The courses are aimed at providing a baseline for collaboration between students and more seasoned researchers.
The instructors and supervisors who will participate in the program are (in alphabetical order):
Faruk Akkus, UMass
Nikos Angelopoulos, CNRS
Peter Arkadiev, Potsdam University
Zurab Baratashvili, Tbilisi State University
Rajesh Bhatt, UMass
Marina Chumakina, University of Surrey
Lieven Danckeart, CNRS
Marta Donazzan, Nantes Université
Ksenia Ershova, UCL
Zhuzhuna Gumbaridze, Batumi State University
Aritz Irurtzun, CNRS
Mzia Khakhutaishvili, Batumi State University
Nicola Lampitelli, Nanterre Université
Yury Lander, Higher School of Economics
Léa Nash, Université Paris 8-CNRS
Tatiana Nikitina, CNRS
Jérémy Pasquereau, CNRS
Neige Rochant, Nanterre Université
Isabelle Roy, Nantes Université
Jean-Christophe Verstraete, University of Leuven
Courses will be taught in English. They will provide introductions to the issues, main concepts, and methods each relevant field is concerned with.
Classes will take place in the mornings from 9am to 1:30pm on the premises of the local school.
Here the schedule for the 15 days we will spend in Peria (details are tentative and subject to change).
The research practicum component is a major component of this summer program.
Students, instructors/supervisors, and Abkhaz native speakers will team up in groups to study different sides of the Abkhaz language.