- Faculty of Culture and Society
Malmö University
S-205 06 Malmö
Sweden
Karina Vamling
Malmö University, Caucasus Studies, Faculty Member
- Malmö University, Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), Faculty Memberadd
- North Caucasus, Georgian Language, Caucasus, Caucasus-XVI-XIX Centuries, The Chechens In The North Caucasus Region, Caucasus Politics, and 9 moreLanguage Policy and Politics of Identity, Caucasian Culture (Adyghe, Abkhaz, Ubyh), Languages of the Caucasus, South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Sociolinguistics, and Caucasus Studiesedit
- Professor of Caucasus Studies PhD in General Linguistics Areas of specialisation: the Caucasus region and Russia. ... moreProfessor of Caucasus Studies
PhD in General Linguistics
Areas of specialisation: the Caucasus region and Russia.
Research interests: language policy, languages in conflict and migration, language diversity and language typology.
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Swedish and Danish researchers recount their experiences in the Caucasus during the final years of the Soviet Union and the period shortly after. More info is available at https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/117 – The... more
Swedish and Danish researchers recount their experiences in the Caucasus during the final years of the Soviet Union and the period shortly after. More info is available at https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/117
– The authors of this anthology report on what it was like to travel and do field research on the periphery of the Soviet Empire and the political processes that they witnessed. The authors are political scientist Ib Faurby, cultural geographer Lars Funch Hansen, researcher on minority issues Helen Krag, slavicist Märta-Lisa Magnusson, historian and Iranologist Søren Theisen and general linguist Karina Vamling. Since this period they have all closely followed the develop-ment in the Caucasus region in struggles for independence, wars and ethno-political conflicts.
– The contributions to the anthology are based on material collected during travel and fieldwork in both the South and North Caucasus. In their contributions the authors write about the new movements for independence in the Caucasus and increasing tensions with Moscow, how the Soviet structures at different levels were breaking down and the national cultures became increasingly important. They describe how premodern traditions still play a role, despite Soviet modernization, account for specific cultural features and similarities and also witness deepening ethnic antagonism. Though being a peripheral region of the USSR, the Caucasus played an important role in the gradual disintegration of the union and its collapse in December 1991.
— The contributions are written in Swedish and Danish and are illustrated with original photos taken by the authors during their travel and fieldwork in the South and North Caucasus. In the opening contribution Märta-Lisa Magnusson, based on impressions from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at the end of the 1980s, puts the question “The Soviet people, did it exist?”. In his chapter, Ib Faurby adopts a global as well as local perspective: The disintegration of an Empire in a perspective from below. The following chapter by Karina Vamling focuses on the role of language and identity in Georgia: Four years that changed the identity of Georgia. Søren Theisen travelled extensively in Armenia and writes about the Soviet legacy and pre-Soviet traditions in A Little Trip Down Memory Lane. Travels in Armenia before and shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Lars Funch Hansen shares his impressions from Spitak, the Armenian town that was severely hit by an earthquake in 1988: When the mountains wept. Spitak, December 1989. A photo story from a field visit in snow and ice in Armenia on the 1 year anniversary of the earthquake in 1988. In her chapter Forget it if you can Helen Krag approaches silenced aspects of minority issues in the Caucasus. Lars Funch Hansen continues the topic of conflicts in the North Caucasus and focuses on the Prigorodnyj district and the conflict between North Ossetia and Ingushetia: “He is a conflictologist”. Field research in North Caucasus at the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union. In the last chapter How I conquered the North Caucasian stronghold Majkop Karina Vamling illustrates challenges of doing field work in the Soviet period in her research on the structure and status of the Northwest Caucasian Circassian language.
– The authors of this anthology report on what it was like to travel and do field research on the periphery of the Soviet Empire and the political processes that they witnessed. The authors are political scientist Ib Faurby, cultural geographer Lars Funch Hansen, researcher on minority issues Helen Krag, slavicist Märta-Lisa Magnusson, historian and Iranologist Søren Theisen and general linguist Karina Vamling. Since this period they have all closely followed the develop-ment in the Caucasus region in struggles for independence, wars and ethno-political conflicts.
– The contributions to the anthology are based on material collected during travel and fieldwork in both the South and North Caucasus. In their contributions the authors write about the new movements for independence in the Caucasus and increasing tensions with Moscow, how the Soviet structures at different levels were breaking down and the national cultures became increasingly important. They describe how premodern traditions still play a role, despite Soviet modernization, account for specific cultural features and similarities and also witness deepening ethnic antagonism. Though being a peripheral region of the USSR, the Caucasus played an important role in the gradual disintegration of the union and its collapse in December 1991.
— The contributions are written in Swedish and Danish and are illustrated with original photos taken by the authors during their travel and fieldwork in the South and North Caucasus. In the opening contribution Märta-Lisa Magnusson, based on impressions from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at the end of the 1980s, puts the question “The Soviet people, did it exist?”. In his chapter, Ib Faurby adopts a global as well as local perspective: The disintegration of an Empire in a perspective from below. The following chapter by Karina Vamling focuses on the role of language and identity in Georgia: Four years that changed the identity of Georgia. Søren Theisen travelled extensively in Armenia and writes about the Soviet legacy and pre-Soviet traditions in A Little Trip Down Memory Lane. Travels in Armenia before and shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Lars Funch Hansen shares his impressions from Spitak, the Armenian town that was severely hit by an earthquake in 1988: When the mountains wept. Spitak, December 1989. A photo story from a field visit in snow and ice in Armenia on the 1 year anniversary of the earthquake in 1988. In her chapter Forget it if you can Helen Krag approaches silenced aspects of minority issues in the Caucasus. Lars Funch Hansen continues the topic of conflicts in the North Caucasus and focuses on the Prigorodnyj district and the conflict between North Ossetia and Ingushetia: “He is a conflictologist”. Field research in North Caucasus at the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union. In the last chapter How I conquered the North Caucasian stronghold Majkop Karina Vamling illustrates challenges of doing field work in the Soviet period in her research on the structure and status of the Northwest Caucasian Circassian language.
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Protecting Cultural Heritage in the Caucasus : Papers from the RUCARR Conference, December 5-6, 2018. Edited by Karina Vamling and Henrik Odden
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The two articles in this volume (https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/55), with co-authors M.A. Kumakhov and R. Tchantouria, address the topic of complementation in a number of Caucasian languages: the Northwest Caucasian... more
The two articles in this volume (https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/55), with co-authors M.A. Kumakhov and R. Tchantouria, address the topic of complementation in a number of Caucasian languages: the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus and the Kartvelian languages in the South Caucasus. The study of complementation focuses on various relations between a main clause and main predicate with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions.
