USC Announces Call and Support for Research on Karabakh

The USC Institute of Armenian Studies has announced a call for research on Karabakh to support new and ongoing research by junior and senior scholars.

LOS ANGELES””The recent escalation of the Karabakh conflict ”“ the worst since 1994 ”“ marks a new phase in the three decades of the conflict and highlights the need for research on the region. To fill the scholarship gap on this issue and region, the USC Institute of Armenian Studies has announced a call for research on Karabakh to support new and ongoing research by junior and senior scholars.

The call aims to provide an opportunity for original academic and policy research that focuses on the many topics surrounding Karabakh, including but not limited to International Law, Security Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Psychology, Sociology, History, Gender Studies, and Media Studies.

Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian said, “The mission of the Institute is to support scholarship in all areas of Armenian Studies. Karabakh, its history, the conflict, are both important and urgent topics, deserving of serious study. The Institute is grateful to donor support for making this kind of programming possible.  In the near future, there will be a call for research on Armenia, and the quarter century of transition ”“ something that is becoming more critical, now, in this 25th year of independence. And of course, the Institute will also continue with our other programming, including post-Genocide research.”