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SUMMARY:Uncanny Remnants: Ruins\, Otherness\, and Belonging in Northeastern Turkey
DESCRIPTION:On 2 June 17:00 PM\, Giorgi Cheishvili will deliver an online lecture “Uncanny Remnants: Ruins\, Otherness\, and Belonging in Northeastern Turkey”\,  organized by the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University. \nAbstract \nAnthropological accounts of ruins typically view them as bridges connecting people either to a specific historical era or to a specific absent “other.” But what happens when neither the past era nor the absent people can be identified or definitively named? This presentation centers on the ethnically Georgian Turkish citizens in the northeastern borderlands of Turkey. Rather than static monuments\, I treat the church ruins in these villages as active sites that disrupt conventional ideas of time and continuity\, resisting the two most common ways of relating to the past — claiming and externalization. I argue that this unresolvable ambiguity gives the ruins an uncanny quality\, rendering them spaces that defy both ways of categorization. I demonstrate how these ruins take on a political life by resisting the very histories that local residents recognize as their own. Ultimately\, I suggest\, by their physical presence\, these ruins quietly unsettle not only how the past is viewed\, but how people imagine their right to belong to their immediate locality and to the Turkish nation more broadly. \nBiography \nGiorgi Cheishvili is a social anthropologist and a postdoctoral fellow at Utrecht University. He earned his PhD from the University of Bergen in 2022 and held research fellowships at the University of Oxford in 2023 and 2025. His work focuses on borders and bordering practices\, state\, territoriality\, as well as the relationship between the physical border and social boundaries in the Turkish-Georgian borderland. Currently\, as part of the ERC-funded INFRAEMPIRE project\, he examines the impact of Turkish-led infrastructural development in Batumi\, Georgia. His work explores how infrastructure and geopolitics intertwine in everyday life\, shaping future imaginaries and producing new forms of power dynamics.
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/uncanny-remnants-ruins-otherness-and-belonging-in-northeastern-turkey/
CATEGORIES:School of arts and sciences
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SUMMARY:“Our Room” – Women’s Empowerment\, Awareness-Raising\, and Collective Care Days at Iliauni
DESCRIPTION:On 8 June\, “Our Room” – Women’s Empowerment\, Awareness-Raising\, and Collective Care Days will begin at Ilia State University\, organised by the Iliauni Women’s Empowerment Alumni Network. \nIn an environment where discussions on women’s rights are often hindered by disinformation\, stereotypes\, and social stigma\, “Our Room” aims to create a safe\, knowledge-based\, and supportive space for conversations on feminist knowledge\, women’s historical experiences\, practices of care\, bodily autonomy\, recognising violence\, and safety issues. \nFrom 8 to 16 June\, four thematic meetings will be held: \n8 June\, 14:00 – Lecture: “The History of the Women’s Movement in the West and in Georgia” \nSpeaker: Ekaterine Aghdgomelashvili\, women’s rights defender\, researcher\, and trainer \nThe lecture-discussion will focus on the historical development of the women’s movement. The aim of the meeting is to dispel the myth that feminism and ideas of women’s equality emerged in Georgia only in the 1990s. Participants will discuss Georgian feminist thought of the 19th–20th centuries\, the period of the First Republic\, Soviet legacy\, and post-Soviet challenges. \n\n9 June\, 14:00 – Lecture: “The Image and Symbolism of Women in Ancient Mesopotamian Civilisations” \nSpeaker: Nona Ghurchumelidze\, Master’s student in Assyriology at Tbilisi State University \nThe speaker will discuss how women were perceived in pre-Greek and pre-Christian Mesopotamian cultures. The audience will be introduced to the image and symbolism of Ishtar\, as well as to Enheduanna\, the first known author in the history of literature\, and her work Hymns to Ishtar. \n\n11 June\, 12:00 – Open Session: “Understanding and Responding to IPV” \nFacilitator: Salome Shiukashvili\, psychologist \nThe open session will focus on the psychosocial aspects of intimate partner violence. The meeting will include dialogue\, discussion of real-life cases\, and active audience participation. \n\n16 June\, 14:00 – Power Hour Workshop on Women’s Empowerment and Safety \nTrainers: Natali Goginashvili and Mzeo Kandelaki\, organisation “Pusfusi” \nWorkshop participants will be introduced to the basic principles of self-defence\, body language\, use of voice\, verbal self-defence\, clear expression of personal boundaries\, and the body’s automatic responses to danger. \n\nEach meeting will last 2 hours. \nStudents who attend at least three meetings focused on women’s empowerment and feminist care practices will receive certificate. \nThe registration deadline is June 5. \nRegistration form: https://forms.gle/18G1XRaApJXEi2vB6 \nWorking language: Georgian \nDates: 8\, 9\, 11\, and 16 June \nLocation: Ilia State University\, Room S800\, Centre for Advanced Studies\, 1–3 G. Tsereteli Passage