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The volume includes papers presented at the multidisciplinary conference Caucasus Studies: Migration – Society – Language, held on November 28-30 2008 at Malmö University, shortly after the dramatic events of the Georgian-Russian war.... more
The volume includes papers presented at the multidisciplinary conference Caucasus Studies: Migration – Society – Language, held on November 28-30 2008 at Malmö University, shortly after the dramatic events of the Georgian-Russian war. Researchers on the Caucasus from a variety of disciplinary perspectives gathered around the themes: Armed conflicts and conflict resolution, The Caucasus and global politics, Identities in transition, Migration and identity, Language contact and migration, and Diaspora studies. Papers from this broad spectrum of topics are represented in the volume. The languages of the conference were English and Russian, and the volume therefore includes papers in both these languages. The organizing of this international conference and the presence of a large number of participants from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and North Caucasus would not have been possible without the generous support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
CONTENTS
1 SOCIETY AND MIGRATION
Babak Revzani: The Uniqueness of the Caucasian Conflicts?
Kirstine Borch: Return to Gali – Reasons for and Conditions of the Georgians Return to the Gali District
Arsen Hakobyan: The People’s Diplomacy during the Nagorno Karabagh Conflict: A Case of Settlement Exchange (in Russian)
Sara Margaryan: Preservation of Identity Through Integration: the Case of Javakheti Armenians
Hripsime Ramazyan and Sona Avetisyan: Armenian Diaspora: Rendezvous Between the Past and the Present
Alexander Tsurtsumia: The Factor of the Caucasus in Global Politics
Dzhulietta Meskhidze: North Caucasus in a System of All-Caucasian, Russian and European Relations (in Russian)
Ergün Özgür: The North Caucasian and Abkhaz Diasporas; Their Lobbying Activities in Turkey
Nana Machavariani: Abkhazian Diasporas in the World
Ekaterina Kapustina: The “Temporary life” of Labor Seasonal Migrants from Western Mountain Dagestan to the Rostov area: Cultural Projection or Cultural Transformation (in Russian)
Birgit Kuch: Collective Identities, Memories and Representations in Contemporary Georgia: The Theatre-Scape of Tbilisi
Giorgi Gotsiridze and Giorgi Kipiani: The Liturgic Nature of Tradition and National Identity Search Strategy in Modern Georgia: The Case of the Georgian Banquet (in Russian)
2 LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
A. Filiz Susar and Yeşim Ocak: The Role of Language in the Loss of Culture of Immigrants: The Chechen Example
Junichi Toyota: Caucasian Languages and Language Contact in Terms of Religions
David Erschler: On Syntactic Isoglosses between Ossetic and South Caucasian: The Case of Negation
Sabrina Shikhalieva : Semantics of Deictic Pronouns in the Daghestani Languages
Tinatin Turkia: Lexemes Expressing Migration and Problems of Language Identity in Modern Georgia
Bela Shavkhelishvili : The Influence of Globalization Processes on Languages without Scripts (Based on Tsova-Tush (Batsbi) materials) (in Russian)
Manana Tabidze: Globalization and Language Problems: The Case of the Georgian Language
Tinatin Bolkvadze:The Problems of Learning and Teaching of the State Language in Some Regions of Georgia
CONTENTS
1 SOCIETY AND MIGRATION
Babak Revzani: The Uniqueness of the Caucasian Conflicts?
Kirstine Borch: Return to Gali – Reasons for and Conditions of the Georgians Return to the Gali District
Arsen Hakobyan: The People’s Diplomacy during the Nagorno Karabagh Conflict: A Case of Settlement Exchange (in Russian)
Sara Margaryan: Preservation of Identity Through Integration: the Case of Javakheti Armenians
Hripsime Ramazyan and Sona Avetisyan: Armenian Diaspora: Rendezvous Between the Past and the Present
Alexander Tsurtsumia: The Factor of the Caucasus in Global Politics
Dzhulietta Meskhidze: North Caucasus in a System of All-Caucasian, Russian and European Relations (in Russian)
Ergün Özgür: The North Caucasian and Abkhaz Diasporas; Their Lobbying Activities in Turkey
Nana Machavariani: Abkhazian Diasporas in the World
Ekaterina Kapustina: The “Temporary life” of Labor Seasonal Migrants from Western Mountain Dagestan to the Rostov area: Cultural Projection or Cultural Transformation (in Russian)
Birgit Kuch: Collective Identities, Memories and Representations in Contemporary Georgia: The Theatre-Scape of Tbilisi
Giorgi Gotsiridze and Giorgi Kipiani: The Liturgic Nature of Tradition and National Identity Search Strategy in Modern Georgia: The Case of the Georgian Banquet (in Russian)
2 LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
A. Filiz Susar and Yeşim Ocak: The Role of Language in the Loss of Culture of Immigrants: The Chechen Example
Junichi Toyota: Caucasian Languages and Language Contact in Terms of Religions
David Erschler: On Syntactic Isoglosses between Ossetic and South Caucasian: The Case of Negation
Sabrina Shikhalieva : Semantics of Deictic Pronouns in the Daghestani Languages
Tinatin Turkia: Lexemes Expressing Migration and Problems of Language Identity in Modern Georgia
Bela Shavkhelishvili : The Influence of Globalization Processes on Languages without Scripts (Based on Tsova-Tush (Batsbi) materials) (in Russian)
Manana Tabidze: Globalization and Language Problems: The Case of the Georgian Language
Tinatin Bolkvadze:The Problems of Learning and Teaching of the State Language in Some Regions of Georgia
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"This monograph is a study of clause structure in the closely related Circassian languages Adyghe and Kabardian, spoken in North Caucasus. The Circassian languages exhibit ergative patterns in both case marking and the alignment of... more
"This monograph is a study of clause structure in the closely related Circassian languages Adyghe and Kabardian, spoken in North Caucasus. The Circassian languages exhibit ergative patterns in both case marking and the alignment of personal prefixes in the verb. Both these domains of grammar are studied extensively in the book, as are issues relating to ergative/absolutive marking in clauses with different types of verb (intransitive, transitive, labile, inversive). Another topic is ergative marking in complex constructions, including coordination and subordination.
The monograph is the result of joint research conducted in Russia and Sweden. The basis for this research has been the project ‘Ergativity in the Circassian anguages’ (with support from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). The institutions involved are the Institute of Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Lund University and the Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Malmö University."
