C|M|LAW Professor Milena Sterio has accepted a grant from the William J. Fulbright Commission to teach and conduct research at Baku State University in Baku, Azerbaijan in the Spring semester of the 2012-2013 academic year.  She will teach two classes and perform research on statehood and secession.  In particular, she will be studying a disputed area/province  called the Nagorno-Karabakhin which has been the subject of border disputes between Azerbaijan and Armenia for almost 20 years.  Her research will focus on this area which de jure belongs to Azerbaijan but has been de facto occupied by Armenia.