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/our-room-women-s-empowerment-awareness-raising-and-collective-care-days-at-iliauni/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260611T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T003223
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture by PhD Candidate Nea Solander: The Efficacy of EU Democracy Promotion in the European Neighbourhood
DESCRIPTION:Ilia State University will host a public lecture by Nea Solander\, Researcher and PhD Candidate at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg\, Germany. \nIn her lecture\, titled “The Efficacy of EU Democracy Promotion in the European Neighbourhood\,” Nea Solander will present key findings from the Horizon Europe project EMBRACE\, which examined the prospects and obstacles facing the European Union’s democracy promotion efforts across its neighbourhood. \nDate: June 11 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. \nVenue: Book House Ligamus\, I. Chavchavadze Ave. N32 \nAttendance is free and open to all interested participants.
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/public-lecture-the-efficacy-of-eu-democracy-promotion-in-the-european-neighbourhood/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260615T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260615T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T003223
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SUMMARY:The Blood Donation Day
DESCRIPTION:The Blood Donation Day will be held in the buildings A and T of Iliauni on June 15 \, it will be organized by the Department of Student Affairs of Ilia State University. \nAs part of the campaign\, the mobile teams of the “Natalia Kvantaliani Central Blood Bank” and “Sicockhle” organizations\, staffed by professional\, experienced doctors\, will offer those who wish to selflessly donate blood and thus show their support for people who need help. \nAny person between the ages of 18 and 65 can become a blood donor if: \n\nyour weight is 50 kg or more;\nyou have not been infected with viral hepatitis B and C;\nsyphilis\, tuberculosis;\nyou are not infected with HIV;\nyou do not have blood or oncological diseases;\nyou are not a drug user;\nyou have not undergone a surgical operation\, you have not been vaccinated against tetanus and rabies in the last 1 year;\nyou have not gotten a tattoo in the last 6 months;\nyou have not had contact with other people’s blood;\nyou have not been pregnant in the last 6 months;\nthe donor must be practically healthy on the day of donation – must not have a fever\, runny nose\, catarrh\, or other flu-like symptoms.\n\nThose who participate in the charity event will receive the following research results free of charge: \n\nGroup\, rhesus\, phenotype\nHepatitis B and C\, syphilis\, cytomegalovirus and AIDS virus\n\nA person who is going to donate should know the following: \n\nBlood donation is an easy\, safe and painless process;\nWhen donating blood\, only disposable material is used and the donor is protected from infection;\nDonating blood is absolutely safe for health;\nBlood donation is recommended in the first half of the day;\nIt is better to eat lightly and drink sweet tea in the morning on the day of blood donation. You should refrain from taking tobacco and analgesics;\nBlood can be donated again after 2 months;\n\nBring a proof of identity card with you. \nTime: 11:00-16:00 \nLocation: \nNatalia Kvantaliani Central Blood Bank – Building A of Iliauni. Student space\, I. Chavchavadze Ave. N32 \n“Sicockhle” blood bank –  Building T of Iliauni\, student space\, 45 I. Chavchavadze Avenue
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/the-blood-donation-day-2/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260616T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260616T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T003224
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SUMMARY:History's Revenge: Tsarist and Soviet Legacies in Georgia in the Twenty-First Century
DESCRIPTION:Online Event | Zoom | June 16\, 2026 | 15:30 PM\, Tbilisi Time \nHistory’s Revenge: Tsarist and Soviet Legacies in Georgia in the Twenty-First Century \nKeynote Lecture by Prof. Ronald Grigor Suny \nThe Institute of Social and Cultural Research (Ilia State University) invites you to a public keynote lecture by one of the foremost historians of the Caucasus\, the Russian Empire and the Soviet History. \nIn his keynote lecture Prof. Ronald Suny will examine the imperial effects of tsarism and Soviet “socialism” on the formation of the Georgian nation and the limits on sovereignty and modernity that living in those empires produced. \nThe lecture is part of the three-day International Workshop “Modernity and Sovereignties in Georgia”\, co-convened by the Institute of Social and Cultural Research at Ilia State University\, the Institute of Slavic\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies\, University of California\, Berkeley\,  and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS Regensburg). \n\nTo register\, use the Zoom link\n\nThe event is co-funded by the Institute of Social and Cultural Research (Ilia State University) and the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia through the Fundamental Research Grant Project “Institutionalizing Modernity in Georgia: At the Juncture of Empire and Periphery.”