The monograph is the result of joint research conducted in Russia and Sweden. The basis for this research has been the project ‘Ergativity in the Circassian anguages’ (with support from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). The institutions involved are the Institute of Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Lund University and the Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Malmö University."
Research Interests: Languages, Language Documentation, Endangered Languages, Syntax, Caucasus, and 11 moreCognitive Linguistics, North Caucasus, Circassian, Language Typology, Circassian Studies, Ergativity, Caucasian Languages, Circassians, Kabardian language, Northwest Caucasian Languages, and Polysynthetic Languages
"Complementation in Georgian is a study of subordinate clauses in Georgian. The constructions in focus are finite and non-finite clauses in subject and object position. Georgian is characterized by complex patterns in marking grammatical... more
"Complementation in Georgian is a study of subordinate clauses in Georgian. The constructions in focus are finite and non-finite clauses in subject and object position. Georgian is characterized by complex patterns in marking grammatical relations, using both case marking and subject and object affixes on the verb. The language has no infinitives. In complements of verbs like 'persuade' and 'try' and 'want', Georgian uses finite forms that include subject and object marking, making it an interesting object for study as regards the problem of control.
Central issues investigated include restrictions in terms of temporal reference and participant reference that the matrix clause imposes on the complement. The modality meanings Truth and Action are found to provide a useful classification of the various matrix predicates. Two clusters of morphological, syntactic and semantic features are moreover shown to correlate with the Truth and Action modalities. The study further outlines a formal grammatical representation of relations between matrix and complement clauses, as well as the structure of simple sentences.
The data examined in the study is based on informant work conducted in Georgia. The matrix predicates that make up the database of the investigation are represented in an appendix, along with an English-Georgian key. An introduction to Georgian grammar for readers not familiar with the language is also presented. ""
Central issues investigated include restrictions in terms of temporal reference and participant reference that the matrix clause imposes on the complement. The modality meanings Truth and Action are found to provide a useful classification of the various matrix predicates. Two clusters of morphological, syntactic and semantic features are moreover shown to correlate with the Truth and Action modalities. The study further outlines a formal grammatical representation of relations between matrix and complement clauses, as well as the structure of simple sentences.
The data examined in the study is based on informant work conducted in Georgia. The matrix predicates that make up the database of the investigation are represented in an appendix, along with an English-Georgian key. An introduction to Georgian grammar for readers not familiar with the language is also presented. ""
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This monograph (co-authored with prof. Mukhadin Kumakhov) is a study of complementation in Kabardian, a language belonging to the West Caucasian group. For the first time subordinate clauses in Kabardian are analysed in the framework of a... more
This monograph (co-authored with prof. Mukhadin Kumakhov) is a study of complementation in Kabardian, a language belonging to the West Caucasian group. For the first time subordinate clauses in Kabardian are analysed in the framework of a semantically based classification of matrix predicates and selected types of complement predicates. Various types of nonfinite forms occur as complement predicates, such as participles, gerunds, infinitiives and masdars. Among other phenomena investigated in relation to complementation are negation, interrogative, causative, imperative and coordinative constructions. Of particular interest is the case marking of subjects and objects as well as their coreferential relations in complementation. The introductory part of the monograph includes a sketch of the grammar of Kabardian. —————
В книге рассматриваются дополнительные конструкции в кабардинском языке. Впервые в абхазо-адыгском языкознании дополнительные конструкции анализируются с опорой на семантические основания. Выделяются классы главных предикатов и типы зависимых предикатов, исследуются из семантические, синтаксические и морфологические взаимоотношения. В качестве зависимых предикатов выступают инфинитные образования (причастие, герундий, инфинитив, масдар и др.). Исследуются негативные, вопросительные, императивные, координационные, каузативные, потенциальные и аористные предложения в связи с дополнительными конструкциями. Особое внимание уделяется оформлению падежей субъекта и объекта и их координационными отношениями в дополнительной конструкции. Книга включает вводную часть, где даются общие сведения о кабардинском языке.
В книге рассматриваются дополнительные конструкции в кабардинском языке. Впервые в абхазо-адыгском языкознании дополнительные конструкции анализируются с опорой на семантические основания. Выделяются классы главных предикатов и типы зависимых предикатов, исследуются из семантические, синтаксические и морфологические взаимоотношения. В качестве зависимых предикатов выступают инфинитные образования (причастие, герундий, инфинитив, масдар и др.). Исследуются негативные, вопросительные, императивные, координационные, каузативные, потенциальные и аористные предложения в связи с дополнительными конструкциями. Особое внимание уделяется оформлению падежей субъекта и объекта и их координационными отношениями в дополнительной конструкции. Книга включает вводную часть, где даются общие сведения о кабардинском языке.
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This monograph in Russian by Mukhadin Kumakhov and Karina Vamling is a study of ergativity in the Circassian languages, that exhibit ergative patterns in both case marking and the alignment of personal prefixes in the verb. Both these... more
This monograph in Russian by Mukhadin Kumakhov and Karina Vamling is a study of ergativity in the Circassian languages, that exhibit ergative patterns in both case marking and the alignment of personal prefixes in the verb. Both these domains of grammar are studied extensively in the book, as are issues relating to ergative/absolutive marking in clauses with different types of verb (intransitive, transitive, labile, inversive). Another topic is ergative marking in complex constructions, including coordination and subordination. The monograph is the result of joint research conducted in Russia and Sweden. The basis for this research has been the project ‘Ergativitiy in the Circassian languages’ (with support from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). The institutions involved are: The Institute of Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Lund University and the School of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Malmö University.
—— Данная работа посвящена вопросам эргативности в черкесских языках. Эргативность в этих языках основывается на противопоставлении двух классов глагольных лексем по признаку транзитивности-интранзитивности. В книге широко освящены вопросы эргативности в имени и глаголе. Особое внимание уделяется проявлению эргативности в различных синтаксических конструкциях (в лабильных, инверсивных, а также при координации и субординации). Эргативная конструкция в северо-кавказских языках представляет особый интерес для общей теории эргативности в силу того, что эта категория проявляется в полиперсональной форме глагола. Данное исследование является результатом совместной работы Института Российской Академии наук (Москва, Россия), Лундского Университета и Отделения международных миграций и этнических отношений Университета Мальмё (Швеция). Научный проект ‘Эргативность в черкесских языках’ был поддержан Королевской Академией наук Швеции. (Доступно онлайн в ноябре 2022 года, Кариной Вамлинг 0000-0003-3415-203X).
