უნივერსიტეტის ღონისძიებების პორტალი

Doctor Yuli's public lecture: Role of church and religious unions in the process of cooperation with the state and civil societies.
2016-04-08 17:00 (Asia/Dubai)
On April 8, at 17:00, at lecture hall A101, the archbishop of the Church of Wittenberg, Doctor Yuli, will deliver the public lecture: The role of the church and religious unions in the process of cooperation with the state and civil societies. The event is organised by Savle Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy of the Ilia State University.
Regarding the rapporteur:
In 1975-1980, Doctor Yuli studied Evangelical theology in Tübingen and Vienna. In 1983, he served as a research assisstant on the theological faculty of Heidelberg University, with the subject area of philosophy of religion. On March 10, 2005, Evangelic regional Synod of Wittenberg appointed him as archbishop of Wittenberg regional church.
In 2010, Yuli became a vice-president of Lutheran World Federation.
Date and time: April 8, 17:00.
Venue: lecture room A101 of Ilia State University, #32 Cavchavadze ave.

The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Tamar Khachashvili's Public Lecture: How to Create Successful Company
2016-04-08 13:00
On April 8, at 13:00, at lecture hall E207 of the Ilia State University, at the initiative of the Iliauni Business School, Founder and Director of the “Caucasus Genetics” Company will deliver the public lecture on the topic: “How to Create a Successful Company”.
Mrs. Khachashvili will familiarise the students with her vast experience in the field of entrepreneurship by informing them how she started a small business in 2006, and in what manner she managed to became the prime manufacturer in her field.
Tamar Khachashvili is also a founder of two other companies with different profiles: FIDA Georgia (specialising in agritourism and carrying out agriculturally based operations) and Women for Tomorrow (promoting women’s active involvement in social life).
By sharing her wide experience, she will help the students effectively plan their future.
Regarding the rapporteur:
Tamar Khacharashvili has a Master’s Degree in Economic Geography and is a PHD student of the Agrarian University as well as a certified couch of Erickson International University specialising in the agrarian sector, with 15 years’ experience. Plus, she has 10 years’ experience in business management. Apart from this, she also serves as a Career and Personal Development Consultant as well as as a couch with 8 years’ experience in teaching.
Caucasus Genetics, the founder and manager of which is Tamar Khachashvili, is the company which combines dairy experts and breeding and AI specialists.
Caucasus Genetics launched its operation in 2006 as a small company serving for the east and south parts of Georgia. Nowadays it represents one of the key suppliers of Georgia in breeding and AI field. It is a leading company in milk production and processing as well as a key supplier of the best breeds of cattle and the best quality service provider in animal breeding and artificial insemination.
Introduction and implementation of modern technologies in Georgia is related precisely to the name of Caucasus Genetics LTD.
In 2014, Mrs Khachashvili founded Agrotourism Company FIDA Georgia, which, for the purposes of familiarising themselves with Georgia’s history and agriculture, has attracted a number of local and foreign tourists.
The Company mainly arranges agrotours, wine and cheese tours, learning and educational tours for pupils and students in diary production and cattle breeding.
Tamar Khachashvili is actively involved in public activities.
In 2004, along with her supporters, she founded Women’s Business Association “Women for Tomorrow”, which aims to facilitate active involvement of women in economic and social life of the country.
Date and time: April 8, 13:00.
Venue:
The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

"TERRA HISTORICA“- Presentation of Professor Gia Jokhadze's Book
2016-04-06 19:00
On April 6, Monday, at 19:00, Ligamusi Book House of Ilia State University will host the presentation of the new book under the title “Terra Historica“(The land of History). The autor of the book is Doctor of Historical Studies and Professor of Ilia State University, Giorgi Jokhadze.
“Terra Historica“is the sixth book in the book series on historical issues by the writer.
The book contains the articles on different questions which are the product of the so-called “close reading” method as well as the use of anthropological achievements in practice.
In his work, the author tries to reassess and re-evaluate the well-known and not so well-known events of the medieval period.
Time: April 6, 19:00.
Venue: Ligamusi Book House of Ilia State University, #32 Cavchavadze ave.
The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Presentation of new educational project of EPRC/PPRTC
2016-04-05 18:00
On April 5, at the initiative of Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and Public Policy Research and Training Centre (PPRTC), at lecture hall E207 of Ilia State University, the presentation of new educational project will be held.
Within the frameworks of the project, the graduates of Stanford University Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) will offer the MA students of Public Administration (MPA) the course of lectures on the issue of Georgia’s Integration into Europe.
Speeches will be made by: Douglas Ball, Director of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rector of Ilia State University, Giga Zedania, Executive Director of Economic Policy Research Centre, Nino Evgenidze.
The first session of EPRC/LAD lectures will be held at Ilia State University from April 5 to 29.
The lectures will be given by the executives of public service and non-governmental organisations, who were directly involved in the reformation of public sector, international negotiations and/or research activities.
The course covers the issues as follows:
European integration and the impact of this process on Georgia’s economy, visa liberalisation process, anti-European narrative in Georgian media, etc.
See the detailed programme of the course of lectures here.
Date and time: April 5, 18:00

