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
Samuel Anderson, Yale
Nikos Angelopoulos, CNRS
Peter Arkadiev, Potsdam University
Zurab Baratashvili, Tbilisi State University
Susana Bejar, University of Toronto
Marina Chumakina, University of Surrey
Lieven Danckeart, CNRS
Hamida Demirdache, Nantes Université
Ksenia Ershova, UCL
Daniel Harbour, CNRS
Aritz Irurtzun, CNRS
Nicola Lampitelli, Nanterre Université
Léa Nash, Université Paris 8-CNRS
Tatiana Nikitina, CNRS
Jérémy Pasquereau, CNRS
Milan Rezac, CNRS
Neige Rochant, Nanterre Université
Isabelle Roy, Nantes Université
Nina Sumbatova, independent researcher
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.
Detailed schedule TBA.
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.