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Recap | YCIE Summer School 2026, “Constructing Soviet Difference: Culture and Society”
From June 29 to July 8, 2026, the Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) hosted its third annual summer school across Yerevan and Gyumri. Titled “Constructing Soviet Difference: Culture and…
YCIE and William & Mary Launch Collaborative Summer Internship Initiative in Armenia
This summer, YCIE piloted a new internship initiative in collaboration with William & Mary. For the first time, YCIE served as the local hub for organizing internship placements for William…
Call for Panels | Y-Conference: EMPIRES
The Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) invites you to the third annual Y-Conference. YCIE is dedicated to promoting international academic and research cooperation in the social sciences and humanities…
Recap | Y-Conference: SPACES
The second annual Y-Conference took place in Yerevan from May 22 to 24. This year’s conference, which focused on SPACES, was a resounding success and almost tripled in size. In…
Open Call | Curating Infrastructures – Critical Spatial Research Encounters
Curating Infrastructures Critical Spatial Research Encounters Yerevan, Armenia | 1–3 December 2026 The Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) invites you to Curating Infrastructures – Critical Spatial Research Encounters, an…
Call for Papers | Unionize the Science: Agency and Infrastructures of Knowledge in Eurasia, 20th–21st Centuries
Unionize the Science: Agency and Infrastructures of Knowledge in Eurasia, 20th–21st Centuries International Conference Yerevan, Armenia | 5–7 November, 2026 The Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) is delighted to…
YCIE Fellow Luka Nakhutsrishvili Joins “Unfiltered History” Podcast
YCIE Fellow Luka Nakhutsrishvili, was recently a guest on the podcast series “Unfiltered History” (Ő„ŐˇÖ„Ő¸Ö‚Ö€ ŐşŐˇŐżŐ´Ő¸Ö‚Ő©ŐµŐ¸Ö‚Ő¶), hosted by Suren Manukyan. During the episode, Luka discussed his research on 19th-century Tiflis…
What Do Buildings Do to Us? Architectural Anthropology in Eastern/Central Europe and Beyond
The aim of this workshop is to strengthen architectural anthropology – understood here as an approach to the built environment that treats buildings as agents and pays attention to their…
Open Call | YCIE Research Fellowship Program for 2026-2027 Academic Year
Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) has officially opened applications for its 2026-2027 Research Fellowship Program, designed to support research in the social sciences and humanities. The program invites scholars,…
Winter School 2026 | Ghosts, Gods, and Anthropologists: Mediating the Invisible
From January 26 to February 1, 2026, YCIE hosted its inaugural Winter School in Social Anthropology, titled “Ghosts, Gods, and Anthropologists: Mediating the Invisible.” Unlike our Summer Schools, which typically…
Open Call: YCIE Co-Funded Conference 2026
Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) promotes international research cooperation in the social sciences and humanities across Armenia and the wider region. Through our new Co-Funded Conference (CFC) program, we…
Call for Paper Abstracts | Y-Conference: Spaces
The Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) invites you to the second annual Y-Conference. YCIE is dedicated to promoting international academic and research cooperation in the social sciences and humanities across…