Business and Human Rights
2016-04-05 18:00
On April 5, at 18:00, in cooperation with the programme of Iliauni School of Law, East-West Management Institute, the Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia (PROLoG), Advancing CSO Capacities and Engaging Society for Sustainability (ACCESS), as well as the Civil Development Agency (CIDA), Lagamusi book house of Ilia State University hosts public discussion: Business and Human Rights.
Agenda
Time: 18:00-18:15
Subject: Business and human rights in the context of corporate social responsibility.
Rapporteur: Salome Zurabishvili — Corporate-Social Responsibility Manager of CIDA and a contact person of The United Nations Global Compact Network.
Time: 18:15-18:30
Subject: Human Rights and Business Impact Assessment tools at the example of “Geocell” and “Teliasonera”
Rapporteur: Sopo Tabatadze — Ethics and Compliance Officer at Geocell
Time: 18:30 – 18:45
Subject: Public Defender’s mandate in the area of business and human of Georgia
Rapporteur: Niko Ttaulashvili — The Head of the Department of International Relations and Communications of the Public Defender’s Office.
Time: 18:45-19:00
Subject: Business and Labour Rights
Rapporteur: Lina Ghvinianidze — Director of Social Rights programme, Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Time: 19:00 – 20:00
Subject: Public Discussion
Moderator: Tamar Gurchiani, Associate professor of the School of Law of Ilia State University, Head of the Department of Human Rights and Manager of Organisational Development of ACCESS.
The meeting is scheduled for: April 5, 18:00
Venue: the Ligamusi book house of Ilia State University, #32 Chavchavadze ave.
The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Public Lecture of Research Associate of the University of Cambridge, Thomas Hopkins: Democracy and Industry in Post-Revolutionary France
2016-04-05 16:00
On April 5, at 16:00, at A 101 auditorium of Ilia State University, at the invitation of Iliauni Social and Cultural Research Institute, Research Associate in history and politics at the University of Cambridge, Thomas Hopkins, will deliver the public lecture: Democracy and Industry in Post-Revolutionary France.
In the 19th century, widespread was the belief according to which the foundation of ancient states, in fact, was slavery, while modern European societies rested on the industry formed by their citizens.
Public life was deemed to be the system of means and aims the basis of which was the so-called “Division of Labour.”
Politics could have been viewed as an extension of this system, with its selective similarity between its representative governance and commercial society.
This lecture will shed light on the importance of the ideas of the 19th century in the 20th century, as well as the part these ideas played to create a proper ground for the development of socialist reasoning. The story revolves around Henri Saint-Simon and his thoughts. His aspiration to replace “People’s Government” with “the administration of things” influenced such critically different thinkers as: Ogist Kont, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spenser.
Regarding the speaker:
Historian of politics, Thomas Hopkins, has delivered lectures in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge since 2015; at the same time, he has been a bye-fellow in History and Politics at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge.
In 2014-2015, he taught the history of political thought at the University of London.
In 2011, at Christ’s College of the University of Cambridge, Thomas Hopkins defended his PHD thesis in the field of history, with the title: “Say and Sismondi on the political economy of post-revolutionary. Europe.”
In 2005-2006, Hopkins studied at the same university on the Master’s programme of philosophy with special emphasis on political thought and intellectual history.
Selected publications:
2015 ‘The Limits of “Cosmopolitical Economy”: Smith, List and the Paradox of Peace through Trade’, in T. Hippler and M. Vec, eds, Paradoxes of Peace in Nineteenth-Century Europe, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 77-91.
2014, “Ordering the World in the Nineteenth Century’; ‘Property and Poverty: Perspectives on the nineteenth-century Social Question’; ‘Before Socialism: Political economy and the Social Question in nineteenth-century France’, in M. Koskenniemi and B. Stråth, eds., Europe 1815-1914: Creating Community and Ordering the World, (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, 2014), pp. 33-43, 84-92, 93-106.
2016, Industrial Civilization: Political Thought in Post-Revolutionary France (monograph in preparation, estimated completion late 2016).
Date and time: April 5, 16:00
Venue: lecture hall A 101 of Ilia State University, #32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.
The lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

THOMAS HOPKINS’ PUBLIC LECTURES AT ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY
2016-04-04 15:00
On April 4, at 15:00, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, at the invitation of Iliauni Social and Cultural Research Institute, Research Associate in history and politics at the University of Cambridge, Thomas Hopkins, will deliver the public lecture: Political Theory and Its History.
Why do we need to learn the history of political thought? Obviously, for the purposes of getting a better understanding of politics. The vast majority of modern philosophers cannot stand a temptation of defining politics as the realm of applied ethics. In case of such an approach, the purpose of theory proves to be identification of “norms.” As for practical politics, its aim appears to be to make the world compatible with the programme devised by the theory. When it comes to the history of political thought, it should be noted that it calls upon us to cast a skeptic glace upon this maneuver.
Thomas Hopkins’ lecture will focus your attention on the major changes having taken place in the methodology of political thought in 1960s and will pay close attention to the activities performed by the so called “School of Cambridge.”
Regarding the speaker:
Historian of politics, Thomas Hopkins, has delivered lectures in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge since 2015; at the same time, he has been a bye-fellow in History and Politics at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge.
In 2014-2015, he taught the history of political thought at the University of London.
In 2011, at Christ’s College of the University of Cambridge, Thomas Hopkins defended his PHD thesis in the field of history, with the title: “Say and Sismondi on the political economy of post-revolutionary. Europe.”
In 2005-2006, Hopkins studied at the same university on the Master’s programme of philosophy with special emphasis on political thought and intellectual history.
Selected publications:
2015 ‘The Limits of “Cosmopolitical Economy”: Smith, List and the Paradox of Peace through Trade’, in T. Hippler and M. Vec, eds, Paradoxes of Peace in Nineteenth-Century Europe, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 77-91.
2014, “Ordering the World in the Nineteenth Century’; ‘Property and Poverty: Perspectives on the nineteenth-century Social Question’; ‘Before Socialism: Political economy and the Social Question in nineteenth-century France’, in M. Koskenniemi and B. Stråth, eds., Europe 1815-1914: Creating Community and Ordering the World, (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, 2014), pp. 33-43, 84-92, 93-106.
2016, Industrial Civilization: Political Thought in Post-Revolutionary France (monograph in preparation, estimated completion late 2016).
Date and time: April 4, 15:00
Venue: Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, #32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.
The lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