—— Данная работа посвящена вопросам эргативности в черкесских языках. Эргативность в этих языках основывается на противопоставлении двух классов глагольных лексем по признаку транзитивности-интранзитивности. В книге широко освящены вопросы эргативности в имени и глаголе. Особое внимание уделяется проявлению эргативности в различных синтаксических конструкциях (в лабильных, инверсивных, а также при координации и субординации). Эргативная конструкция в северо-кавказских языках представляет особый интерес для общей теории эргативности в силу того, что эта категория проявляется в полиперсональной форме глагола. Данное исследование является результатом совместной работы Института Российской Академии наук (Москва, Россия), Лундского Университета и Отделения международных миграций и этнических отношений Университета Мальмё (Швеция). Научный проект ‘Эргативность в черкесских языках’ был поддержан Королевской Академией наук Швеции. (Доступно онлайн в ноябре 2022 года, Кариной Вамлинг 0000-0003-3415-203X).
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The paper addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus. The study of complementation focuses on various relations between a main clause and main predicate... more
The paper addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus. The study of complementation focuses on various relations between a main clause and main predicate with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions.
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The West must act far more resolutely and coordinatedly against Russian violations of international law agreements and conventions, write Märta-Lisa Magnusson and Karina Vamling, senior lecturer and professor in Caucasus Studies at Malmö... more
The West must act far more resolutely and coordinatedly against Russian violations of international law agreements and conventions, write Märta-Lisa Magnusson and Karina Vamling, senior lecturer and professor in Caucasus Studies at Malmö University.
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This paper addresses the question of when the understanding of the Caucasus region started to emerge in Europe, that is, when 'Caucasus' was used with respect to a region and not only referred to a mountain range. A closely related issue... more
This paper addresses the question of when the understanding of the Caucasus region started to emerge in Europe, that is, when 'Caucasus' was used with respect to a region and not only referred to a mountain range. A closely related issue is the extent of the region that 'Caucasus' refers to, its territorial spread. My perspective is an outsider's perspective: how the region was perceived and reported on by outsiders.
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This paper addresses the question of when the understanding of the Caucasus region started to emerge in Europe, that is, when 'Caucasus' was used with respect to a region and not only referred to a mountain range. A closely related issue... more
This paper addresses the question of when the understanding of the Caucasus region started to emerge in Europe, that is, when 'Caucasus' was used with respect to a region and not only referred to a mountain range. A closely related issue is the extent of the region that 'Caucasus' refers to, its territorial spread. My perspective is an outsider's perspective: how the region was perceived and reported on by outsiders. It is not about how the Caucasus was perceived from the inside of the
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The paper (in Russian) is a study of so-called reduced constructions in the Circassian languages.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine one year ago has had devastating humanitarian and far-reaching security policy consequences. This article by Märta-Lisa Magnusson and Karina Vamling in the Swedish daily newspaper “Sydsvenskan” focuses on how... more
Russia's invasion of Ukraine one year ago has had devastating humanitarian and far-reaching security policy consequences. This article by Märta-Lisa Magnusson and Karina Vamling in the Swedish daily newspaper “Sydsvenskan” focuses on how the Ukraine war has affected Russia's relations with other former Soviet republics. Moscow's dominance is now being challenged against Turkey’s increasing influence in the South Caucasus.
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Co-authored article with Karina Vamling (2014-03-20) in the Swedish daily paper "Sydsvenskan": “Russia's intervention in Ukraine shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone”. The article was written at the time of Russia's annexation of... more
Co-authored article with Karina Vamling (2014-03-20) in the Swedish daily paper "Sydsvenskan": “Russia's intervention in Ukraine shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone”. The article was written at the time of Russia's annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, against the background of the Russo-Georgian war in 2008 and Russia's earlier wars against Chechnya.
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Co-authored newspaper article wirh Karina Vamling in the Swedish daily paper Sysdvenskan on the day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine (2022-02-24). ): “The world must be more attentive to patterns in Russia's actions in the former Soviet... more
Co-authored newspaper article wirh Karina Vamling in the Swedish daily paper Sysdvenskan on the day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine (2022-02-24). ): “The world must be more attentive to patterns in Russia's actions in the former Soviet republics”. The article refers to parallels in Russia's internventions in Crimea, Georgia and Chechnya with the current development in Ukraine.
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The paper explores language use and attitudes among the Megrelian population of Georgia. The study is based on fieldwork among speakers of Megrelian from Abkhazia and Samegrelo in Western Georgia.... more
The paper explores language use and attitudes among the Megrelian population of Georgia. The study is based on fieldwork among speakers of Megrelian from Abkhazia and Samegrelo in Western Georgia.
https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/35
https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/35
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The paper is an introduction to a collection of paper from the conference ‘Protecting Cultural Heritage in the Caucasus’, held at the research platform Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), December 5-6, 2018, at Malmö... more
The paper is an introduction to a collection of paper from the conference ‘Protecting Cultural Heritage in the Caucasus’, held at the research platform Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), December 5-6, 2018, at Malmö University.
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The paper explores subordinate clauses in Tsova-tush (Batsbi). Co-author Bela Shavkhelishvili (in Russian)
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The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, were during the preparations and run-up phase intensely followed by the global community and were generally associated with a vast array of problems: political, democratic, economic,... more
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, were during the preparations and run-up phase intensely followed by the global community and were generally associated with a vast array of problems: political, democratic, economic, ecological and security-related. When the hosting of a mega-event such as the Olympic Games has been awarded to a site in an authoritarian state, the global community has moral responsibilities to live up to. There is a need and an obligation to raise one’s voice and criticize where criticism is due also after the Games are concluded. For Sochi, as for sites of all major sports events, continued critical attention is therefore warranted also after the competitions. It is essential to try to gauge the extent to which predicted problems materialized, what happened afterwards and what have been the more long-term consequences and local effects. This is the general perspective that brought the authors of this volume together.
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In this article we discuss the effects of the Sochi Olympics on the indigenous Circassian population in North Caucasus. The Circassian situation was paradoxical in the sense that whereas this indigenous group fiercely opposed the... more
In this article we discuss the effects of the Sochi Olympics on the indigenous Circassian population in North Caucasus. The Circassian situation was paradoxical in the sense that whereas this indigenous group fiercely opposed the organization of the Winter Games in Sochi, the Games themselves denoted a rare opportunity for them to make their voices heard internationally. During the run-up to the Olympics, they all of a sudden had a global audience for their claims for recognition of their cause. This was quite simply their ‘fifteen minutes of fame’, a rare and short-lived period of celebrity and worldwide attention. The paper will look into whether the anti-Sochi activism helped to unite Circassians in the diaspora and abroad around common claims, and to what extent the Circassians managed to use media attention to make their cause more widely known by international society.
