The papers and abstracts in this volume were originally presented at a two-day conference, "Towards a New Generation of Scholarship on the Caucasus," held in Sukhum, Abkhazia, on October 30–31, 2007. The conference was coorganized by the SSRC, Circassianacademia (a scholarly listserv), and the Center for Strategic Studies (Sukhum). 

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Compiled and edited by Amjad M. Jaimoukha

Introduction

There are more than 2,000 entries in this compilation, mainly in Western European languages, including more than 120 online books, articles and dissertations.  There  are  also  sections  on Circassian  bibliographies  and periodicals  (journals,  serials, magazines,  newsletters,  and  newspapers). The scope of this work has been extended to include all the works on the Circassians  and  related  issues  in  Circassian  (Kabardian  and  Adigean) and Russian. Where possible, original names of Adiga (Adyghe) writers are given in brackets after their Russian versions. The information between square brackets  at  end  of  an  entry  is mainly my  commentary on  the  contents and other additions. Every effort has been made to  include all diacritics in French, German, Turkish, and other entries.

Selections from

Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary, Etcetera

by Edmund Spencer, Esq. (originally published in 1837)

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