PROFESSOR ANDREAS ARNDT TO DELIVER PUBLIC LECTURE ON LENIN’S INTERPRETATION OF HEGELIAN MARXISM
2016-04-02 18:00
On April 2, at 18:00, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, within the project “Presidential Collegium for State Arrangement”, Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin, Andreas Arndt, will deliver a public lecture on “Lenin’s Interpretation of Hegelian Marxism.”
Main topic of the lecture is highlighting the Importance of Hegel’s Philosophical System for Reassessing Marx’s Dialectical Materialism, which made it absolutely clear that comprehension of Karl Marx’s dialectic without understanding the basics of Hegel’s philosophical system is impossible. It is also worth noting that Lenin’s move to study Hegelian system laid the foundation for the formation of the Western Hegelian Marxism and developed links between Russian and European intellectual platforms.
Regarding the Speaker
Andreas Arndt is a professor of philosophy of the faculty of theology at Humboldt University of Berlin and a head of Friedrich Schleiermacher Research Department of Science Academy of Berlin and Brandenburg. From 1977 to 1979, he was a member of the team studying Marx’s philosophy. Having written his thesis about Karl Marx and his theory –“Karl Marx: Versuch über den Zusammenhang seiner Theorie” in 1985, two years late, in 1987, he received habilitation at the Free University of Berlin. Andreas Arndt also performed professional activities at Theological Seminary in Berlin and the University of Jena. Since 1992, he has headed International Council of Hegel.
Featured Publications:

“Lenin – Politics and philosophy” (1982)
“Karl Marx: Versuch über den Zusammenhang seiner Theorie” (1985)
“Dialektik und Reflexion: zur Rekonstruktion des Vernunftbegriffs” (1994)

Language: German, simultaneous interpretation in Georgian will be provided
Date and time: 2 April, 18:00
Location: Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, llia Chavchavadze Avenue 32
All welcome to attend the event.

PROJECTS OF ILIAUNI CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ON WORLD AUTISM AWARNESS DAY
2016-04-02 15:00
On April 2, World Autism Awareness Day, at 15:00, at Ilia State University, within the joint projects – “Development of Services for Children and Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders” — by Caritas Czech Republic (CCR) and Child Development Institute of Ilia State University, the results of the survey called “Early Identification, Evaluation and Habilitation of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Georgia” will be presented. The survey was held with the help of the Development Agency of Czech Republic.
Speaker: Giorgi GiorgadzeThe Video clip called “Raise Autism Awareness” and a renewed and modified electronic questionnaire for children with autism will also be presented at the event.
Date and Time: April 2, 15:00Location: Book house Ligamus of Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Ave. #32

PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON LEGAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE TO BE HELD
2016-04-01 18:30
On April 1, 18:30, in A101 room of Ilia State University, a public discussion on legal regulatory environment for currency exchange rate will be held; the event has been organized by the Law School and Students’ Court Club. The discussion will be led by Deputy Head of legal department at National Bank of Georgia and invited professor of Law School, Irakli Kalandadze as well as lawyer of National Bank, Giorgi Dziguashvili.
At the event will be discussed the issues as follows:

1. Overview of legislative framework related to regulation of currency exchange rate;
2. Floating and fixed exchange rates;
3. Procedures for fixing currency exchange rates and the role of National Bank in determining the rate;
4. Major reasons for currency devaluation;
5. Reasonability of interventions when the value of currency is falling.
Date and Time: April 1, 18:30
Location: room A101, Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32
All welcome to attend the event

PROFESSOR ANDREAS ARNDT TO DELIVER PUBLIC LECTURE ON RECOGNITION AND IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNITION IN MODEN DEMOCRATIC STATE
2016-04-01 16:30
On April 1, at 16:30, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, within the project “Presidential Collegium for State Arrangement”, Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin, Andreas Arndt, will deliver a public lecture on “Recognition and Importance of the Notion of Recognition in Modern Democratic State”.
The speaker will make a speech on the importance of the notion of recognition, which dates back to Classical German Philosophy. Andreas Arndt will try to discuss the notion of recognition in a modern context, and will make it applicable to different economic fields as well.
Regarding the Speaker
Andreas Arndt is a professor of philosophy of the faculty of theology at Humboldt University of Berlin and a head of Friedrich Schleiermacher Research Department of Science Academy of Berlin and Brandenburg. From 1977 to 1979, he was a member of the team studying Marx’s philosophy. Having written his thesis about Karl Marx and his theory –“Karl Marx: Versuch über den Zusammenhang seiner Theorie” in 1985, two years late, in 1987, he received habilitation at the Free University of Berlin. Andreas Arndt also performed professional activities at Theological Seminary in Berlin and the University of Jena. Since 1992, he has headed International Council of Hegel.
Featured Publications:

“Lenin – Politics and philosophy” (1982)
“Karl Marx: Versuch über den Zusammenhang seiner Theorie” (1985)
“Dialektik und Reflexion: zur Rekonstruktion des Vernunftbegriffs” (1994)

Language: German, simultaneous interpretation in Georgian will be provided
Date and time: 1 April, 16:30
Location: Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, llia Chavchavadze Avenue 32
All welcome to attend the event.

