უნივერსიტეტის ღონისძიებების პორტალი

December 2 Unikino Presents “King Lines”
2011-12-28 00:00 (Asia/Dubai)
On December 2, at 6:00 p.m, Unikino presents Peter Mortimer’s documentary film “King Lines” at Ilia State University Hall A 101. The film screening is initiated by ISU Alpine Club.
Attendance is free.

Book “World Religions” Presentation
2011-12-26 00:00
On December 26, 16:00, Ilia State University Bookstore “Ligamus” will host a presentation of the book “World Religions” authored by Zurab Jashi and David Tinikashvili. The event is organized by the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD).
The guests will be introduced to a new project titled “World Religions’ Club” by the Caucasus Institute and Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

Iranian Documentary Film Day
2011-12-22 00:00
On December 24, Ilia State University will host an Iranian documentary film day organized by the Caucasus Studies Institute of the University of Tehran. Senior Researcher/Archaeologist Anahita Shahrokhi and Regional Director Hamed Kazemzadeh will represent the institute. Iranian documentary and art films will be screened at the event.
1. Social Documentary films: (11:00-13:45)

Seven Visually Impaired Camerawomen

Director: Mohamad Shirvani
Language: Persian
Subtitle: English
Description: A group of sightless women were taught the basics of filmmaking in a workshop under the supervision of Mohamad Shirvani, and learnt how to portray their surroundings with small digital cameras and without getting help from the sighted people. The result of this experience is short documentary films shot and directed by the people we consider unable to see.

Taking to the wall ( Sara Parto)
Death of the Witness ( Shokoofe Davarnejad)
Path of Life ( Narges Haqiqat)
Last Night Notes (Banafshe Ahmadi)
Burning Fire (Mhdis Elahi)
Good Night (Naghmeh Afiyat)
Love (Neda Haqiqat)

Off Beat

Director: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Language: Persian, Subtitle: English
Description: About underground music in Iran, problems and limitations
2. Historical, Archeological and Cultural Documentary Film

Iran, A revolution Cinematography

Director: Nader T. Homayoun, Language: English, Persian, Subtitle: English
The film is about the history of the cinema in Iran (Before and After Iran revolution in 1978).

Kal Jeni

Director: Mohammad Moqadam
Language: Persian
Subtitles: English
This movie is about an expedition in an area called kal-jeni in the center of Iran by a documentary filmmaker who tries to somehow clear an Archaeological question.

Sara Khatoon

Director: Mahmoud Kiani Flavarjoni
Language: Persian
Subtitle: English
This movie is about a historical and religious place in the center of Iran near Isfahan, the place use by Jewish and Muslim in the same time. This place is one of the most important pilgrims for Jews.

Var Jam

Director: Mohammad Moqadam
Language: Persian
Subtitle: English
This movie is about the history of excavation and the relation of archeological found with historical and literal sources.

Persepolis Recreated

Director: Farzin Rezaeian
Language: English, Persian
Subtitle: English
Culture and History of the Ancient Iran in the Achameniand Empire with virtual reconstruction of Persepolis.
3. Iranian Music Clip-For Yalda Night Celebration (The Longest Night of the year).

December 23 Unikino Presents: “Rebecca”
2011-12-20 00:00
On December 23, at 6:00 pm, Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Rebecca” will be screened at Ilia State University Hall A 101. Starring: Judith Anderson, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier and George Sanders. The film screening is supported by the Public Broadcasting of Georgia.
Attendance is free.

Meeting with Director of Hotel “Holiday Inn”
2011-12-20 00:00
On December 21, 13:00, Mr. Valeri Chekheria, Director of the Hotel “Holiday Inn”, will deliver a public lecture at Ilia State University (G.Tsereteli 2, G 106). The key topic of the lecture will be “International brand with Georgian staff resources for the development of tourism in the country”
Attendance is free.

Erasmus Mundus Information Meeting
2011-12-16 00:00
On December 19, 2011, 16:00, Ilia State University G 106 (G. Tsereteli str. 2) will host an information meeting on ALRAKIS, Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Project.
The exchange undergraduate, master, PhD and post-PhD programs will be conducted within the framework of ALRAKIS. The project implies the mobility of academic and administrative personnel.
For detailed information about the program, please visit the following links:
http://www.iliauni.edu.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=900;
http://www.alrakis.eu

December 16 Unikino Presents: Paris 888
2011-12-14 00:00
On Friday, December 16, at 6.00 pm, a documentary film “Paris 888 hitch hiking” will be screened at Ilia State University Hall A 101. The film is translated by Anna Koripadze.

