უნივერსიტეტის ღონისძიებების პორტალი

Swiss Ensemble Difemcias - On a Visit to Georgia
2011-05-31 13:04 (Asia/Dubai)
Swiss Ensemble Difemcias has already visited to Georgia. During a week, the ensemble will held workshops and concerts in Tbilisi and Telavi. Revaz Kiknadze, Professor of Ilia State University Music Center, invited the ensemble in Georgia. The repertoire of the ensemble includes old/new Georgian and Swiss music.
The timetable of the workshops and concerts:
Monday, May 30, 15:00, Workshop at Z. Paliahshvili State N1 Central Music School.
Tuesday, May 31, 18:00, Concert at the Hall of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Thursday, June 2, 17:00, Concert at Telavi Drama Theatre.
Friday, June 3, 18:00, Concert at the Hall of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia.

Children’s Rights Protection International Day at Iliauni
2011-05-31 00:00
On June 1, 13:00, Ilia State University Special Teachers’ Professional Club will hold a concert dedicated to Children’s Rights Protection International Day. Famous singers will take part in the event. Children with special needs will attend the concert that be held at the backyard of Ilia State University Theatre. (Chavchavadze Ave. 32).

Unikino Presents: “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
2011-05-30 00:00
On June 3, Friday, at 6p.m., Unikino Presents “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”(1966) directed by Mike Nichols.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis and others. The film will be showed with support of Georgian Public Broadcasting.
Venue: Chavchavadze Ave. 32, Hall A 101.

Presentation “Right to life”
2011-05-30 00:00
On June 1, 17:00, Austrian Library (H 105) will host a presentation on the topic “Right to life” dedicated to Children’s Rights Protection Day.

Presentation of Larisa Burakova’s Book
2011-05-30 00:00
On May 30, 16:00, Ilia State University Bookstore “Ligamus” will host a presentation of the book titled “Why it happened in Georgia” *(Почему У Грузии получилось) by Larisa Burakova. The book illustrates and describes economic policy and reforms have been implemented by the Government of Georgia since 2003 up to now.
The author proclaims: “My book contains direct narration and that is strange to the format of the manual. It was interesting to me to familiarize readers with the first-hand information from the main reformers and to experience them the feeling such as having face to face interaction with professionals. The book starts out with talking to Mikheil Saakashvili. The construction of the narration is mainly determined by long duration talks with Kakha Bendukidze, one of the economic reformers of Georgia”.

International Conference at Iliauni
2011-05-30 00:00
On June 3-4, 10:00, Ilia State University (Austrian Library, Cholokashvili 3/5, auditorium H105) will host an international conference on the topic:” Multiethnic City Model and Jewish Intellectuals in the search of cultural-linguistic identity”.
The conference is organized within the framework of the cooperation with the universities of Vienna, Prague, Frankfurt, Yerevan, Baku and Kutaisi.
The head of the scientific conference is ISU Professor Nino Pirtskhalava.
Supporters: Cultural Policy Section of Austrian Foreign Ministry, Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Georgia, Ilia State University, Institute of Comparative Literature.
The conference will be held in German and English languages.

European Week at Iliauni
2011-05-24 18:04
25 May
17.00 LECTURES
Language and Nations in Europe: Two Models
Professor Patrick Seriot, Lausanne University, Switzerland
Venue: Ilia State University
(32, Chavchavadze Avenue, Room A 405)
THURSDAY, 26 MAY – INDEPENDENCE DAY
16.00 LECTURES
Du religieux dans la recomposition du monde contemporain
Professor Patrick Michel (École nationale supérieure, France)
Language: French (with Georgian translation)
Venue: Ilia State University
(32, Chavchavadze Avenue, Room A101)
17.30 DEBATES
Multiculturalism and Nation-Building: The Role of Minorities
Speakers: Patrick Michel (École nationale supérieure, France)
Jan Piekło (PAUCI Foundation, Poland)
Fron Nahzi (East-West Management Institute)
Moderator: Ghia Nodia (Ilia State University, Director of Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, CIPDD)
Partner: Ilia State University, CIPDD
Languages: English and French
Venue: Ilia State University
(32, Chavchavadze Avenue, Room A101)

FRIDAY, 27 MAY
19.30 BOOK LAUNCH
The Black Book of Communism
Launch of the Georgian translation
Venue: Ilia State University
(32, Chavchavadze Avenue, Room A101)
SATURDAY, 28 MAY
18.00 DEBATES
Caucasus between War and Peace. Security Challenges Facing the South Caucasus: The Role of NATO, the EU and Russia
Speakers: Bruce George, MP (UK)
Gisela Stuart, MP (UK)
Vladimir Socor (Jamestown Foundation)
Moderator: Isabelle Lasserre (Le Figaro)
Language: English
Venue: Ilia State University
(32, Chavchavadze Avenue, Room A101)