COURSE OF LECTURES OF EPRC AND PPRTC AT ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY
2016-04-01 15:51
A cycle of lectures on Georgia’s EU integration is planned to be launched at Ilia State University. Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and Public Policy Research and Training Centre (PPRTC) of Ilia State University have organized the event. The course of lectures prepared by the graduates and organizers of Stanford University’s Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) is targeted towards the students of MA programme of public administration of Ilia State University.
The course comprises the issues as follows: European Integration and Influence of this Process on Georgia’s Economy; Prospects of Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses; Visa Liberalization Process, Anti-European Narrative in Georgian Media, etc. The lectures will be delivered by the executives of public service and non-governmental sector.
The first series of lectures will be conducted at Ilia State University from April 5 to 29; however, thanks to an active involvement of the graduates of LAD, the joint project of EPRC and PPRTC is planned to continue.
On April 5, at room E207 of Ilia State University, a presentation of the new educational project drawn up at the initiative of the Training Centre of EPRC and PPRTC will be held.

Speaker

Date
Time
Topic

Gigi Gigiadze
5 Apr.
19:00
European Integration and Visa Liberalization process

Batu Kutelia
12Apr.
19:00
Security and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Aspirations

Shio Khetsuriani
14Apr.
19:00
Good Governance: Obligations Attached to European Integration

Tamar Khorbaladze
19Apr.
19:00
Anti-European Propaganda in Georgian Media

Irina Kvakhadze
26Apr.
19:00
Euro-Atlantic Integration and its benefits for the Development of Private Sector

Irina Guruli
29Apr.
19:00
EU regulations – Prospects of Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Giorgi Kadagidze
TBD
19:00
TBD

Location: Ilia State University, room E207, Kakutsa Cholokashvili Street #3/5

PROFESSOR JACQUES GODIE TO HOLD PUBLIC LECTURE
2016-03-29 12:00
On March 29, at 12:00, within International Francophonie Day, French Professor
Jacques Godié will deliver a public lecture on the topic “Victor Hugo – fighter for freedom.”
Language: French, simultaneous interpretation in Georgian will be provided
Time and Date: 29 March, 12:00
Location: room A101, Ilia State University A101, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32
All welcome to attend the event.

Geopolitical Transformation in the Caucasus
2016-02-18 12:50
On March 18, 2016 Institute of Political Sciences of Ilia State University and the Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University are organizing a joint international scientific conference “Geopolitical Transformation in the Caucasus.”
Working Languages of the Conference – Georgian, English and Russian
Interested applicants should send abstracts of their papers (300-500 words) in Georgian, English and Russian languages at the following e-mail address: malkhaz.matsaberidze@iliauni.edu.geuntil March 10, 2016.
Abstracts should include name, surname, work place, position and personal e-mail of the applicant.
The selected papers will be published as the proceedings of the conference.
Articles should be in the range of 3.000 – 5.000 words.
Paper should be written according to the APA style.

Design project workshop Tbilisi: Spatial Scenario
2015-12-06 10:00
Abstract about the workshop:
First step: what makes a city become attractive?
Based on an analysis of attractive, vital and well-designed districts of global cities, students evaluate the parameters of the 5 „D“s: density, diversity, design, destination and distance.
In this workshop the topic is to implement this parameters in an existing context at the K. Marjanishvili Street by active urban interventions in positions that are critical. The challenge is to bring it to a positive and sustainable change.
Bio:
Johann-Peter Scheck is Professor in Urban Design and Architectural Design at the OTH Technical University Regensburg (Germany).
After his studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland), he worked in
Berlin for 15 years. As prizewinner of several competitions in Germany, he realized urban design projects, public and private buildings and developed also social projects in disadvantaged districts of Berlin.
His international activities as Guest Lecturer in Versailles (France), Milan (Italy) and Qingdao (China) led him deepen his knowledge of global cities.
Currently, Prof. Scheck develops a new town in China.

SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS AND THE DESERT FATHERS: MONASTIC COMPETITION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST IN LATE ANTIQUITY
2015-10-27 17:00
Ilia State University cordially invites you to the public lecture by Prof. Marianne Saghy (Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest) on SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS AND THE DESERT FATHERS: MONASTIC COMPETITION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST IN LATE ANTIQUITY
Marianne Sághy is an associate professor at the Medieval Studies Department, Central European University, former academic director of the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Paris, is a historian interested in transitions and transformations: Late Antiquity and the late Middle Ages. Focusing on the religious, social, cultural and political history of the fourth- century Latin West, her heroes are controversial bishops and eccentric ascetics like Damasus of Rome, Jerome, Martin of Tours or Genovefa of Paris. Her books include Martyrs and Poems: The Cult of the Saints in Rome under Damasus, A. D. 366-384, and Saint Martin of Tours: Asceticism and Power in Late Antiquity.” She also works on trecento treatises concerning the Holy Land, publishing a bilingual Latin-French critical edition of Pierre Dubois’s De la récupération de la Terre Sainte”.
Sághy has taught courses on Religion and Society in Late Antiquity, Saint Augustine and the Confessions, Body and Society, Women and Christianity, Monasticism and Hagiography, Angevin Europe in Budapest as well as in Tours, Poitiers, Turku, Warsaw, and Paris. She organizes summer courses at CEU and at the Hungarian Academy in Rome.
Abstract: Competition was nothing new among ascetics in Late Antiquity, from the Egyptian desert to the Cappadocian and Roman family monasteries as well as among the educated Christian élite who chronicled throughout the Roman Empire the astonishing feats of the ascetic heroes: Antony of Egypt, Paul of Thebes or Martin of Tours. A somewhat more striking feature is the competition between Western and Eastern ascetics posited in the foundational texts of Latin monasticism. The lecture presents the literary ambitions and implications of the prime example of the complex strategies of monastic competition, the work that demonstrates with brio the superiority of Gallic monasticism over the Egyptian one: Sulpicius Severus’ Gallus, or Dialogues on the Virtues of Martin. Sulpicius not only places Gaul alongside Cappadocia, Northern Italy, Palestine, and Egypt as yet one more region that turned the desert into a heavenly city, but posits Gaul as a model for Eastern ascetics who look to Western monks for guidance: in the desert, the fathers read only one book: Sulpicius’ Life of Martin and they loudly beg him to write a sequel! In the Gallus, Martin is superior not only to Plato in wisdom and to Cyprian in his enthusiasm for martyrdom, but he excels bothAntony and Pachomius in ascetic vigor— despite his “compromised” lifestyle of episcopal service. Even more pressingly, Sulpicius presents himself as a new kind of Christian writer: a hagiographer who largely irrespective of personal or ecclesial achievement nevertheless serves as an authoritative mediator of ascetic charisma. The desert fathers’ endorsement extends not only to Martin but to Sulpicius as well: it is his written testimony concerning Martin that is in demand. What does all this tell us about the sacred status of the hagiographic text in particular and of monastic literacy in general? This is what this talk sets out to explore.
27.10.2015, 17:00
Ilia State University, E-301

CONFERENCE - "How To discuss Subaltern in Post-Social Societies? Culture, History, Politics"
2015-10-23 12:00
“The term “Subaltern”, introduced by Italian theoretician Antonio Gramsci, is commonly used to designate the “subordinated”, “inferior” social groups or categories of people. Since 1980’s it has become the central concept for Post-Colonial and Post-Imperial studies. From then its meaning has been widened and extended across all social groups and particular persons regarded – based on their social, ethnic, racial, religious, gender or sexual affiliations – inferior in the social hierarchy.
In contemporary theoretical discourses Subaltern signifies those social groups that exist outside hegemony, groups whose presence is absent from the official culture – “their voices aren’t heard”. Therefore, on the level of discourse their existence is described from not-their-own, other’s perspective. Closely related to this term, another meaning is used In Post-Colonial and Post-Imperial contexts in connection to the relationship between former Empire and Colony but also to the relationship between hegemonic West and the East or, in general – “Third World Countries”: Subaltern refers not only to a particular social group but rather to Post-Colonial/Post-Imperial country or a nation which remains in a certain symbiotic relationship to former Colonial/Imperial power and shapes its identity through the stereotypes that have already been suggested by hegemonic power. Thus, it reproduces its subalternity.
The aim of workshop is to bring topics connected to theoretical interpretations of Subaltern and other related themes into Post-socialist, especially Georgian context and to discuss potential prospects of research in this field.”
The conference will bring together Georgian and Foreign researchers, professors, students, visual artists, photographers and writers.

Full program is available here.

6th Conference of Comparative Literature: Website Presentation
2015-10-20 18:00
Ilia State University Institute of Comparative Literature invites you to a Website Presentation on October 20, Tuesday, 18:00, at Ilia State University Book House “Ligamus”. Event is held within the framework of the 6th Conference of the Ilia State University Institute of Comparative Literature: “Literature in monocultural/multicultural society”.
Website www.modernism.ge is a new and rich resource presenting the legacy of Georgian modernism/avant-garde as well as multicultural avant-garde of the Georgian Democratic Republic era Tbilisi in a digital format.
Vast majority of the materials are preserved at the Ioseb Grishashvili Library-Museum in Tbilisi (Director: Nodar Grigolashvili).
Website creators and Doctors of Fine Arts Nana Kipiani, Mzia Chikhradze, and Tea Tabatadze will discuss multicultural avant-garde of Tbilisi.
Time: 20 October, 18:00
Venue: Ilia State University Book House “Ligamus” (Chavchavadze Ave. №32)
Attendance is free and open.

American Professor Claes G. Ryn’s speech on "Multiculturalism and the Problem of Transcultural Unity"
2015-10-19 18:00
Ilia State University Institute of Comparative Literature invites you to a plenary lecture on “Multiculturalism and the Problem of Transcultural Unity” on October 19, Monday, 18:00, at Ilia State University Book House “Ligamus”. Event is held within the framework of the 6th Conference of the Ilia State University Institute of Comparative Literature: “Literature in monocultural/multicultural society”. Professor Claes G. Ryn from the Catholic University of America (Washington, USA) will be giving the speech at the plenary.
Claes Ryn’s teaching and research have been interdisciplinary, spanning ethics and politics, politics and culture, the historical consciousness, epistemology, the history of Western political thought, conservatism, liberalism, and constitutionalism. Ryn is Chairman and co-founder of the National Humanities Institute, which studies the moral and cultural bases of civilization. He is editor of the scholarly journal Humanitas.
Moderator: Professor Paata Chkheidze
Time: 19 October, 18:00
Venue: Ilia State University Book House “Ligamus” (Chavchavadze Ave. №32)
Attendance is free and open.