Students' Meeting with the Representatives of ProCredit Bank
2011-12-09 00:00
On December 14, 16:00, Ilia State University (G106, Cholokashvili Ave. 3/5) will host a meeting with Nino Bakarashvili, Head of Human Resource Department of ProCredit Bank and Maka Khetsuriani, Staff Recruitment Specialist at ProCredit Bank. The meeting is organized by ISU College of Business, within the framework of “Youth Banking Program” (www.procreditbank.ge/career). The bank is interested in employment of youths and proposes unique career opportunities to them. The duration of the program is six months. The program participants will be provided with monthly stipends and the representatives of the regions will be provided with temporary accommodations as well.
Attendance is free.

Seminar “Birth of Aesthetics “
2011-12-09 00:00
Niklaus Largier, Professor at Berkeley University, will deliver a seminar on “Birth of Aesthetics”.
Seminar: Friday, December 9, 16:00, Ilia State University, Chavchavadze Ave. 32. A 103

Khatuna Kalmakhelidze at Iliauni
2011-11-29 00:00
On November 30, 12:00, Georgia’s Minister of Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance Khatuna Kalmakhelidze will meet students of Ilia State University at G106 (Venue: G.Tsereteli str. 3).
The main sense and goals of the meeting are:
Ms. Kalmakhelidze will familiarize the audience with news, ongoing projects and plans being implemented by the Ministry of Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance within the framework of the ten-point plan.
The 10-point Plan aims at creating new jobs, reducing a rate of unemployment and providing economic development. For that reason, the ministry will take care for people after being released from the prison to be educated, employed and integrated into the labor market. For implementing the above-mentioned goals, several education houses have been put in action. They have a possibility to learn some occupations and obtain crucial skills. In addition, the rehabilitation and employment related activities are actively being implemented. The ministry will provide a development of the free-of-charge legal consultation services, accessibility to penitential health care service and its quality progress.

Information Meeting on the Scholarship of Fribourg University
2011-11-24 00:00
On November 29, at 17:00, Ilia State University will host a presentation of “Academic Swiss Caucasus Net” program, offering the first-year MA students in the humanities or social sciences the opportunity to receive a full one-semester scholarship from September, 2012.
ISU MA students will be given the opportunity to get detailed information about the program and the master scholarship planned within the framework of this program. The presentation will be carried out by DenisDafflon, Programme Coordinator.
Attendance is free. Venue: Chavchavadze Ave. 32 Hall A 101

Public lecture by Dr. Thomas L. Holzer
2011-11-24 00:00
Ilia State University Hall A 101 will host a public lecture on “How many catastrophic earthquakes and global earthquake fatalities will there be in the 21st century?” by Dr. Thomas L. Holzer.
Dr. Thomas L. Holzer is an engineering geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. He has a B.S.E. degree in geological engineering from Princeton University (1965) and a M.S. degree in hydrology (1966) and a Ph.D. degree in geology from Stanford University (1970). He is a certified engineering geologist in the State of California, and a consulting professor at Stanford University in the Departments of Geological and Environmental Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has broad experience with earthquake hazards as well as ground failure in general. He has participated in numerous post-earthquake investigations and chaired the committee that wrote The Plan to coordinate NEHRP post-earthquake investigations (2003). He has served as a consultant to the State of California during reviews of residential earthquake insurance rate applications based on earthquake loss models. He was the 1998 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer and the 1995 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America.
Mr. John R. Bass, Ambassador of the United States of America to Georgia, will attend the meeting.

Switzerland as a Special Case
2011-11-24 00:00
On November 28, Paul Widmer, an outstanding diplomat and scientist, will visit Ilia State University.
Paul Widmer will deliver a public lecture on “Case of Switzerland: Democracy and Neutrality” at 17:30 (Venue: Ilia State University, Chavchavadze Ave. 32, Hall A101).
After the lecture, at 19:00, the presentation of the Georgian translation of Paul Widmer’s book “Switzerland as a Special Case” will be organized as well. The book illustrates the political, social and cultural history of Switzerland with the purpose of answering the following questions: “Why is Switzerland a unique case? What is the main idea that it represents?” (Venue: Chavchavadze Ave. 32, ISU Bookstore “Ligamus”).
Attendance is free.

November 18 Unikino Presents “All that Invisible Children”
2011-11-14 00:00
On November 18, at 6:00p.m, Emir Kusturica’s film “All That Invisible Children” will be screened at ISU Hall A 101.
Attendance is free.

