Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Kruessmann, LL.M. (King’s College London) made at 15th International Silk Road Virtual Conference is available below: https://aesc-online.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Keynote-speech.pdf
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the submission deadline for the call for AESC Book Series Volume 2 chapter proposals has been extended until 30 June 2020. The theme of the edited book is norm diffusion, legal approximation, and contestation in the Black Sea and Caucasus Regions under the European Union…
AESC is the Caucasus’ only regional association of European Studies. In collaboration with the Azerbaijani European Studies Association, it will use its Fourth Annual Convention to go beyond the borders of the Caucasus and assess the experience of the Caspian Sea region in terms of enhancing Europe-Asia connectivity. In the…
The Round table, jointly organised with the ‘Centre for South Caucasus-South Asia Business Development’ and the ‘Association of European Studies for the Caucasus’, will explore and discuss different venues of potential cooperation between Asia and Europe – with special focus on the South Caucasus. The considered topics will include geopolitical,…
Professor Dr. Gaga Gabrichidze, the AESC co-founder and a board member has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair at New Vision University, Tbilisi, Georgia. The aim of the chair is to support European Union law studies in Georgia. The funding enables the New Vision University to intensify teaching and research…
In delivering on its Jean Monnet “Support to Associations” grant, AESC in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, is preparing a textbook on European Studies in the Caucasus. This textbook, to be prepared in English and subsequently to be translated to Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian, will address the level of bachelor…
We are happy to announce that the Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), based on a roster of key experts that includes the AESC President Thomas Kruessmann, has been awarded 5-year framework contracts to provide external expertise to the European Parliament in the following lots: EP/EXPO/B/FWC/2019-01 (Lot 1: EU Enlargement, Eastern Neighbourhood,…
Thomas Kruessmann, President of the AESC, was honoured to be invited by the President of the Republic of Armenia, H.E. Armen Sarkissiyan, to attend the “Summit of Minds” which was held for the first time in Armenia (Dilijan and Yerevan) from 7-9 June 2019. The “Summit of Minds” is a…
Several AESC members had been participating in the International Forum “REFLECTING ON THE FUTURE OF THE EU – EaP RELATIONS: YOUNG SCHOLARS’ VOICE”, on June 6-8, Kyiv, Ukraine. Oliver Reisner, Ekaterine Kardava, Gvantsa Davitashvili, Vasile Cucerescu, Rahim Rahimov and Thomas Kruessmann made presentations on various topics at the Forum. The…
Minutes of the 2019 General Assembly, held on 20.4.2019 at I.I. Mechnikov Odesa National University, where the members met after the 3rd AESC Convention (aud. 202 Frantsuzskii blvs 24-26, Odessa). Minutes of the General Assembly 2019
The Third Annual Convention that took place in Odessa, Ukraine on April 19-20, 2019 is completed. The general topic of the Convention was “The Experience of Inter-Regionalism in the Black Sea and Caucasus Regions: Norm Diffusion, Legal Approximation and Contestation”. The Convention has been hosted by Odessa I.I. Mechnikov…
Dear AESC members! The results of last year’s AESC Convention plus a number of additional papers are now available as the first volume in the new AESC book series “European Studies in the Caucasus”. Please have a look at the table of contents and introductory chapter (teaser-1.pdf) which gives a…