6TH COMPARATIVE LITERATURE CONFERENCE: LITERATURE IN MONOCULTURAL/MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
2015-10-19 10:00
On 19-20 October, 10:00 a.m., Ilia State University Hall A 101 will host 6th Conference of the Ilia State University Institute of Comparative Literature: “Literature in monocultural/multicultural society”. The conference will be attended by professors from the State University as well as other Georgian universities. Professor Claes G. Ryn from the Catholic University of America (Washington, USA) will give a speech at the conference.
Time: October 19-20, 10:00 am
Location: Lecture Hall A 101 (Chavchavadze Ave. №32)
Full program is available here.

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Philipp Egger's public lecture on "Philanthropy - Foundation of a liberal society"
2015-10-05 19:00
On October 5, 19:00, Ilia State University G 106 Hall is hosting a public lecture on “Philanthropy – Foundation of a liberal society” delivered by Philipp Egger, Doctor of Historical Sciences.
Philip Egger has a 20-year work experience in management and strategic planning of the non-profit sector. He is founder and CEO/Director of Swiss foundation GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG, which has been providing grants for development of education, research and innovation since 1998. Dr. Egger has been member of the Advisory Committee of the CEPS Swiss Centrefor Philanthropy Studies in the University of Basel since 2008 along with occupying position of a lecturer there. With Dr. Egger’s active support, many scientific and educational projects in the field of social and human sciences have been implemented in Georgia as well as in the South Caucasus in general since 2010.
After the lecture, Doctor Philip Egger will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Ilia State Uniersity.
Simultaneous translations will be provided at the lecture.
Time: 5 October, 19:00
Venue: Lecture Hall G106, ISU (G. Tsereteli st. №1)
Attendance is free and open.

Workshop and book presentation by Swiss Professor Patrick Serio
2015-10-02 18:00
On October 2, 18:00, Ilia State University Book House “Ligamus” will host a workshop and book presentation led by the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) Professor Emeritus Patrick Serio.
Topic of the workshop is the intellectual foundations of structuralism in the 1920-30-ies Central and Eastern Europe. This theme is significant in so far as it concerns both the culture and the history of thought from a prominent time, as well as the region, to which Georgia belongs. The abovementioed period together with the region requires an in-depth scientific study, which is provided in Patrick Serio’s monograph titled “Structure and integrity”. Georgian translation of the book was published by the Ilia State University Press for “History and Theory of Modernity” series (8th volume).
Presentation at the workshop will be held by Professor Serio himself; The event will also include addresses by the editor of the series Professor Giga Zedania and translator of the book Professor Tinatin Bolkvadze.
Time: 2 October, 18:00
Venue: ISU Book House “Ligamus” (Chavchavadze Ave. №32)

PROFESSOR Boris Drožđek PUBLIC LECTURE
2015-09-30 17:00
This presentation will focus on several forms of group interventions/psychotherapy developed for assisting survivors of man-made violence, like torture and war. It will encompass more than 20 years of the author’s work in different contexts and settings, from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to Georgia, Rwanda and the Netherlands. Group interventions discussed are both clinical and community based.
Clinical experiences will be presented alongside with outcome research of the context-sensitive group treatment approach aiming at helping asylum seekers and refugees with impacts of psychological trauma and resettlement stress. This approach has been designed and applied by the author and his team throughout the past 15 years. This group treatment is phase-based and trauma-focused, it combines group psychotherapy with non-verbal therapies (psychomotor therapy, art therapy, and music therapy), it is executed within a day treatment setting, and lasts for 1 year. The approach does not exclusively focus on treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other co-morbid axis I and II disorders, but includes interventions targeting damaged core-beliefs, guilt, shame, grief, marital and systemic problems, legal issues due to procedure of seeking asylum, and other resettlement stressors.
Boris Drožđek, MD, PhD, is psychiatrist and medical director of the Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland/Reinier van Arkel in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. He publishes in the field of psychotraumatology and transcultural psychiatry, teaches, and gives trainings and workshops on regular basis internationally. Together with John P. Wilson he has edited two acclaimed volumes – Broken Spirits: Treatment of traumatized asylum seekers and refugees – war and torture victims (Brunner-Routledge, 2004), and Voices of Trauma: Treating Survivors Across Cultures (Springer, 2007).Since 2001, he is the international director of the International Summer School of Psychotrauma in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Dr. Drožđek is the executive committee member of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), former board member of the Dutch-Flemish Society for Psychotrauma (NtVP), member of the Scientific Committee of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR) and member of the ESTSS (European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies), APA (American Psychiatric Association), and NVvP (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie).

Iliauni Science Picnic 2015
2015-09-26 12:00
Ilia State University is holding 4th Science Picnic.
Science Picnic is one-day open air event that aims to present science in a fun and accessible way for audience of every age and every field. It is organized by Ilia State University and co-organized by Tbilisi City Hall.

Science Picnic is the only large-scale event in Georgia that helps popularize science amongst every age category.

2012 Iliauni Science Picnic had 7 000 visitors.
The event became part of European Science Events Association (EuSEA) in 2013; it had 13 000 visitors. The largest Game of Robots was important addition, organized by Iliauni.
60 Georgian and 20 foreign groups were registered for the Science Picnic 2014. We had invited a world-renown animator for such events, who moderated each activity and ensured active involvement of the visitors in the scientific events. Game of Robots was traditionally held in Science Picnic 2015. Event had more then 15 000 visitors.

This year, during Science Picnic 2015, we are going to organize first Maker’s Fair in Georgia. The event will gather together creators, craftsmen, and makers from different fields to share crafts, products, artifacts, and knowhow with the general public.
Based on the past experience, we are expecting increased number of visitors.
Science Picnic 2015 will be held 26 th of September, 2015.