MONDAY, 30 MAY
11.00 DEBATES
Social Enterprise
Speakers: Saskia Bruysten (CEO and Strategic Director, Grameen Creative Lab)
*Priya Parker (Co-Founder, Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, USA)
Jana Ledvinova (Czech Fundraising Centre)
Ekaterine Datuashvili (Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia)
Partner: Eurasia Partnership Foundation
Language: English
Venue: Ilia State University.
The public debates and lectures will be accompanied by synchronous translation.

Helping Children and Adolescents in Crisis
2011-05-24 00:00
On May 27-28, 10.00, Ilia State University (Chavchavadze Ave.32, ISU Hall A 101) will host an international conference on the topic: Helping Children and Adolescents in Crisis.
According to the recent data, the number of children and adolescents with various behavioral and emotional problems has increased and that raises the anxiety of society and professionals. The international conference is supported by Fund Global Initiative in Psychiatry-Tbilisi and
Georgian Association of Analytical Psychology and initiated by Ilia State University.

Detmar Doering at Iliauni
2011-05-24 00:00
On June 9, 16:00, Ilia State University Hall 101 will host a meeting with Detmar Doering, Doctor of Liberal Institute, within the framework of the international seminar organized by Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung for Freedom (German) and New Economic School-Georgia.
At the invitation of ISU College of Business, Dr. Doering will meet guests of iliauni and deliver a lecture on “Institutional Changes, Civic and Economic Freedom in Post-Soviet Countries”.
Since 1996, Detmar Doering has been a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is an author of the following books: “Hayek on Constructivism” (1994); “Liberal Thinkers: Frederic Bastiat” (1997); “Humboldt and Roots of German Liberalism” (2006); “Freedom, Traditions, Revolution” (2009); “Manifest of Freedom” (2009).
Attendance is free.

Master Degree Program in Medieval Studies
2011-05-24 00:00
On May 24, 13:00, Tbilisi Botanical Garden will host a presentation of ISU Master Degree Program in Medieval Studies.
The outstanding historian Carlo Ginzburg will take part in the presentation.
ISU Master Degree Program in Medieval Studies covers the medieval history of Georgia, Byzantium and West-Europe, philosophy, theology, and literature of this epoch as well as history of language and art. Students will study and investigate cultural heritage of medieval period in world, regional and national contexts.
In recent times, western institutions of higher education give more attention to study the medieval period by interdisciplinary approaches. There are special programs which provide students with opportunities to become high-qualified specialists. Ilia State University tracks the same aims to meet new tendencies and to prepare philosophers, sociologists, linguists, and researchers in the fields of literature and art.

Public Lecture by Abraham Shmulevich
2011-05-23 17:20
On May 23, 17:00, Ilia State University Austrian Library will host a public lecture by Abraham Shmulevich, Political Scientist and the President of the Institute of Eastern Partnership. The lecture will be dedicated to “The Perspective of the Circassian issue in terms of Global Changes”.

Carlo Ginzburg at Iliauni
2011-05-23 00:00
On May 23, at 6 p.m., Ilia State University Hall A 101(Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host a public lecture “History in the Epoch of Google” by Carlo Ginzburg.
Carlo Ginzburg is the most outstanding and renowned modern historian in the world. The Italian scientist is an author of many authoritative researches. Ilia State University Press has published collection of the researches entitled “Traces.Myths.Microhistory” in Georgian language.

Public Lecture by Patrick Seriot at Iliauni
2011-05-23 00:00
Patrick Seriot, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
On May 23, 2011, 16:00 – Voloshinov and Gramsci: Two Different Ways of Rejecting Positivism
The lecture will be delivered in English language.
Venue: Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, Ilia State University, 5th Floor, Auditorium G505.

Film at Italian Culture Centre
2011-05-20 00:00
On May 23, Monday, 14:00, the film “Mediterranean Sea” directed by Gabrielle Salvatore will be showed in Italian language at ISU Italian Culture Centre.
Venue: Ilia State University, Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, Corpus 3, room H 109.
Attendance is free.

