History of the Caucasus
Christoph Baumer In the Shadow of Great Powers is the second volume of Christoph Baumer’s History of the Caucasus. It covers the period from the Seljuk domination of the Southern Caucasus around 1050 CE to the present day. After the Kingdom of Georgia’s golden age of independent power and cultural blossoming in the 12th and early 13th centuries, the Caucasus was overrun by the Mongols and soon disintegrated into...
History of the Caucasus
“Rich and illuminating.” Literary Review A landscape of high mountains and narrow valleys stretching from the Black to the Caspian Seas, the Caucasus region has been home to human populations for nearly 2 million years. In this richly illustrated 2-volume series, historian and explorer Christoph Baumer tells the story of the region’s history through to the present day. It is a story of encounters between many...
Savants, musulmans et politique en Russie post-soviétique
Séminaire de recherche co-organisé par le CECID et le CEVIPOL dans le cadre de l’ARC « Globalisation et militantisme en monde musulman » : « Savants, musulmans et politique en Russie post-soviétique » Octobre- novembre 2015, de 12H00 à 13H45 Salle KANT Institut d’Etudes Européennes Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 39, 1050 Bruxelles * MERCREDI 14 Octobre 2015 : «War amidst Culture and Culture amidst War» Roundtable with Ukrainian artists,...
Religions and Secularities in the Caucasus:
Religions and Secularities in the Caucasus: New Configurations Tbilisi, June 1-3, 2015 Ilia State University Programme Conference Sponsors: CASCADE project, in collaboration with the ISSICEU project, under the aegis of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union; and the Ilia State University. Organizers: Alexander Agadjanian, Silvia Serrano, Sophia Zviadadze. The international conference is dedicated to dynamic interaction...
The Caucasus
James Forsyth The Caucasus. A History For the first time, this major new survey of the Caucasus traces a unified narrative history of this complex and turbulent region at the borderlands of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, from prehistory to the present. For thousands of years the Caucasus has formed the intersection of routes of migration, invasion, trade and culture, and a geographical bridge between Europe and Asia, subject to...
