Echoes and Futures Podcast

Diana Yayloyan on Historiographic Approaches
in Studying the South Caucasus

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with Diana Yaylolyan, a PhD Researcher at Georgetown University. She focuses her research on transimperial of the late Ottoman and late Russian Empire networks as lenses for analyzing state-building projects in imperial peripheries, with a an emphasis on Armenian, Turkish, Kurdish and Azerbaijani circuits of mobility and fugitivity. The panel Diana participated in asks a provocative question : can the South Caucasus think?

Luka Bedoshvili on the Georgian Gaze on Abkhazia from Cultural Studies Perspective

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with Luka Bedoshvili, a PhD Fellow at KU Leuven University, in cultural studies. During the panel on Identity constructions in the south caucasus, Luka talked about the Georgian Gaze on Abkhazia.

Martin Makaryan on Armenia-Turkey relations and Azerbaijan's role

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with the political scientist Martin Markaryan ; during the panel on Reimagining the future for Armenia and Azerbaijan, Martin focused on the Armenian-Turkish normalization process and what it implies for Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.

Arpi Bekaryan on Armenian-Azerbaijani dialogue through Art

Nazrin Gadimova-Akbulut on Identity Constructions through Azerbaijani Literature

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with the independent researcher Nazrin Gadimova Akbulut ; who participated to the panel on identity Constructions in the South Caucasus; Nazrin talked about how identities representations in literature shape national consciousness of the Other.

Armenian-Azerbaijani Art Collective on their Monumental Installation

Komed on Confines of Queerness in Georgia

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with Komed, a Georgian independent researcher and activist. During the panel on Identity constructions in the south caucasus, Komed talked about The Confines of Queerness in Georgia.

Sona Dilanyan on How to Navigate Neoliberal Financial Structures

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with the Sona Dilanyan holds an MA in Cultural Studies from Sabancı University. She is an independent researcher and peacebuilding practitioner working across South Caucasus and Turkey. Her work explores the intersections of gender, conflict, and economic structures, with a particular interest in conceptualizing alternative economics.

Turkay Gasimova on Troubled History of Azerbaijani Democracy

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with Turkay Gasimova, a post doctoral fellow from Padova University and EUI. Now today Turkay explored this tricky question : can the south caucasus think?

Vusala Hajiyeva on Alternative Ways of Knowing and Feeling

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with Vusala Hajiyeva NULLFREQUENZA, a hip hop artist from Bakou, in her album Walkthrough.. in the panel on Multiples realities through art, Vusala offered alternative ways of knowing and feeling in a region marked by rupture. The discussion will center on how artistic practice can hold space for multiple narratives, challenge dominant discourses, and act as a quiet yet radical form of resistance and world-making.

Ayla Azizova on Architectural Strategies
for Co-Existence

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with the architect and researcher Ayla Azizova. During the panel on Reimagining the future for Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ayla focused on spatial strategies for Cross-Border Coexistence in the South Caucasus.

Nisa Hajiyeva on Challenges of Feminist Activism

Welcome to the Echoes and Futures forum podcast, where we discuss the past, present and future of the South Caucasus. In this episode, we are talking with Nisa Hajiyeva…. Nisa is a PHD Student at Charles University in Prague and a feminist peace activist She participated in the Queer and Feminist Activism in Azerbaijan’s Authoritarian Landscape panel.