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In this article we discuss the effects of the Sochi Olympics on the indigenous Circassian population in North Caucasus. The Circassian situation was paradoxical in the sense that whereas this indigenous group fiercely opposed the... more
In this article we discuss the effects of the Sochi Olympics on the indigenous Circassian population in North Caucasus. The Circassian situation was paradoxical in the sense that whereas this indigenous group fiercely opposed the organization of the Winter Games in Sochi, the Games themselves denoted a rare opportunity for them to make their voices heard internationally. During the run-up to the Olympics they all of a sudden had a global audience for their claims for recognition of their cause. This was quite simply their ‘fifteen minutes of fame’, a rare and short-lived period of celebrity and worldwide attention. The paper will look into whether the anti-Sochi activism helped to unite Circassians in the diaspora and abroad around common claims, and to what extent the Circassians managed to use media attention to make their cause more widely known by international society.
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President Vladimir Putin’s claim and policies to resurrect Russia as a great power have been a cornerstone for the construction of the hegemonic position of power that he has for so long successfully exerted and upheld. This paper... more
President Vladimir Putin’s claim and policies to resurrect Russia as a great power have been a cornerstone for the construction of the hegemonic position of power that he has for so long successfully exerted and upheld. This paper discusses the Russian great power ambitions in relation to national identity and popular appeal, and puts them in relation to the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. The paper examines how this mega-event is discursively constructed as a manifestation of Russia’s return to great power status, and as such is meant to convey certain messages internally as well as externally. The successful carrying out of the Games would no doubt constitute an important component in the undergirding of the – otherwise visibly dwindling - legitimacy of President Putin. They would be an important display window for manifesting the prowess of the Russian great power, and the location of the Games to the Caucasian city of Sochi in the Russian South would have a deeply symbolical aspect. If the Games can be successfully carried out in a region that has for so long been experienced as volatile and unruly, then it must surely mean that internal order has been restored in the Russian great power. However, it is argued in the article that there are several potential tripwires on the way towards achieving these symbolically important goals. Problems of security, terrorism, geopolitical volatility, large-scale corruption and inter-ethnic tension loom large, and may all turn out to be formidable obstacles and render the hosting of the Games a counter-productive enterprise. The paper puts official discourse (as in official speeches, media interviews, et cetera) in relation to scholarly analyses of the problems and potentialities of the Sochi Olympics, all in the general framework of Russia’s self-image and identity as a great power.
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President Vladimir Putin’s claim and policies to resurrect Russia as a great power have been a cornerstone for the construction of the hegemonic position of power that he has for so long successfully exerted and upheld. This paper... more
President Vladimir Putin’s claim and policies to resurrect Russia as a great power have been a cornerstone for the construction of the hegemonic position of power that he has for so long successfully exerted and upheld. This paper discusses the Russian great power ambitions in relation to national identity and popular appeal, and puts them in relation to the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. The paper examines how this mega-event is discursively constructed as a manifestation of Russia’s return to great power status, and as such is meant to convey certain messages internally as well as externally. The successful carrying out of the Games would no doubt constitute an important component in the undergirding of the – otherwise visibly dwindling - legitimacy of President Putin. They would be an important display window for manifesting the prowess of the Russian great power, and the location of the Games to the Caucasian city of Sochi in the Russian South would have a deeply symbolical aspect. If the Games can be successfully carried out in a region that has for so long been experienced as volatile and unruly, then it must surely mean that internal order has been restored in the Russian great power. However, it is argued in the article that there are several potential tripwires on the way towards achieving these symbolically important goals. Problems of security, terrorism, geopolitical volatility, large-scale corruption and inter-ethnic tension loom large, and may all turn out to be formidable obstacles and render the hosting of the Games a counter-productive enterprise. The paper puts official discourse (as in official speeches, media interviews, et cetera) in relation to scholarly analyses of the problems and potentialities of the Sochi Olympics, all in the general framework of Russia’s self-image and identity as a great power.
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"This joint Georgian-Swedish conference was cancelled because of the tragic events in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989. The group of Swedish linguists from Lund University were stopped in Moscow on April 8 on their way to Georgia. The... more
"This joint Georgian-Swedish conference was cancelled because of the tragic events in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989. The group of Swedish linguists from Lund University were stopped in Moscow on April 8 on their way to Georgia.
The conference was initiated and organized by Nani Chanishvili (Tbilisi State University) and Karina Vamling (Lund University) with generous support from the Chikobava Institute of Linguistics at the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In particular the efforts of professor Besarion Jorbenadze, Director of the Chikobava Institute, should be mentioned in this context.
Many colleagues and friends, who are no longer with us [2013], should have participated in this conference: Ketevan Lomtatidze, Besarion Jorbenadze, Bengt Sigurd, Thore Pettersson, Korneli Danelia, Guram Topuria, Gösta Bruce, Lars-Åke Henningsson.
PROGRAM
April 13. Institute of Linguistics.
Chair: Besarion Jorbenadze
Ketevan Lomtatidze - Ibero-Caucasian Languages - Current State and Problems of the Study, 23, 70
Besarion Jorbenadze - The Linguistic Institute of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, 45, 68
Bengt Sigurd - Computational Linguistics in Sweden - A Survey, 33, 83
Karina Vamling - On Predicative Complementation in Georgian, 17, 91
Thore Pettersson & Karina Vamling: Sweden and Lund University
April 14. Institute of Linguistics.
Chair: G. Topuria, B. Gawronska-Werngren
V. Shengelia - Basic Questions in the Formation of the Abkhaz-Adige Languages, 37, 81
L. Sanikidze - A General Characterisation ot the Nakh Languages, 31, 80
Mats Eeg-Olofsson - Computational Morphology, 15, 59
Dee Ann Holisky - Relative Clauses in Tsova-tush, 49, 63
Presidium of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.
Chair: Z. Japaridze, B. Sigurd
Seminar on Computational Linguistics
V. Kikilashvili, B.Gugushvili - Computational Thesaurus of the Ibero-Caucasian Languages, 22, 93
Lars Eriksson - Algorithms for Automatic Segmentation of Speech, 16, 60
April 15. Institute of Linguistics.