Childhood without Violence
2011-11-14 00:00
On November 18, Ilia State University in cooperation with the Public Health and Medicine Development Fund of Georgia organizes an event “Childhood without Violence” dedicated to the international day on prevention of child abuse. This day incorporates the entire world for prevention of child abuse and various activities are usually planned to raise awareness of society on child rights.
On November 18, 16:00, Ilia State University Bookstore “Ligamus” will host a presentation of reading materials “Major topics of Child Abuse” designed for higher education institutions of Tbilisi. The public discussion on the facts of child violence and its prevention will be organized at the meeting. In addition, at 6.00 pm, Unikino presents a film “All that Invisible children” at ISU Hall 101.

Meeting with TBC Bank President
2011-11-11 00:00
On November 14, 17:00, Ilia State University Hall A 101 (Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host a meeting with Vakhtang Butskrikidze, TBC Bank President and Paata Ghadadze, First Vice-President. The meeting is dedicated to the topic “Qualifying Requirements and Tendencies in a Modern Bank”.
Attendance is free.

Global UGRAD Exchange Program Presentation
2011-11-10 00:00
On November 17, 15:00, Ilia State University Hall A 305 (Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host a presentation of Global UGRAD Exchange Program. All interested persons are given a chance to get update information about the terms, criteria and conditions of the program.
About the Program:
UGRAD provides opportunities for undergraduate students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to spend one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college.
The program is fully funded by the United States Department of State and administrated by IREX.
Please, see the attached document for more information.

Public Lecture by Hans W. Decker
2011-11-08 00:00
On November 16, 16:00, Hans W. Decker, Professor at Columbia University, will deliver a public lecture on “Corporate Social Responsibility in Globalizing World” at Ilia State University Austrian Library (3/5 Cholokashvili Ave.).
Attendance is free.
Hans W. Decker is a professor in the field of international finance and business at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Prof. Decker’s teaching and research interests include global corporate strategies, governance systems, business organizations, comparative political economy, Western Europe, and the European Union.
Decker was a president of the Siemens Corporation-USA. He served at Central Finance Division and at the Legal Department of Siemens Corporation. He currently serves on the board of International House in New York and the European Institute in Washington, D.C.
The meeting is organized within the framework of the cooperation agreement between Ilia State University and Columbia University, under the auspices of East-West Management Institute and US Agency for International Development (USAID).
For additional information, please contact:
Tel: 577 720013
E-mail: archil.sumbadze@iliauni.edu.ge (Archil Sumbadze -MPA Program Coordinator)

Unikino Presents: “Green Street Hooligans”
2011-11-08 00:00
On November 11, 18:00, Lexi Alexander’s film “Green Street Hooligans” will be screened at Ilia State University Hall A 101. Starring: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, David Alexander and others.
Attendance is free.
Translator: Ketevan Nakashidze

Europe and Caucasus - Identity Problem
2011-10-31 00:00
On October 28-29, Ilia State University (Hall A 101 and A 103, Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host an international scientific conference dedicated to “Europe and Caucasus-Regional Relationships and Identity Problem”.
12 foreign scientists, professors and academicians (seven from France and five from Armenia) will participate in the conference in company with the Georgian scientists.
The conference aims to contribute to the study of the complex topic covering individual, collective, language, cultural, religion, political or national identities. The conference will highlight how the identities of Georgians and Armenians were constructed along with their permanent efforts to integrate into EU structures throughout the centuries.
The working languages of the conference are Georgian, French and English.
The agenda of the conference in Georgian and French languages.

Presentation of English–Georgian Online Dictionary
2011-10-28 00:00
A comprehensive English-Georgian Online Dictionary is already available for ISU students. On October 31, 15.00, the Lexicographic Centre at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University represents the comprehensive English-Georgian Online Dictionary based on the volumes of the Georgian-English dictionaries being published by the centre since 1996. The presentation will be held at Ilia State University Bookstore “Ligamus”.
About the Dictionary:
The Comprehensive English Georgian Dictionary presently contains up to 110 000 entries. Taking into consideration the fact that dictionary entries fully represent the polysemy of English words, contain numerous collocations, phrasal verbs, phraseological units, ample amount of scientific and technical, economic and artistic terms, as well as terms from various other fields – the total material is as comprehensive as up to 800 000 units.
The internal search system of the Online Dictionary enables the search for English words, collocations, phrasal verbs.
The detailed information about the site as well as video instructions is placed in the “Dictionary Instruction” section.
Working on a dictionary is a never-ending process. Language is changing constantly, reflecting the changes which affect the society using the language in question. Within the language there appear new words, or already existing words develop additional meanings; some words and meanings fall into disuse; the register of word usage is undergoing permanent changes. The Comprehensive English-Georgian Online Dictionary is a “living” dictionary, for its editorial team is constantly updating the Dictionary, adding new entries, improving and refining the definitions and this work is set to continue also in the future.
The English Georgian Dictionary is primarily intended for specialists on English, teachers, translators and specialists from other fields of knowledge, who have to deal with specialist texts; the Dictionary is also intended for students, generally for the individuals who study English, as well as for those who are interested in the English language.

