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Abkhazia - Georgia

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Abbreviated Version of Abkhazian Conflict: Nine Questions and answers. Georgia: Contemporary Life and Politics. He who is active wins or Don't imagine propaganda to have been invented by communists. The Art (or Politics? Abkhazia in the light of the recent (22 February 2012) attempted assassination of President Aleksandr Ankvab. Abkhazia: from conflict to statehood. Democracy in Abkhazia: a testing year. Abkhazia: presidential election, political future. Obituary for Sergej Bagapsh. Some Thoughts on 'Abk...

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Videos

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Turkey's fading linguistic heritage. There are 200,000 Laz speakers in Turkey but the language faces a battle for survival. Read more: Turkey's fading linguistic heritage. Interview for RT Spotlight. South Ossetia and Abkhazia: what is next? Read more: Interview for RT Spotlight. Honorary Consul of Abkhazia in the UK. Honorary Consul of the Republic of Abkhazia in the UK. Read more: Honorary Consul of Abkhazia in the UK. Abkhazia: Paradise in limbo. A View from Europe. Read more: Documentary Film.

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News

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George Hewitt Awarded the Medal For Merit by the Abkhazian Foreign Ministry. Category: News and Events. Published on 30 August 2013. The Honorary Consul of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Great Britain George Hewitt has been awarded by the order of the Abkhaz Foreign Minister Viacheslav Chirikba with the medal For Merit for his contribution to the development of international cooperation and diplomatic activity. Latest publication: Discordant Neighbours. Category: News and Events. This volume is distingu...

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Interviews

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Caucasian Languages Disappear from the Curriculum at London University. 17 September 2015 - AbkhazWorld.com. AbkhazWorld - You retired at the end of August 2015. This also means the end of Georgian/Caucasian Studies at SOAS. Could you please tell us the brief history of this post and how long you have been working at SOAS? Read more: Caucasian Languages Disappear from the Curriculum at London University. Pridon Dochia: Interview with George Hewitt. Read more: Pridon Dochia: Interview with George Hewitt.

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Abkhaz footprints in Yorkshire - Agency Caucasus (P1)

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Abkhaz footprints in Yorkshire - Agency Caucasus (P1). GEORGE HEWITT'S STORY AND ABKHAZIA'S CURRENT TOPICS. 9 May 2002, Agency Caucasus By Fehim Tastekin - Zeynel Abidin Besleney. George Hewitt in short. As an outspoken critic of Georgian extreme nationalism and growing intolerance towards the minorities in Georgia during the 1990s, he has become a hate figure in some Georgian circles and is labeled as a friend of the Abkhaz. Dear Mr. Hewitt, first of all, I would like to thank you for making it poss...

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Linguistics

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From the Point of the Protection of Minority Languages: the Future of the Circassian Language. An Abkhaz Miscellany (with an Old Georgian Excursion). Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus (Vols 1 and 2). A Glimpse into the Abkhazians’ Worldview. Are Verbs Always What They Seem To Be? Non-finite Verbal Functions in Abkhaz (North West Caucasian). Language-planning for North Caucasian Languages in Turkey. Conditional and Other Functions of Forms in /(-zA(.) r/ in Abkhaz. A universal script for Circassian.

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Teaching

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DEPARTMENT OF THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST. Teaches courses in Georgian, Old Georgian and the Structure of Abkhaz as part of SOAS BA programmes. BA and Georgian (minor). MA Islamic Societies and Cultures. MA Near and Middle Eastern Studies. Independent Study Project in Georgian Studies. The Languages of the Caucasus. Follow me on Academia.edu. SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. 44 (0)20 7898 4332.

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Miscellaneous

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Turkey, Summer of 1974. Fanshawe vs Others (Dronfield 1609). Obituary for Prof. Charles Dowsett. Obituary for Prof. Sir Harold Bailey (with Prof. N. Sims-Williams). Obituary for Prof. Sir Harold Bailey. Reminiscences of Sir Harold Bailey. Obituary for Prof. Yuri Voronov. Obituary for Prof. David Marshall Lang. Articles on Shalva Inal-Ipa, Levars Kvitsinia, Iua Kogonia, Mushni Khashba. The North Wind and the Sun in Georgian. The North Wind and the Sun in Avar. The North Wind and The Sun in Svan.

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The Caucasus: an Overview

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The Caucasus: an Overview. The Caucasus: an Overview (New Statesman) (commissioned but not printed). Whoever loses homeland loses all. The full article in PDF can be downloaded by clicking here. Follow me on Academia.edu. Caucasian Languages Disappear from the Curriculum at London University. Review: The making of modern Georgia, 1918 2012: the first Georgian republic and its successors. From the Point of the Protection of Minority Languages: the Future of the Circassian Language. 44 (0)20 7898 4332.

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Review of Ronald D. Asmus 'A Little War that Shook the World. Georgia, Russia and the Future of the West'

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Review of Ronald D. Asmus 'A Little War that Shook the World. Georgia, Russia and the Future of the West'. Slavonic and East European Review, 89.3, 591-3, 2011. Asmus, Ronald D. A Little War that Shook the World: Georgia, Russia, and the Future of the West. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke and New York, 2010. xii 254 pp. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 20.00: $27.00. Deems it ‘required reading’ (dust-jacket). Strobe Talbott also lends endorsement with a short Preface. Follow me on Academia.edu. Review: T...