Chair: Ketevan Lomtatidze, Karina Vamling
T. Uturgaidze - On the Correlations of the Phonematic Systems of the Kartvelian Languages, 35, 90
I. Chantladze - Nominal Declension in the Kartvelian Languages, 39, 56
B. Jorbenadze - Grammatical Categories of the Georgian Verb, 45, 68
Sh. Apridonidze - The Structure of Forms of Address in Modern Georgian, 10, 51
K. Danelia - Some Questions Concerning the Phonematic Meaning of Some Graphemes in the "Mrglovani" Georgian Alphabet, 14, 58
April 17. Institute of Linguistics
Chair: T. Uturgaidze, Dee Ann Holisky
G. Topuria - Daghestanian Languages /General Review/, 18, 86
Thore Pettersson - Nouns, Noun Phrases and Morphological Marking, 30, 77
Sidney Wood - Some Questions Concerning the Vowel Articulation, 17, 91
N. Sturua - On the Basque-Caucasian Hypothesis, 33, 84
Merle Horne - The Relation between Functional Categories and Levels of Sentence Stress, 49, 64
April 17
Chair: N. Chanishvili, Gösta Bruce
Anne-Christine Bredvad-jensen - Some Remarks on Tonal Aspects of Mother-Child Communication, 12, 52
Z. Japaridze, I. Strelnikov - On the Dynamics of Sound Energy in the Cry of Newborns of Different Nationalities, 43, 67
Gisela Håkansson - Issues in Second Language Acquisition Research, 46, 62
L. Abuladze - The Expression of Temporal Order in Children's Language; 10, 51
April 18. Institute of Linguistics
Chair: M. Machavariani, M. Horne
Gösta Bruce - New Trends in Prosodic Research, 12, 53
Jan-Olof Svantesson - Code Shifts in Historical Phonology, 32, 85
David House - Recognition of Prosodic Patterns by Computer, 47, 65
R. Jvarsheishvili - The Experimental Analysis of the Psychological Problem of Translation, 44, 70
Barbara Gawronska-Werngren - Restricted Automatic Translation Russian-English, 13, 61
April 18. Tbilisi State University
Chair: Z. Japaridze, David House
Magnus Olsson: On the Typology of Numerals, 28, 76
A. Potskhishvili - Academician Andreas Sjögren: Kartvelologist, 36, 78
N. Chanishvili - Transitivity in Georgian from the Typological Viewpoint, 42, 54
April 19. Institute of Linguistics
Chair: Sh. Apridonidze, Mats Eeg-Olofsson
M. Machavariani - Causative and Simple Sentences, 26, 73
N. Chichua - Semantic Categories and the Interpretation of the Utterance in the Narrative, 41, 57
Lars-Åke Henningsson - Subject Properties and Existential Sentences, 48, 62
L. Topuridze - One Psychological Criterion for the Language Mastering Level, 21, 89
M. Imedadze - The Problem of Child Speech. A Crosslinguisitc Study, 22, 66
R. Mshvidobadze - Grammatical Parameters of Language and Regulation of Behavior, 28, 75
April 19. Tbilisi State University
Chair: T. Gamkrelidze, Jan-Olof Svantesson
Seminar on Typological, Areal and Genetic classification of Languages"
The conference was initiated and organized by Nani Chanishvili (Tbilisi State University) and Karina Vamling (Lund University) with generous support from the Chikobava Institute of Linguistics at the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In particular the efforts of professor Besarion Jorbenadze, Director of the Chikobava Institute, should be mentioned in this context.
Many colleagues and friends, who are no longer with us [2013], should have participated in this conference: Ketevan Lomtatidze, Besarion Jorbenadze, Bengt Sigurd, Thore Pettersson, Korneli Danelia, Guram Topuria, Gösta Bruce, Lars-Åke Henningsson.
PROGRAM
April 13. Institute of Linguistics.
Chair: Besarion Jorbenadze
Ketevan Lomtatidze - Ibero-Caucasian Languages - Current State and Problems of the Study, 23, 70
Besarion Jorbenadze - The Linguistic Institute of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, 45, 68
Bengt Sigurd - Computational Linguistics in Sweden - A Survey, 33, 83
Karina Vamling - On Predicative Complementation in Georgian, 17, 91
Thore Pettersson & Karina Vamling: Sweden and Lund University
April 14. Institute of Linguistics.
Chair: G. Topuria, B. Gawronska-Werngren
V. Shengelia - Basic Questions in the Formation of the Abkhaz-Adige Languages, 37, 81
L. Sanikidze - A General Characterisation ot the Nakh Languages, 31, 80
Mats Eeg-Olofsson - Computational Morphology, 15, 59
Dee Ann Holisky - Relative Clauses in Tsova-tush, 49, 63
Presidium of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.
Chair: Z. Japaridze, B. Sigurd
Seminar on Computational Linguistics
V. Kikilashvili, B.Gugushvili - Computational Thesaurus of the Ibero-Caucasian Languages, 22, 93
Lars Eriksson - Algorithms for Automatic Segmentation of Speech, 16, 60
April 15. Institute of Linguistics.