Centre of maritime archaeology (COMA) at Ilia State University
2011-10-27 16:37
Centre of maritime archaeology (COMA) at Ilia State University presents a seminar entitled ”What is maritime archaeology?” and the new courses in the field on the 3rd of November, Hall A 101 at 15:30.
The courses will start next semester and the representatives from the Centre will give an overview of how to work in maritime archaeological settings, both on land and under water.
Attendance is free.
For additional information, please contact: maritime_archaeology@iliauni.edu.ge

Artur Dutkiewicz Trio Concert at Iliauni
2011-10-20 00:00
The concert of Artur Dutkiewicz Trio, a well-known Polish Jazz assembly, will be held at Ilia State University within the framework of the Polish days organized in Tbilisi.
The jazz interpretations of Jimi Hendrix’s songs will be performed at the concert.
Attendance is free.
The event will be held on October 22, 19:00 Ilia State University Building A (Chavchavadze Ave. 32, courtyard).
http://www.arturdutkiewicz.pl/

International Conference of Parasitologists
2011-10-19 00:00
On October 20, 10:00, Ilia State University (G. Tsereteli Str. 5) will host an international conference dedicated to the actual topics of Parasitology.
The conference is devoted to the 100 anniversary of Boris Yurashvili, outstanding Georgian scientist, member-correspondent of the Academy of Science, Doctor of Biology.
The doctor, biologist, veterinary and parasitologists are fully involved in the conference.
Prof. Dr. Honoris Causa Santiago Mas-Coma will attend the conference. Dr. Mas-Coma is a president of European Federation of Parasitologists, expert of the World Health Organization (WHO), member of the Executive committee of the World Federation of Parasitologists, director of international master course in tropical parasitic diseases.

Jamie McGoldrick at Iliauni
2011-10-19 00:00
On October 20, 11:00, Jamie McGoldrick, UN Resident Representative in Georgia, will held a meeting devoted to the United Nations Day for ISU students at Ilia State University Hall A 101. The meeting aims at familiarizing the students with the works of UN agencies and discussing the current issues proceeding in the country. For instance: Millennium Development Goals and etc. The meetings will be held regularly during the year and cover all regions of Georgia.
The meeting is organized by Ilia State University and UN Department of Public Information.

Master Exchange Program Presentation
2011-10-18 00:00
IREX organizes a presentation of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program at Ilia State University. All interested persons are given a chance to attend the meeting to get update information about procedures, criteria and terms of the program.
The presentation will be held on October 20, 14:00, at Ilia State University Hall A 101 (Chavchavadze Ave.32).
About the Program:
The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, and administered by IREX. Muskie provides opportunities for Master’s level study in the United States to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition.
The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program

Polish Astronomer Visits to Iliauni
2011-10-18 00:00
On October 20, 14:00, Prof. Aleksander Schwarzenberg-Czerny, Head of the Polish Cosmic Research Program BRITE-PL, will visit Ilia State University within the framework of the Polish days.
Prof. Aleksander Schwarzenberg-Czerny will talk about the first Polish cosmic satellite.
For detailed information about the program, please visit the following web-page.
The event will be held at ISU G 505 (G.Tsereteli Str. “Encyclopedia” Building).

Information meeting – Study in Poland
2011-10-13 00:00
The Embassy of Poland in Georgia and Ilia State University College of Arts and Sciences invite all interested persons to attend the information meeting organized with the intention of finding out more about exchange programs and scholarships offered by the Government of Poland. The meeting will be leaded by the representatives of the University of Silesia.
The meeting will be held on October 17, 15.00, Hall A 101.
www.studyinpoland.pl

“Opportunities Around Us”
2011-10-13 00:00
On October 18, 14:00, Ilia State University Hall A 101(Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host a training on the topic “Opportunities Around Us”.
The students will be given the opportunity to get update information about exchange programs, international conferences and contests. The presentation of “Speak Up”, a course designed to develop English language and leadership skills, will be carried out as well.
The training will be conducted in English by the representatives of Speak Up in Georgia.
Attendance is free.

Contact Information:
www.speakup.ge
http://www.facebook.com/Speakup.inGeorgia
info@speakup.ge
Tel: 555 51 75 74

Tempus Information Meeting
2011-10-13 00:00
On October 31, 16:30, the Tempus project coordinator will hold the information meeting aims at discussing new conditions and procedures of the tempus grant. The meeting will be held at ISU Hall A 101.
The academic staffs of the university as well as all interested persons are highly welcomed to attend the meeting organized to talk about important topics regarding the grant competition.
