უნივერსიტეტის ღონისძიებების პორტალი

MEETING WITH POET PAATA SHAMUGIA ARRANGD AT ILIAUNI LITERATURE CLUB
2016-04-28 19:00 (Asia/Dubai)
On April 28, at 20:00, Iliauni Literature Club hosted the meeting with Poet Paata Shamugia at Iliauni Book House Ligamus.
Topic: Challenges of Poetry Today
The guest discussed the issues, such as the challenges posed to modern word and focused his audience’s attention on general and marginal lines in literature.
Date and Time: April 28, 20:00
Venue: Book House Ligamus, Ilia State University, Ilia Cavchavadze Avenue #32
All were welcomed to attend the event.

NINO TSINTSADZE TO DELIVER PUBLIC LECTURE ON MODERN CHALLENGES OF AUTISM
2016-04-26 18:00
On April 26, 18:00, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, Nino Tsintsadze Head of Early Childhood Development Center of Child Development Institute of Ilia State University will deliver a public lecture on the topic: Modern Challenges of Autism.
Time and Date: 26 April, 18:00
Location: Book House Ligamus, Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32
All welcome to attend the event.

CHARITY EVENT HELD OUTSIDE ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY BEFORE EASTER
2016-04-26 11:00
On April 26, from 11:00 to 15:00, outside the Ilia State University Building A, the produce of social enterprises were exhibited and sold for charitable purposes prior to the Easter Holiday.
In the charity event were involved the organizations as follows:

Babale
Kheli Khels (Hand in Hand)
Zeskho
Traditional Fashion House
Nukriani workshops

Date and Time: On April 26, from 11:00 to 15:00
Location: outside the Ilia State University Building A, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32

ტექნოლოგიების კომერციალიზაციის ოფისის ტრენინგები: ინოვაციების მენეჯმენტი და თანამედროვე ტექნოლოგიური ტენდენციები
2016-04-25 17:00
On April 25-27, at 17:00, at room E207 of Ilia State University, Iliauni Technology Commercialization Office will conduct the training sessions, called Innovations Management and Modern Technological Tendencies, for the employees and students of the university.
The Programme of the Training session:
Date and Time: April 25, 17:00
Topic: Innovations Management and Modern Technological Tendencies
Trainer: Eka Lepsveridze, Director of Technology Commercialization Office
Date and Time: April 26, 17:00
Topic: Innovative Entrepreneurship
Trainer: Tatia Bregvadze, Administrative Assistant of Technology Commercialization Office
Date and Time: April 27, 17:00
Topic: Intellectual Property and its Protective Measures
Trainer: Teona Bebia, Patent and Licensing Specialist of Technology Commercialization Office
The participants of the training programme will be awarded with special certificates.
Those willing to participate in the training programme shall undergo registration here: https://goo.gl/ZCjfiF
Date and Time: April 25- 27, 17:00
Venue: room E207, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili Avenue #3/5

PRESENTATION OF JOINT STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OF BASISBANK AND ILIAUNI TO BE HELD
2016-04-22 14:00
On April 22, at 14:00, in E207 room of Ilia State University, the presentation of a joint STEM Scholarship programme of BasisBank and Ilia State University (ISU) will be held.
The budget of STEM scholarship programme is about 30 000 GEL. This scholarship fund is intended to be used to finance the current and future students of Ilia State University bachelor’s degree programmes of San Diego State University.
5 students with highest scores in 2016 United National Exams having enrolled in Ilia State University bachelor’s degree programmes of San Diego State University will get a scholarship voucher GEL 4000.
GEL 2000 scholarship vouchers will be bestowed upon those first year students attending Ilia State University bachelor’s degree programmes of San Diego State University, who are to be sent to San Diego State University, the USA, for a year. The students are as follows: Mariam Gagua, Erekle Jmukhadze, Saba Kakabadze and Nino Mikadze.
The Programme of the Event:
14:00 – the opening ceremony, Nino Dvalidze, Deputy Rector of Ilia State University
14: 10 – Nancy Marlin, Honourable Deputy Rector of San Diego State University / Dr. Nancy Marlin, Provost Emeritus of SDSU
14:20 – Tamar Khaduri, Head of Basisbank Public Relations Department.
14:30 – Completion of the memorandum
14:40 – Students Awards Ceremony
14:50 – Luncheon
15:00 – STEM Tour at Iliauni Campus
In order to attend the presentation, register not later than April 21.
Registration Form

Date and Time: 22 April, 14:00
Venue: room E 207, Ilia State University, Tcholokashvili Avenue #3/5
The joint programme of BasisBank and Iliauni is targeted at students having been enrolled in bachelor’s degree programme of San Diego State University.

