On 23 October 2018, at 18:00, Dr. William V. Braun and Dr. Konrad Karcz will deliver public lectures at ISU G106. William V. Braun, Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, will speak about Complications of Bariatric Procedures. Each method used in bariatric surgery has pros and cons. Dr. Braun will discuss bariatric surgery procedures and […]

On October 24, 2018 the Ilia State University and the University of Tartu convene a discussion session “Georgia in Europe, Europe in Georgia” in the framework of the Jean Monnet Network “Developing European Studies in the Caucasus”. The event is based on two recent publication projects – a special issue of the journal “Region: Regional […]

From 25 to 27 October 2018, ISU will host an international conference The Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space. The event was initiated by Professor Alexis Nuselovici of the University of Aix-Marseille (France). Organizers: Professor Mzagho Dokhturishvili, Director of the Research Centre Romance Intercompherension. Intertextual Dialogue; Professor Bela Tsipuria, Director of Comparative Literature; […]

Public lecture on "Right to Privacy in the Era of Transparency and Mass Surveillance" will be held on October 26 at 15:00 Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Ganna Yudkivska will speak about a development of the notion of privacy and its reasonable expectations, growing requirements to informational space, right to be forgotten, […]

On 26 October 2018, at 18:00, ISU (Room A101) Professor Paul Manning, of the Trent University, will be speaking about The City of Gardens: Three Garden Heterotopias of Old Tbilisi Long ago, Tbilisi, the old walled city that is also known as K’ala, was ringed with suburbs, Garetubani, which were filled with gardens. The famed […]

On 7 November 2018, Dr. Rebekah Kim of Harvard University will deliver a public lecture called Probing the Mysterious Relationship Between Chinese Characters and the Hebrew Bible at ISU B 201, at 17:00. The exact origin of Chinese characters has long been a mystery and subject of much academic conjecture. However, it is commonly understood […]

On November 8 2018, at 11:00, Stylianos Koulouris, Scientific Cooperation Officer at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will deliver a presentation on Introduction to Food Safety and Risk Assessment at ISU G 106. Stylianos Koulouris supervises European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EU-FORA) and is responsible for cooperation with EU neighborhood countries. EFSA is a […]

On 9 November 2018, at 16:00, Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Ilia State University (ISU) are holding a discussion Fighting Disinformation–from StopFake to Baltic Elves. The event will take place in Ligamus Book House at ISU. Students will have an opportunity to learn about the Ukrainian and Lithuanian experience of confronting hybrid warfare and disinformation. […]

From 12 to 18 November ISU will celebrate the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 (GEW 2018), an initiative of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN). Held in over 160 countries and having more than 20 000 partner organizations, GEW brings together millions of people taking part in more than 35 000 events and activities. ISU has been […]

On 12 November 2018, at 17:00, within the frames of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 (GEW 2018), Dr. Paulina Rytkönen, Associate Professor of Södertörn University, Sweden, will deliver a public lecture at ISU Wine in Sweden – from a Consumed Luxury to an Upcoming Industry with an International Context. About the Speaker: Dr. Paulina Rytkönen is […]