Chair: Ketevan Lomtatidze, Karina Vamling
T. Uturgaidze - On the Correlations of the Phonematic Systems of the Kartvelian Languages, 35, 90
I. Chantladze - Nominal Declension in the Kartvelian Languages, 39, 56
B. Jorbenadze - Grammatical Categories of the Georgian Verb, 45, 68
Sh. Apridonidze - The Structure of Forms of Address in Modern Georgian, 10, 51
K. Danelia - Some Questions Concerning the Phonematic Meaning of Some Graphemes in the "Mrglovani" Georgian Alphabet, 14, 58
April 17. Institute of Linguistics
Chair: T. Uturgaidze, Dee Ann Holisky
G. Topuria - Daghestanian Languages /General Review/, 18, 86
Thore Pettersson - Nouns, Noun Phrases and Morphological Marking, 30, 77
Sidney Wood - Some Questions Concerning the Vowel Articulation, 17, 91
N. Sturua - On the Basque-Caucasian Hypothesis, 33, 84
Merle Horne - The Relation between Functional Categories and Levels of Sentence Stress, 49, 64
April 17
Chair: N. Chanishvili, Gösta Bruce
Anne-Christine Bredvad-jensen - Some Remarks on Tonal Aspects of Mother-Child Communication, 12, 52
Z. Japaridze, I. Strelnikov - On the Dynamics of Sound Energy in the Cry of Newborns of Different Nationalities, 43, 67
Gisela Håkansson - Issues in Second Language Acquisition Research, 46, 62
L. Abuladze - The Expression of Temporal Order in Children's Language; 10, 51
April 18. Institute of Linguistics
Chair: M. Machavariani, M. Horne
Gösta Bruce - New Trends in Prosodic Research, 12, 53
Jan-Olof Svantesson - Code Shifts in Historical Phonology, 32, 85
David House - Recognition of Prosodic Patterns by Computer, 47, 65
R. Jvarsheishvili - The Experimental Analysis of the Psychological Problem of Translation, 44, 70
Barbara Gawronska-Werngren - Restricted Automatic Translation Russian-English, 13, 61
April 18. Tbilisi State University
Chair: Z. Japaridze, David House
Magnus Olsson: On the Typology of Numerals, 28, 76
A. Potskhishvili - Academician Andreas Sjögren: Kartvelologist, 36, 78
N. Chanishvili - Transitivity in Georgian from the Typological Viewpoint, 42, 54
April 19. Institute of Linguistics
Chair: Sh. Apridonidze, Mats Eeg-Olofsson
M. Machavariani - Causative and Simple Sentences, 26, 73
N. Chichua - Semantic Categories and the Interpretation of the Utterance in the Narrative, 41, 57
Lars-Åke Henningsson - Subject Properties and Existential Sentences, 48, 62
L. Topuridze - One Psychological Criterion for the Language Mastering Level, 21, 89
M. Imedadze - The Problem of Child Speech. A Crosslinguisitc Study, 22, 66
R. Mshvidobadze - Grammatical Parameters of Language and Regulation of Behavior, 28, 75
April 19. Tbilisi State University
Chair: T. Gamkrelidze, Jan-Olof Svantesson
Seminar on Typological, Areal and Genetic classification of Languages"
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At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the Caucasus, and Georgia in particular, was visited by Scandinavian travellers who wrote descriptions of their trips to Georgia in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages. Among the... more
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the Caucasus, and Georgia in particular, was visited by Scandinavian travellers who wrote descriptions of their trips to Georgia in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages. Among the travellers were: the Danes Olof Lange and Hans Kaarsberg, the Swedes Sven Hedin, Maria Anholm and Anton Stuxberg, and the Norwegians Knut Hamsun and Fridtjof Nansen.
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The paper (in Swedish) addresses a special form of Christian names in Georgian. These names emerge from verb forms, that correspond to full clauses, including subject and object markers. The name Argelodi is one example, meaning 'I... more
The paper (in Swedish) addresses a special form of Christian names in Georgian. These names emerge from verb forms, that correspond to full clauses, including subject and object markers.
The name Argelodi is one example, meaning 'I didn't expect you'. Compare this to a full sentence. 'g' initially in the verb form marks the object (=you)
(me) (shen) ar gelodi
(i) (you) not I.waited.you
'I did't expect you'
Another exampple is Mzevinari, meaning 'Who is the sun?*. The corresponding clause is:
mze vin aris
sun who is
'Who is the sun?'
The name Argelodi is one example, meaning 'I didn't expect you'. Compare this to a full sentence. 'g' initially in the verb form marks the object (=you)
(me) (shen) ar gelodi
(i) (you) not I.waited.you
'I did't expect you'
Another exampple is Mzevinari, meaning 'Who is the sun?*. The corresponding clause is:
mze vin aris
sun who is
'Who is the sun?'
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This early paper argues that both color terms sinij (dark blue) and goluboj (light blue) are basic color terms in Russian, contrary to the proposals of Kay and McDaniel (1978). This is done by using frequency of occurrence in word counts... more
This early paper argues that both color terms sinij (dark blue) and goluboj (light blue) are basic color terms in Russian, contrary to the proposals of Kay and McDaniel (1978). This is done by using frequency of occurrence in word counts as a measurement of basicality, assuming a strong correlation between frequency and ranking of the positions in the hierarchy of basic color terms of Berlin and Kay (1969).
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In a discourse fragment, the referents are referred to by various noun phrases, pronouns and personal markers in the verbform. It is interesting to consider the substitutional character of the personal pronouns. What... more
In a discourse fragment, the referents are referred to by various noun phrases, pronouns and personal markers in the verbform. It is interesting to consider the substitutional character of the personal pronouns. What information do they express about the referents, i. e. what does one need to know about a referent in order to pick the right pronoun? In a case like / know Johan. He works at our department, the pronoun he is chosen for the second reference to the person called Johan, as it corresponds to one male person, who is neither the speaker nor the hearer. The features involved are thus, person, number and semantic gender. The selection of pronouns is somewhat different in, for instance, the Caucasian languages, where additional features of the discourse situation become relevant, such as the distance and relative location of the referents above or below the speaker/hearer. The implications such systems may have for a formal, cross-linguistic model are briefly discussed in the paper.
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Address on the occasion of the Circassian Memorial Day. Zoom webinar in Amman, Jordan, 2022-05-22, organized by the "Circassia Center For Studies & Research" and the "Jordan Association of Circassian Caucasus Friends". This day is the... more
Address on the occasion of the Circassian Memorial Day. Zoom webinar in Amman, Jordan, 2022-05-22, organized by the "Circassia Center For Studies & Research" and the "Jordan Association of Circassian Caucasus Friends". This day is the Circassian Day of Remembrance and Mourning, when Circassians in many countries around the world gather to commemorate May 21, 1864, that marks the end of the Russo-Caucasian war and the Circassians’ fierce struggle since the end of the 18th century to defend their lands in North Caucasus and on the Black Sea coast.