GEORGIAN DEFENCE MINISTER MEETS WITH STUDENTS
2016-04-19 13:00
On April 19, at 13:00, at Ilia State University Book House Ligamus, Defence Minister of Georgia, Tinatin Khidasheli, met with the students of Ilia State University and got them familiarized with “The Armed Forces Mobilization and Reserve Concept Project.” The Minister also cast light on the planned and ongoing reforms in The Defence Ministry of Georgia.
Date and Time: April 19, 13:00
Venue: Book House Ligamus, Ilia State Univesrity (Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32)
All were welcome to attend the event.

ILIAUNI CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVRSARY – PLANNED EVENTS
2016-04-18 17:30
Ilia State University celebrates its 10th anniversary by planning to arrange a number of interesting events throughout the year. Events programme will permanently be renewed. Do not miss further updates on our website.
➤ April 14, 19:00. Book House Ligamus: “The Night of Philosophy”
➤ May 12-14, Tbillisi, BSUN Congress on the topic Changing Role of the University in a Global and Regional Context, and the inauguration ceremony of Rector of Ilia State University, Giga Zedania.

➤ May 12, the 12th Conference of Rectors from the Black Sea Region — Public Lecture of Secretary General of the Volkswagen Foundation, Dr. Wilhelm Krull, Ilia State University, room B 202.
➤ May 17 – 21: Final Conference within the Volkswagen Foundation Programme
➤ May 19, 19:00, Book House Ligamus, the meeting with writer DBC Pierre
➤ May 21, 19:00, Book House Ligamus, the meeting with writer Etgar Keret
➤ June 6 – 7, Caucasus Spatial Development Infrastructure (SDI) Workshop, Ilia State University, room E 207
➤ June 11, International Science Conference, Modern Treatments and Rehabilitation Strategies of Neurological Disorders and its Comorbidities, Ilia State University, room G 106:
➤ June 18, Iliauni Celebrating its 10th Anniversary
➤ July 24 – August 5 Batumi, Constitutional Court: Summer School of Constitutional Law
➤ September 5 – 16, Abastumani, Ilia State University Training Facility International Summer School SNC-mt of Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region
➤ September 21-24, 4th International Conference “Tao-Klatjeti.”

NATURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION CENTER ORGANISES CONFERENCE
2016-04-16 10:00
On April 16, at 10:00, at G106 room of Ilia State University, Research Center of Natural Sciences Education convened a conference focusing on the topic: Research-Based Teaching – Practical Experience in Georgia’s Secondary Schools.
Date and Time: April 16, 10:00
Venue: room G 106, Ilia State University, Opposite Vake Park, Tcholokashvili Avenue 3/5
See the programme of the conference in the file attached bellow.

LEVAN BUTKHUZI DELIVERS PUBLIC LECTURE – WHY WE DON’T BELIEVE IN SCIENCE – CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLITICAL CLASHES
2016-04-15 19:00
On April 15, at 19:00, at Ilia State University Book House Ligamus, Levan Butkhuzi, Chief Editor of National Geographic Georgia delivered a public lecture “Why We don’t Believe in Science – Climate Change and Political Clashes.”
The lecture aimed to provide people concerned with basic information regarding climate change, as well as assess threats posed to the environment. The speaker drew the audience’s attention to the reliability of the data regarding human activities contributing to climate change.
Date and Time: April 15, 19:00
Venue: Book House Ligamus, Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32.
All were welcomed to attend the event.

DISCUSSION ON ENERGY IN PRE-ELECTION PERIOD HELD
2016-04-15 17:00
On April 15, at 17:00, at G106 room of Ilia State University, with participation of the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development of Ilia State University, WEG and Discussion Club of Energy Experts, within the workshop series of Energy and Sustainable Development, a discussion was conducted regarding the topic of Energy in the pre-election period with the crucial problems in Georgia’s Energy Sector having been covered.
The topics of discussion were as follows:

The ongoing process of Georgia’s enrollment in Energy Association, as well as the results of the appeal by non-governmental organizations to the PM and next steps;
Discussion of the present state of energy sector and those acute problems which need to be solved in order to turn energy into a driving force and key tool to development;
The professionals specializing in energy sector, non-governmental organizations and the representatives of different political parties were involved in the discussions.