"""Emil Orzechowski at Iliauni """
2011-05-19 00:00
On May 23, 11:30, Ilia State University Hall A 101 (Chavchavdze Ave. 32) will host a meeting with Emil Orzechowski, Professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow and Specialist of Theatre and Culture Management. The meeting is organized within the framework of the international conference by Ilia State University Arts Research Institute with support of Poland Embassy in Georgia. Emil Orzechowski, Editor-in-chief of the international journal “Culture Management”, will deliver the lectures dedicated to the topics: “Culture Management and Culture Policy” and “Memory is our Power”.
Attendance is free. The lecture will be accompanied by Georgian translation.
Emil Orzechowski-Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow and Chairman of Culture Management course. Mr. Orzechowski is a visiting professor at Stanford University, University of Buffalo and delivers lectures on history and culture of Poland, Poland language and European theatre. In 1995, he established a new academic discipline-Culture Management. In 1996-2002, he was a dean of the newly established Department of Management and Social Communications. Mr. Orzechowski is an author of eleven books and editor of the cycle of the lectures on culture policy for ambassadors. Currently, he is an editor-in-chief of the international trilingual (English, German and Poland languages) journal “Culture Management”.

Presentation of the International Journal at Iliauni
2011-05-19 00:00
On May 24, 11:00, ISU Hall A 101 (Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host a presentation of the international journal “Culture Management” and the cooperation memorandum between ISU Arts Research Institute and Jagiellonian University will be signed as well.
“Culture Management” is a worldwide acknowledged trilingual (Poland, German, English) refereed journal being published by Jagiellonian University in Poland.
Emil Orzechowski, Editor-in-chief of the journal “Culture Management”, Professor at Jagiellonian University and Specialist of Culture Management, and Levan Khetaguri, Full Professor at Ilia State University, Director of ISU Arts Research Institute and Member of European Cultural Parliament will take part in the event.

May 20 Unikino Presents: “My Left Foot”
2011-05-17 00:00
On May 20, Friday, at 6p.m., Unikino presents “My Left Foot” directed by Jim Sheridan at ISU Hall A 101.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan and others.
The film is translated by Anna Koriphadze.
Attendance is free.

Austrian Writer at Iliauni
2011-05-17 00:00
On May 20, 13:00, ISU Austrian Library (Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, H-104) will host a meeting with outstanding Austrian writer Renate Welsh. The author will read some fragments from her new writings.
Attendance is free.

Master Degree Program-Healthcare Policy and Management
2011-05-16 00:00
On May 19, 15:00, Ilia State University College of Business will represent a new master degree program in Healthcare Policy and Management at ISU Hall A101 (Chavchavadze Ave. 32). The program comprises four directions: 1. Healthcare Policy and Public Healthcare. 2. Healthcare Management 3. Healthcare Economics 4. Pharmacy Management.
The program persues the goals to prepare high qualified managers with ability to make effective administration of the processes taking place in healthcare sphere. They will study theoretical and practical aspects related to the management of healthcare sphere and will obtain necessary skills, knowledge and tips to further career success.
The program covers the following issues: healthcare policy, public healthcare, assessment of healthcare system, healthcare economics, health insurance, hospital management, planning of healthcare programs, research of healthcare spheres, epidemiology and biostatistics, healthcare law, medical quality, pharmacy policy and management and others.
The graduate program includes an innovative program of business simulation (hospital management) that provides great opportunities for students to transform their theoretical knowledge into practical skills, supports them to realize the importance of any position at hospital and to develop relevant sense of responsibility.

Presentation of Dmanisi Field School
2011-05-13 00:00
On May 13, 14:00, Ilia State University Hall A 101 (Chavchavadze Ave. 32) will host a presentation dedicated to the launching of Dmanisi Field School of Paleoanthropology and Archeology.
The school is recruited by students from Georgia, Europe and the United States of America. The open contest is announced to select Georgian participants.
The crucial term for participation requires a high level of English language proficiency. The duration of the program is four weeks. The interested persons must submit motivation letter (A4, maximum 1 page) and personal information (CV or resume) to the following email address: dmanisifieldschool@gmail.com.
The total cost of the school is 400 Laris including meals, travel expenses and tuition fee.
Some participants will obtain a full financial support on the basis of the assessment of the Council and accordingly, they will get a free access to the program.

Lecture on “American Beat Generation”
2011-05-13 00:00
On May 16, at 6 p.m., ISU Poetry Club will meet Dodona Kiziria, Professor of Indiana University (USA). Ms. Kiziria will deliver a lecture on American Beat Generation and Soviet Dissidents of the 1960s at Ilia State University Bookstore “Ligamus”.
In addition, Prof. Kiziria will read the poems from her new book.
Attendance is free.

Public Lecture by Professor Nicholas Robinson
2011-05-10 00:00
On May 16, 17:00, ISU Hall A 101 will host a public lecture dedicated to the topic “Earth’s Changed Climate: New Ecologic and Economic Pathways”. The lecture will be delivered by outstanding Professor Nicholas Robinson, Director of Law School at Pace University in the City of New York.
Professor James Van Nostrand, Executive Director of Pace Climate and Energy Center, will participate in the discussion.
Attendance is free.

