Timothy K. Blauvelt is a Professor of Soviet and post-Soviet Studies at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia and has been teaching at this university since 2011.[1]

Blauvelt's broader focus is Russian and Soviet History, especially in the Caucasus, Nationalism and Language, as well as respective policies. His publications have covered patronage networks, power intrigues and also the dynamics of perpetuation in the Soviet regime, especially in Abkhazia, Georgia, and in the broader Caucasus region.[2] He is the author of multiple publications, including several edited volumes, including on Nestor Lakoba.[2]

Blauvelt has been the convener of the Works-in-Progress series of academic seminars in Tbilisi, Georgia since 2009.[3] He is the Regional Director for the South Caucasus for American Councils.[1] Blauvelt has also been active as a jazz pianist, with a number of compositions available online.[4]

He holds a PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo (2001).[2]

Selected publications

  • Author: Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom: The Trials of Nestor Lakoba. Routledge (2022)
  • Editor (with Adrian Brisku): Georgia after Stalin: Nationalism and Soviet Power, Routledge, (2016)
  • Editor (with Jeremy Smith): The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic of 1918, Routledge, (2021)

References

  1. 1 2 "Blauvelt Timothy Kevin". faculty.iliauni.edu.ge. Ilia State University. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Timothy K. Blauvelt - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Works in Progress Series | List and Stats". Social Science in the Caucasus. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tim Blauvelt and Tim Blauvelt Trio on SoundCloud". Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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