Transcaucasia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia – Independence, Conflict, and Legitimacy
Dr. Julie A. George, Queens College & CUNY November 10, 2017 The Caucasus have long had a reputation of being rich in diversity, unique in culture and outspoken in politics. Along with the Baltics, the Caucasian Republics (namely Georgia and Azerbaijan)...
Small Neighbors of a Big Country: What Can We Learn from the Experience of Finland and Estonia?
Dr. Marina Oborotova, CFIS-AIA August 27, 2017 Visit Finland and Estonia and you will enjoy the pleasures of two small, civilized, calm, and stable countries; not much seems to be happening. But first impressions can be deceiving. Both countries lie on the fringes of...
Architectural and Literary Representations of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship
Dr. Leila Lehnen, UNM October 8, 2017 In April of 1964 Brazil’s military staged a coup installing an authoritarian government that used violent repression to quell any expression of political, social and cultural opposition to the regime. The dictatorship ended...
Great Cities of the World: Beirut, the Paris of the Middle East
Dr. Monika Ghattas, CFIS-AIA December 3, 2017 Few cities in the world evoke such vivid imagery as Beirut. This is a city often compared to Paris for its joie de vivre and indomitable spirit. Travel and Leisure recently ranked it as one of the world’s best...
Turkey: A Perpetual State of Emergency
Dr. Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University October 22, 2017 Since the summer of 2015, Turkey has gone from being an economically stable multi-party parliamentary democracy with a hopeful future and growing economy, to a country in a perpetual state of emergency. This...
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