukhtar Hajizada (Khazar University, Department of Political Science and International…
“Challenges and Opportunities of Europeanisation in the Caucasus” First Annual Convention of the Association of European Studies for the Caucasus Yeditepe University, Istanbul (Turkey), 27 to 28 April 2017 Yeditepe University In October 2016 the Association of European Studies for the Caucasus (AESC) was founded in the framework of the…
Dear colleagues and friends! This is to welcome you to the fourth issue of our DESCnet newsletter. As you can see by its souze, our network keeps growing in numbers and extent of topics covered, whic is also expressed in the current issue. The most important issue in 2016 was…
Annual Erasmus+ Information Days were held on the 4th, 8th and 11th of November in Yerevan, on the 23rd in Gyumri and on the 24th in Vanadzor. The events were aimed at beneficiaries and informed about the Erasmus+ Programme, it’s Call for Proposals launched in October 2016 and on several actions…