The meeting was held in an interactive dialogue format with the participants of the meeting asking questions and expressing their opinions.
Date and Time: April 15, 17:00
2016

MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE OF FRIEDRICH-SHILLER UNIVERSITY OF JENA HELD
2016-04-15 12:00
On April 15, at 12:00, Ilia State University hosted the representative of International Relations Service of Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena. The guest conducted an informative meeting for the students interested to study in the University of Jena.
Contact Details
Foreign Relations Service of Ilia State University
E-mail address: erasmusplus@iliauni.edu.ge
Mobile phone: (995 322) 22 00 09 (367)
Date and Time: April 15, 12:00
Venue: room A101, Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32
All were welcomed to attend the event.

LARRY BLACK’S PUBLIC LECTURE – BEYOND RECYCLING: DESIGNING FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT
2016-04-13 15:00
On April 13, at 15:00, at room E207 of Ilia State University, Senior Advisor of McDonough Sustainable Innovation Collaboration, Larry Black delivered a public lecture on the topic Beyond Recycling: Designing for Sustainable Waste Management.
The speaker addressed the question of whether “reduce, reuse, recycle,” is enough to address the growing problem of consumer waste. He will discuss the benefits of designing products for eco-effectiveness and environmental sustainability.
Regarding the Speaker
Larry Black is a Business development executive, consultant, professional speaker and executive coach in the environmental services, technology, consumer products, commercial real estate and retail sectors with extensive expertise in developing and delivering presentations and pitches which have generated over one billion dollars in sales of products and services primarily in the environmental services segment.
His fields of specialization include: sales and business development consulting, national and international waste and recycling expertise, creating corporate and government sustainability initiatives, developing large scale environmental solutions, sustainability goal development and environmental compliance. Consultative sales presentations and pitches for C-Suite audiences, designing and delivering customized training for B2B professional services, organizational change management, strategic marketing, team culture.
Larry Black is actively involved into the initiations for preserving environmental sustainability. The current projects envisages:

cooperation with 100 top companies of Fortune 200 in order to improve product packaging design in compliance with the principles of Cradle to Cradle®.
dealing with waste products and disposing them for commercial recycling.
presentation of product design at the waste management workshops.

Language: English with simultaneous interpretation into Georgian
Time: April 13, 15:00
Venue: E 207 room of Ilia State University, Cholokashvili Avenue #3/5
All were welcome to attend the event.

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: WINDOW TO THE UNIVERSE -- TINATIN KAKHNIASHVILI TO DELIVER PUBLIC LECTURE
2016-04-12 19:00
On 12 April, at 19:00, Iliauni’s Science Café invites you to the meeting with the Ilia State University Professor of the faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Tinatin Kakhniashvili, in room E 207 of Ilia State University.
Topic of the Meeting: Gravitational Waves: window to the universe
On September, 2015, a breakthrough was made in the field of Astronomy and Gravitational Physics by the detection of gravitational waves on two detectors of Laser Interfometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). This discovery has laid the foundation for the new era in Astronomy and Gravitational Physics – the Epoch of Gravitational-wave Astronomy.
Gravitational-wave Astronomy will give us an opportunity to observe the birth of the universe and look at its earliest moments. The basics of the Gravitational-wave Astronomy and Physics as well as its future prospects will also be discussed at the meeting.
Time and Date: April 12, 19:00
Location: room E207, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili Ave. #3/5)
All welcome to attend the event.

PRESENTATION OF CENTER FOR MEMORY STUDIES OF THE CAUCASUS AT ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY
2016-04-12 12:00
On April 12, at 12:00, at Ilia State University Book House Ligamus, a presentation of the research report regarding the problems of the refugees was held.
The report was drafted within the framework of the research projects “Being a Hostage to the Past: Subdued Voices of Georgian Refugees and the Problem of Social Integration.”
The research project financed by the International Affairs Institute of Norway was accomplished by the research group of the Centre for Memory Studies of the Caucasus at Ilia State University. The research comprises the academic publication and the Policy Brief – “Rejecting Integration – Stigma as the bases of Troubled Existence.” The report is targeted at the Governmental and Non-governmental Organizations.
The research is focused on the problems of the integration of refugees into the society and aims to increase the involvement of the government as well as the public into the process.
Date and Time: April 4, 12:00
Venue: Ilia State University Book House Ligamus, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32.
All were welcomed to attend the event.

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
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
