Maia Machavariani presenting at ASN
IICRR PhD fellows from the TENSIONS and CASPIAN programs took part in the 22nd Annual Association for Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention held at Columbia University, New York. The event took place from 4th-6th May 2017 and was the largest international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind. It brought together scholars from a range of disciplines including political science, history, anthropology, security studies, economics, and literature among many others. The DCU fellows presented their papers in the following panels:
Chiara Loda presenting at ASN
Sources of Legitimacy in post-Soviet Societies
Giorgio Comai: Where does the Money Come From? Financing the Budget and the Pension System in post-Soviet De Facto States
Aytan Gahmaranova: Azerbaijan between Geopolitical Pressure and Domestic Politics: Repression against Civil Society
CHAIR: Dr Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Moldova Compared
Karolina Stefanczak: ‘Window-Dressing for Power-Hungry Chieftains’? Women in the Political Parties of Moldova
Statehood in the Caucasus
Chiara Loda: Georgia, Foreign Policy and Visa Regime
Authoritarianism, Institutions and Legitimation in Central Asia
Maia Machavariani: Political Opposition versus Sources of Power in the Caspian Region:
The Cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Maira Zeinilova: Women’s Agency and the Political Recruitment of Women in Non-Democracies: The Case of Kazakhstan
Discussant: Dr Donnacha Ó Beacháin