If you are interested in participation, complete the Application Form and send it to following email: sciencepicnic@iliauni.edu.ge
The deadline for application is May 31.
Science Picnic is a free of charge event that is open to general public, schools, universities, NGOs, government, etc., that may be interested in science popularization and scientific shows, presented during the event. Iliauni Science Picnic will be publicized and advertised through various ways to allow interested groups to attend the event.
For additional information:
www.sciencepicnic.ge

Ilia State University Innovative Inventions Exhibition - participant registration
2015-09-26 10:00
Innovative Inventions Exhibition will be held on September 26, 2015 for the first time in Georgia, within the framework of the 4th science picnic organized by Ilia State University.
Innovative inventions exhibition is a festival of art, crafts, engineering, science projects and DYI that will gather technology enthusiasts, inventors, craftsmen, engineers, science club members, authors, artists, professors, students, commercial exhibitions organizers, seekers of interesting ideas and development and innovation lovers from all over Georgia in one day, in one place.
This is a sight that will be interesting for any age group or people with various interests.
Festival will have the format of exhibition and fair.
If you are interested in presenting your merchandise and inventions in front of a wider audience and take part in the September 26 th Ilia State University innovative inventions exhibition, then fill in the registration form no later than September 1st, 2015.
Registration form for participants

Participation in the Innovative inventions exhibition or in an exhibition and fair is available for individuals, groups or organizations that have the desire to demonstrate their own inventions or merchandise at the innovative inventions exhibition.
Those participants selected for the exhibition only will be exempted from paying participation fees;
For participants selected for exhibition and fair participation fee is 200 GEL;
Participants with scientific – education background, pupils and students will be exempted from paying participation fees;
Ilia State University is providing opportunity for selected participants to work at the ISU industrial innovation lab to improve and develop their own ideas or to work on prototype creation.
Several of the best participants of the Ilia State University innovative inventions exhibition will be awarded invention related prizes.

Facts about the Science Picnic
Science Picnic is the only large-scale science event in Georgia, which promotes popularization of science in all age groups.
In 2012, the ISU Science Picnic received 7 000 visitors;
In 2013, the ISU Science Picnic became members of the European Association of scientific events (EUSEA) and received 13 000 visitors;
In 2014, over 20 international and 60 Georgian science popularization interest groups participated in the Science Picnic and received 17 000 visitors;
This year, innovative inventions exhibition will be held for the first time within the framework of the Science Picnic, which will further increase both participants of international and local groups to and the overall number of visitors.
Contact Information
Tekle KapanadzeIlia State University Science Popularization Project Coordinator: tekle.kapanadze@iliauni.edu.ge577 57 55 46
Anna KvanchilashviliIlia State University Public Relations Departmentpr@iliauni.edu.ge

HARDWARE HACKATHON ILIAUNI – FROM IDEA TO BUSINESS (OPPORTUNITY?)
2015-09-01 18:48
For the first time in Georgia, Hardware Hackathon Iliauni will be conducted in September by Ilia State University and Iliauni Industrial Innovation Laboratory. Participating team will compete using innovative and creative ideas, as a part of this project. They will have opportunity to create a prototype of their ideas using modern technologies available in FabLab, under mentorship from highly qualified professionals. The winner team will be revealed on Iliauni Exhibition of Innovative Inventions to be held on September 26. Members of the winning team will be awarded and will conduct an educational visit to Maker Faire Rome in Italy.
Anyone can take part in the project regardless of age, experience and personal skills.
What is Hardware Hackathon Iliauni?

Harware Hackathon Iliauni is business marathon which stimulates creativity and innovation and most importantly – supports creation of startup companies; it gives creators a chance to turn their idea into business and a hobby – into profitable endeavor.
Topics

IoT
Wearables
VR/AR
Robots
Drones
Art
UI
3D Printing
Industrial Applications
Solar Energy

Who can participate in Hardware Hackathon Iliauni?

Anyone regardless of age, skills or experience (it does not matter if you are an entrepreneur, a designer, a software developer, an engineer, a marketer, a painter, an architect etc.), who has creative and innovative ideas and wishes to turn them into reality.
You can take part in Hardware Hackathon Iliauni even in the case if you do not have an idea or a team. The first and the second stage of the project (September5-6 and September 12-13, respectively) gives you an opportunity to find people with necessary skills to carry out your idea, or discover an idea that requires your skills to be implemented.
When and how will Hardware Hackathon Iliauni be conducted?
Hardware Hackathon Iliauniwill be conducted in September 2015, in 4 stages:

Stage One -Consists of a cycle of lectures, which will introduce the project, participation principles and modern technologies. Attendance in open to all who are interested in the subject. Time (Period): September5-6
Please take a look at the detailed schedule.
Stage Two –Creation – forming of the ideas and participating teams. (If you do not have a team Time (Period): September 12-13.
Stage Three –Acceleration academy and working on prototypes. Time (Period): 12-20 of September
Stage Four –Testing of prototypes at Iliauni Innovational Invention Exhibition and selection of the winning team, which had 13 000 viewers on average. Time (Period): September26.

Why should you take part in Hardware Hackathon Iliauni?

Hardware Hackathon Iliauni gives you opportunity to:

Meet people will skills necessary for implementation of your idea and create a team;
Use technical base of FabLab and additional technical components to create prototype of your idea; Receive advise from professional mentors;
Meet potential investors during the course of the project and acquire additional financing for prototyping your idea.
Complete an intense course in Entrepreneurship from Iliauni Acceleration Academy.
Test your product on Iliauni Innovative Invention Exhibition, which will take place on 26th of September and will have up to 15 000 attendants.
Receive a working space in Iliauni.
Travel on an education tour to one of the largest events in Europe – Maker Faire Rome 2015, conducted in Italy.