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/history-s-revenge-tsarist-and-soviet-legacies-in-georgia-in-the-twenty-first-century/
CATEGORIES:Events,School of arts and sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260617T210000
DTSTAMP:20260610T003224
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SUMMARY:Our Current Moment: Three Perspectives from Three Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:Public Event | 17 June 2026 | 19:00 Tbilisi Time \nIlia State University\, Hall G106\, G. Tsereteli Entrance N 1-3 \nOur Current Moment: Three Perspectives from Three Disciplines \nOur current moment is characterized simultaneously by fragmentation and convergence. The international order put into place after 1945 and further integrated after the collapse of the USSR is fracturing. At the same time\, authoritarianism is on the rise both in the metropole and in the periphery\, threatening democratic participation\, intellectual freedom\, and the institutional autonomy of the university. As often in its history\, Georgia appears at once as a peripheral outlier and as a mirror reflecting and refracting much larger processes. \nLiterary scholar and Russianist Harsha Ram\, anthropologist Florian Mühlfried\, and political economist Ia Eradze will address the current moment from three perspectives: their geographical location\, their institutional affiliation\, and their disciplinary training. \nModerator: Luka Nakhutsrishvili \nWorking language: English | Questions may be asked in Georgian \nThe public event is part of the three-day international workshop “Modernity and Sovereignties in Georgia\,” co-organized by the Institute of Social and Cultural Research (Ilia State University)\, the Institute of Slavic\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies\, University of California\, Berkeley\, and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS Regensburg). \nThe event is co-funded by the Institute of Social and Cultural Research (Ilia State University) and the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia through the Fundamental Research Grant Project “Institutionalizing Modernity in Georgia: At the Juncture of Empire and Periphery.”
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/our-current-moment-three-perspectives-from-three-disciplines/
CATEGORIES:Events,School of arts and sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260618T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260618T203000
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SUMMARY:Vaclav Havel 90 – Essay Competition Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The award ceremony of the Vaclav Havel 90 Essay Writing Competition\, organized by The Czech Centre Tbilisi and Ilia State University\, with the support of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tbilisi and the Václav Havel Library in Prague\, will take place on Wednesday\, June 18\, 2026\, from 19:00 to 20:30 at Ilia State University’s Ligamus Bookstore (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue\, Tbilisi 0179). \nThe event will feature distinguished guests including Czech Ambassador Petr Kubernat and Ilia State University Rector Nino Doborjginidze. A short panel discussion with members of the jury will precede the award ceremony. \nAgenda: \n19:00 – 19:30: Panel discussion with the jury \n19:30 – 20:00: Award ceremony led by Czech Ambassador Petr Kubernat and Rector Nino Doborjginidze \n20:00 – 20:30: Socializing with wine \nThe Vaclav Havel 90 Essay Writing Competition marks the 90th anniversary of Václav Havel and celebrates the voices of young writers participating in the competition.
URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/vaclav-havel-90-essay-competition-award-ceremony/
CATEGORIES:Events,School of law
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