Public Lecture by Professor Sergey Sharov: “Inclusive Voices: Artificial Intelligence for Deliberative Democracy”

On June 23rd at 18:00, in Room S507 at Ilia State University, Professor Sergey Sharov from the School of Languages, Cultures, and Societies at the University of Leeds will give a lecture titled “Inclusive Voices: Artificial Intelligence for Deliberative Democracy.” Professor Sharov will discuss the approaches and outcomes of the iDem project, funded through the EU […]

Harutyun Khudanyan’s lecture “The Origin and the Process of Formation of the Armenian People in the Light of Recent Studies”

Harutyun Khudanyan, a researcher at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, will deliver a lecture  “The Origin and the Process of Formation of the Armenian People in the Light of Recent Studies” within the permanent seminar of the Institute in the 201/202 meeting hall of Building […]

International Workshop Jewishness in Georgian and European Literatures

Ilia State University, Institute of Comparative Literature Vrije Universiteit Brussel International Workshop Jewishness in Georgian and European Literatures Friday, 28 November 2025 Book Store Ligamus Ilia State University Ilia Chavcahvadze av. 32, Tbilisi, Georgia The objective of the workshop is to examine the literary representations of Jewishness in Georgian and European literatures from 1850 until […]

Mohammad Golshan’s Lecture JUDEO-PERSIAN IN THE HISTORY OF IRAN AND AS A LANGUAGE OF RECOMPILING MEDICINE

About the Presenter Mohammad Golshan is currently pursuing a joint double-program PhD in Iranian Studies at the University of Göttingen in Germany and in Terrains, textes, interdisciplinarité (2TI) at EHESS in France. His main focus is on the history of medical science in the early modern global history. Currently, He is working on the feminine body […]

Workshop – Academic Writing and Publishing in the Postplagiarism Era

This workshop is part of the project “Addressing Academic Misconduct and Integrity in Georgia,” funded with the support of the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe (GCE-HSG) at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. This workshop is designed for early-career researchers and doctoral students and focuses on academic integrity, generative AI, and scholarly writing and publishing in the digital […]

Nana Iashvili’s online lecture “Collateralized lives”: Home, debt, and financialization in the Republic of Georgia

Tuesday, 24 March at 17:00 PM Nana Iashvili will deliver an online lecture “Collateralized lives”: Home, debt, and financialization in the Republic of Georgia. In this talk, Nana will present framework and preliminary findings for her PhD project that investigates credit-debt arrangements in Georgia where individuals use their homes to borrow large sums of money. Examining […]

The Agency and Materiality of Sacred Texts in Armenian Christianity

The Anthropology Research Center of Ilia State University, together with the PhD Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology, invites you to a seminar by Konrad Siekierski on March 31 at 17:00: “The Agency and Materiality of Sacred Texts in Armenian Christianity”. The seminar will take place at Ilia State University, Room A103 32 Ilia Chavchavadze […]

The Ecology of Everyday Life: Local Food Practices in the Face of Environmental Threats in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region

On April 7 at 17:00, the Anthropology Research Centre and the Doctoral Programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology invite you to an online seminar by Dr. Natallia Paulovich: "The Ecology of Everyday Life: Local Food Practices in the Face of Environmental Threats in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region." Abstract:  This presentation outlines the conceptual […]

Presentation of the Project “The Impact of Conflicts on Relations between the South Caucasus and Middle Eastern States” by Mushegh Ghahriyan and Aram Abajyan

Annotation The study of relations between the states of the South Caucasus and the Middle East is both timely and important, shaped by a range of factors including historical developments, regional conflicts, political and economic interests, as well as the expansion and deepening of interstate relations. The project aims to examine how regional conflicts have […]

Uncanny Remnants: Ruins, Otherness, and Belonging in Northeastern Turkey

On 2 June 17:00 PM, Giorgi Cheishvili will deliver an online lecture “Uncanny Remnants: Ruins, Otherness, and Belonging in Northeastern Turkey”,  organized by the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University. Abstract Anthropological accounts of ruins typically view them as bridges connecting people either to a […]