Awards

1st Place–The winning team will go on an education trip to Italy, to Maker Faire Rome. Maker Faire Rome is the largest invention and creativity event in Europe, which attracts artists of different ages and professional background and stimulates exchange of creative ideas in a friendly atmosphere. This year the event will host more than 600 participants from around the world who will conduct performances, exhibitions and business meetings. Maker Faire Rome aims to create a space for debates on innovation and promotion of individual and team entrepreneurships, in the scope of popularizing digital culture, all of which is inseparable for development of creators. Maker Faire Rome will take place on October 18, 2015 in Roman University “La Sapienza”, which will be turned into “a city of tomorrow” on that day!
Educational tour to Rome includes business meetings in Roman FabLabs and a meeting with editor in chief of Startup Italy, co-founder of FabLab and innovator foundation Make in Italy, Ricardo Luna.
Besides that, Iliauni will select interesting project(s) and in order to extend cooperation, will allocate working space in Iliauni FabLab.

Hardware Hackathon Iliauni partners are:

Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
Georgian University Startup Nest
Startup Marani
Enterprise Georgia
Sakpatenti (National Intellectual Property Center)

How can I take part in Hardware Hackathon Iliauni?
In order to take part in Hardware Hackathon Iliauni please fill out a simple registration form and we will contact you (to provide you with information of time and location of first stage of the project).

Registration form submission deadline is 10th of September

Best of Luck.
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Unimarket for the support disaster victims
2015-06-27 12:00
Unimarket#‎13June is being organized on June 27, Saturday, from 12:00 am to 16:00 pm with the combined efforts of Ilia State University and the IliaUni Student Club. Everyone is welcome to participate in Unimarket#‎13June as IliaUni professors, administration, students and other interested persons will bring items for sale.
In order to provide space with necessary arrangements, identify everyone’s places and needs, please fill in a simple multi-field registration form.
Venue: Front yard of Ilia State University A Building (Ilia Chavchavadzeave. # 32)
Contact information:
599 222 871
pr@iliauni.edu.ge
Attached documents:

Talin Lindsay’s public lecture on “Applying to graduate programs in the U.S.”
2015-06-25 17:00
Georgian Branch of the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is inviting you to a public lecture “Applying to graduate programs in the U.S.” on June 25, at 17:00 at Ilia State University Lecture Hall A101.
Lecture will be held by Talin Lindsay, American Research Institute of the South Caucasus, and Purdue University
Date: June 25, at 17:00
Venue: Ilia State University, A Building, Lecture Hall A101 (32 Chavchavadze St.)
Lecture language: English
This event is free and open to the public.
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ARISC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition, ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or status as a covered veteran.

Meeting with Strasbourg judges
2015-06-25 15:00
Under the auspices of the Georgian Constitutional Court, Ilia State University School of Law will be visited by Strasbourg the following judges on June 25, 15:00, at the Ilia State University Lecture Hall B202:

Mr. JosepCasadevall- Vice-President of European Court of Human Rights (Andorra) accompanied by his spouse Ms. Maria CintaPalle Allis.
Ms. GannaYudkivska – Judge of European Court of Human Rights (Ukraine)
Ms. Nona Tsotsoria – Judge of European Court of Human Rights (Georgia)
Ms. FatosAraci – Deputy Section Registrar)

The judges will hold meeting with the students of ISU and other universities. Meeting will be held in the format of Q&A.
Meeting language: French (with simultaneous Georgian translation)
Time: June 25, 15:00 pm
Location: Lecture Hall B202 ISU (Chavchvadze Ave. 32)

Public Lecture "Literary origins of Georgian feast: Cosmopolitan poetics of national tradition" by Professor Harsha Ram of University of California
2015-06-24 19:00
Ilia State University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies is organizing a public lecture “Literary origins of Georgian feast: Cosmopolitan poetics of national tradition” on June 24, Wednesday, 19:00, at ISU Book House “Ligamus” to be presented by Professor Harsha Ram of University of California (Berkeley). The lecture will be held in English, with simultaneous translation in Georgian.
Harsha Ram – Associate Professor of Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of Berkley University (University of California). Harsha Ram’s academic activity and interest is scattered over numerous disciplines, centuries and nearly half of the world, including Russian, Georgian, Indian and Italian literatures, as well as comparative modernism and nationalism, and imperialism and cosmopolitism theories. His works consider Russian and European romanticisms, symbolism and avant-garde. His recent publications include “The Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of Empire” (2003). His forthcoming book is entitled “City of Crossroads: Tiflis Modernism and the Russian-Georgian Encounter”.
“Literary origins of Georgian feast: Cosmopolitan poetics of national tradition”
By combination of festivity, drinking and toasting Georgian feast has gained status ofa national feature. But how unique the Georgian feast really is? It would seem that the Georgian toast practice isproduct a deep literary exchange that goes far beyond the Caucasus region and is pointing to the romantic poetry in Russian and British traditions. Study of this genealogy shows how “national” customs were shaped during nineteenth-century from the pagan social interactions between Russian and Georgian elites. Thus, my lecture is a contribution to the ongoing debate on correlations among national, imperial and cosmopolitan as it attempts to demonstrate how history of literature and philology can conduct a productive dialogue with the post-Soviet anthropology and “imperial return” of Russian historiography.
Time: 24 June, 19:00
Venue: Book house “Ligamus”
Attendance is free.