May 13 Unikino Presents: “The Departed”
2011-05-10 00:00
On May 13, Friday, at 6 p.m, Unikino presents “The Departed” directed by Martin Scorsese.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and others.
Venue: Chavchavadze Ave. 32, ISU Hall A 101
Attendance is free.

Safe Drive - Presentation at Iliauni
2011-05-10 00:00
On May 11, 12:00, ISU Hall A 101 (Chavchavadze Ave.32) will host a presentation on “Safe Drive”. The presentation is prepared by students of ISU College of Business and non-governmental organization “Partnership for Safe Drive”. The mentioned organization is a major initiator of the approved law requiring the use of safety seat belts while driving (September, 2010).
The problematic issues regarding the use of safety belts, driving under the influence, fatal accidents caused by pedestrians’ negligent behavior, annual statistics on traffic disasters and etc. will be discussed through the meeting.
The advertising videos prepared by students will be showed at the meeting and the best works will be awarded with valuable gifts.

Public Lecture by Gia Jandieri
2011-05-06 00:00
On May 10, 18:00 ISU Hall A101 will host a public lecture on the report “Time for changes: EU Trade Policy to the Eastern Partners, the Case of Georgia” authored by Patrich Messerlin, Michael Emerson, Alexsandre le Vernoy and Gia Jandieri.
Venue: Chavchavadze Ave. 32
The lecture will be delivered by Mr. Gia Jandieri, Vice President of New Economic School.
Attendance is free.

Anti-Drag Rally-Concert at Iliauni
2011-05-06 00:00
On May 7, 22:00, ISU Student Self-Government organizes an anti-drag rally-concert at Iliauni Theatre (I. Chavchavadze Ave. 32).
The meeting will be followed by the synthesis of poetry and live music and at 12 p.m. TV program will be showed as well. The TV program is screened by the Public Broadcasting. Beka Lortkibanidze, Bichi Ivanishvili, Tina Janelidze, Nino Basharuli, Beka Kokaia, Groups “Frani” and “Mgzavrebi” will take part in the evening.
Attendance is free.

Debates on Public Policy
2011-05-05 00:00
On May 6, 16:00, ISU Hall A 101 will host a meeting dedicated to the topic “Cases of Georgia vs. Russia to Strasbourg Court”. The meeting is organized in frames of the project “Debates on Public Policy”. The seminar will be delivered by Levan Meskhoradze, Georgian Representative to the European Court of Human Rights and Head of State Representative Department to International Courts of Human Rights. The seminar will be divided into two parts: the first division includes the speech on the mentioned topic and afterwards, students will be given a chance to address questions.
Attendance is free.

Sam Potolicchio’s Public Lecture at Iliauni
2011-05-04 00:00
On May 16, 15:00, Sam Potolicchio will deliver a public lecture on the topic “The Economic Model of Religion and Politics” at Ilia State University.
Venue: Chavchavadze Ave. 32, ISU Hall A101
Sam Potolicchio is a visiting assistant professor at Georgetown University where he specialized in Politics and Phsycology. He holds M.A academic degree in Politology (Georgetown University) and Theology (Harward University).
Currently, Mr.Potolicchio works on his doctoral dissertation. He is an owner of several honorary awards (among them “Teacher of the Year”). His articles on religion and politics have been published in volumes of Congressional Quaterly Press and Oxford University Press.
For additional information, please visit the following links:
http://www.thehoya.com/news/for-young-professor-spotlight-reflects-record-1.1905795
http://www.georgetown.edu/story/1242667357792.html
http://www.gazette.net/stories/02232011/montsch115744_32533.php
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/article_archive/Potolicchio.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8mxuXHkzx4

Literary-musical Evening
2011-05-02 00:00
On May 6, ISU Austrian Library will host a meeting with Evelin Joen. The author will introduce her creative works to the society with music accompaniment.
Venue: Cholokashvili Ave. 3/5 H104.
Attendance is free.

Screening of Jonas Mekas’s Films
2011-05-02 00:00
ISU Arts Research Institute in cooperation with Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center and Cultural Attaché of Lithuania in Georgia will represent the retrospective of the films of Jonas Mekas, the godfather of American avant-garde cinema.

May 4, 11:00
”Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
Happy Birthday to John
Notes on the Circus
Cassis
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol
May 5, 11:00
“The Sleepless Night Stories”
The films will be showed at Iliauni Theatre (I. Chavchavadze Ave. 32)