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On Prof. Mukhadin A. Kumakhov’s work and research visits abroad (in Russian) Paper read at the conference ”Caucasian Philology: History and Perspectives” in memory of Prof. Mukhadin A. Kumakhov’s 90th birthday, organized in Nalchik on... more
On Prof. Mukhadin A. Kumakhov’s work and research visits abroad (in Russian)
Paper read at the conference ”Caucasian Philology: History and Perspectives” in memory of Prof. Mukhadin A. Kumakhov’s 90th birthday, organized in Nalchik on October 19, 2018, by the Institute of Studies in the Humanities at the Kabardino-Balkarian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Paper read at the conference ”Caucasian Philology: History and Perspectives” in memory of Prof. Mukhadin A. Kumakhov’s 90th birthday, organized in Nalchik on October 19, 2018, by the Institute of Studies in the Humanities at the Kabardino-Balkarian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Database and dataset descriptions for Diachronic Atlas of Comparative Linguistics Online. Data is available on https://diacl.ht.lu.se/
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Current violent developments in the post-Soviet region bring to the forefront a number of issues reflecting the importance of language, being intertwined with conflict and war. Ukraine, Georgia and other multiethnic and multilingual... more
Current violent developments in the post-Soviet region bring to the forefront a number of issues reflecting the importance of language, being intertwined with conflict and war. Ukraine, Georgia and other multiethnic and multilingual states with shared legacy of Russian domination, struggle with partly similar challenges of integration or confrontation. Ethnic minorities in the Russian federation –Tatars, Circassians, Chechens, Dagestanis, Kalmucks and others-have a history of centuries of Russian colonization, which has included deportations and forced migration. Web page: https://rucarr.mau.se/conferences/language-in-conflict-and-war-rucarr-symposium/ RUCARR invites papers focusing on language in conflict and war in Ukraine, the Caucasus, Russia and neighboring post-Soviet regions. Welcome to submit your abstract proposal for the online zoom panels on November 6. Online submission form on our web page (see above). Language: English. Format: max. 500 words including title, but excluding references. Deadline for submission September 20. Participants are also welcome to propose sections of three thematically coherent papers.
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The Second Annual RUCARR Conference will be held at Malmo University, Sweden, on November 22-23, 2017. The research platform Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research’ (RUCARR) is an intellectual hub for scholars at the Faculty of Culture... more
The Second Annual RUCARR Conference will be held at
Malmo University, Sweden, on November 22-23, 2017.
The research platform Russia and the Caucasus Regional
Research’ (RUCARR) is an intellectual hub for scholars at the
Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University. Established
as late as in 2016, RUCARR builds on an established and wellrecognized
area studies tradition at the University which
connects with an extensive research networks nationally and
internationally.
As the name of the platform, suggests, Russia and the
Caucasus are the geographical areas of primary concern.
RUCARR’s research focus is on political, social, cultural,
economic and other dynamics and processes of significance
within its geographical delimitations. Areas of interest
include, but are not restricted to, contemporary politics,
history and nationalism, ethnic and national identity, security
issues, democracy and civil society development,
authoritarianism and post-authoritarian transition and
transformations.
Malmo University, Sweden, on November 22-23, 2017.
The research platform Russia and the Caucasus Regional
Research’ (RUCARR) is an intellectual hub for scholars at the
Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University. Established
as late as in 2016, RUCARR builds on an established and wellrecognized
area studies tradition at the University which
connects with an extensive research networks nationally and
internationally.
As the name of the platform, suggests, Russia and the
Caucasus are the geographical areas of primary concern.
RUCARR’s research focus is on political, social, cultural,
economic and other dynamics and processes of significance
within its geographical delimitations. Areas of interest
include, but are not restricted to, contemporary politics,
history and nationalism, ethnic and national identity, security
issues, democracy and civil society development,
authoritarianism and post-authoritarian transition and
transformations.
Research Interests: History, Cultural Studies, Area Studies, Russian Studies, Humanities, and 12 moreSocial Sciences, Political Science, Identity (Culture), Race and Ethnicity, Politics, Nationalism, National Identity, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, North Caucasus, Ethnicity, Russia, and South Caucasus
Welcome to the conference “Circassians in the 21st century: Identity and Survival” hosted by RUCARR at Malmö University, Sweden, November 23-24, 2017. The aim of this conference is to focus on the ongoing Circassian revival or... more
Welcome to the conference “Circassians in the 21st century: Identity and Survival” hosted by RUCARR at Malmö University, Sweden, November 23-24, 2017.
The aim of this conference is to focus on the ongoing Circassian revival or mobilisation following the international attention on the Circassians in relation to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games and the 150-year anniversary of the forced exile from the Caucasus in the same year. This importantly included a mobilisation of youth and a stronger use of the Internet in these processes. This is significant, especially among the diaspora, where many belong to the first generation that have lost the Circassian language, perhaps the most important part of Circassian identity. During the last ten years, Circassian associations have been supplemented by a new form of NGO’s using different methods in promoting Circassian revival and survival, including use of new Internet and social media related tools, including many cases of new cross-border linking and cooperation. It is the aim of this conference to take stock of these developments among the Circassians as a geographically highly dispersed people in a increasingly volatile region.
We invite presentations on the following interrelated subthemes:
– Homeland and Diaspora – Minority Conditions. Status, Trends, Perspectives.
– Circassian civil society mobilisation and organisation.
– Survival of Circassian Culture and Traditions in the Era of Globalisation.
– Circassian language. The role of language in contemporary Circassian revival
Abstract submission
Please, submit an abstract by September 22 of no more than 400 words (word count not including references) by email to caucasus.studies@mah.se. Include a title, authors, affiliations and contact email addresses and submit the abstract both as a Word document (Unicode fonts) and a pdf file. Language: English.
Venue: Malmö University campus (close to Malmö Central Station)
Organizing committee: Prof. Karina Vamling, Prof. Bo Petersson, Dr. Lars Funch Hansen.
The aim of this conference is to focus on the ongoing Circassian revival or mobilisation following the international attention on the Circassians in relation to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games and the 150-year anniversary of the forced exile from the Caucasus in the same year. This importantly included a mobilisation of youth and a stronger use of the Internet in these processes. This is significant, especially among the diaspora, where many belong to the first generation that have lost the Circassian language, perhaps the most important part of Circassian identity. During the last ten years, Circassian associations have been supplemented by a new form of NGO’s using different methods in promoting Circassian revival and survival, including use of new Internet and social media related tools, including many cases of new cross-border linking and cooperation. It is the aim of this conference to take stock of these developments among the Circassians as a geographically highly dispersed people in a increasingly volatile region.
We invite presentations on the following interrelated subthemes:
– Homeland and Diaspora – Minority Conditions. Status, Trends, Perspectives.
– Circassian civil society mobilisation and organisation.
– Survival of Circassian Culture and Traditions in the Era of Globalisation.
– Circassian language. The role of language in contemporary Circassian revival
Abstract submission
Please, submit an abstract by September 22 of no more than 400 words (word count not including references) by email to caucasus.studies@mah.se. Include a title, authors, affiliations and contact email addresses and submit the abstract both as a Word document (Unicode fonts) and a pdf file. Language: English.
Venue: Malmö University campus (close to Malmö Central Station)
Organizing committee: Prof. Karina Vamling, Prof. Bo Petersson, Dr. Lars Funch Hansen.