Those Without a Homeland: Symbolic Unhoming amid the Epistemic Crisis in Georgia
On June 9 at 17:00, Tinatin (Tiko) Khomeriki will deliver an online lecture “Those Without a Homeland: Symbolic Unhoming amid the Epistemic Crisis in Georgia”, organized by the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University. Abstract The introduction of the Law on Foreign Influence in […]
Uncanny Remnants: Ruins, Otherness, and Belonging in Northeastern Turkey
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. Abstract Anthropological accounts of ruins typically view them as bridges connecting people either to a […]
The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and their Afterlives
Tuesday, 19 May, 19:00 at Book House “Ligamus”, the Anthropology Research Centre and PhD Programme at Ilia State University invite you to a book talk with David Leupold, presenting his book The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and their Afterlives. Abstract What does it mean to inhabit cities built for a […]
The Soviet concept of kulʼturnostʼ in the post-socialist and post-migratory context
On Tue, 5 May, 17:00 PM, Dr. Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne will deliver an online lecture on “The Soviet concept of kulʼturnostʼ in the post-socialist and post-migratory context,” organized by the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University. Abstract: This study contributes to research that deals with […]
Benjamin Arenstein “On the Reading of Poetry and the Poetry of Reading: The Literary Lives of the Soviet Jewish Underground in Leningrad and Lithuania”
On April 28th at 17:00, at the Ligamus bookstore, doctoral candidate Benjamin Arenstein from the University of Chicago will deliver a public lecture on “On the Reading of Poetry and the Poetry of Reading: The Literary Lives of the Soviet Jewish Underground in Leningrad and Lithuania,” organized by the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral […]
Tea Kamushadze Silenced Childhoods: Socialization, Power, and Postcolonial Reflections in Georgian Soviet Ethnography
On April 14 at 17:00, the Anthropology Research Centre and the Doctoral Programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology invite you to a seminar by Dr. Tea Kamushadze: “Silenced Childhoods: Socialization, Power, and Postcolonial Reflections in Georgian Soviet Ethnography” This study examines how childhood was represented in Georgian Soviet ethnography. It shows that children’s voices and, […]
The Ecology of Everyday Life: Local Food Practices in the Face of Environmental Threats in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region
On April 7 at 17:00, the Anthropology Research Centre and the Doctoral Programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology invite you to an online seminar by Dr. Natallia Paulovich: “The Ecology of Everyday Life: Local Food Practices in the Face of Environmental Threats in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region.” Abstract: This presentation outlines the conceptual […]
The Agency and Materiality of Sacred Texts in Armenian Christianity
The Anthropology Research Center of Ilia State University, together with the PhD Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology, invites you to a seminar by Konrad Siekierski on March 31 at 17:00: “The Agency and Materiality of Sacred Texts in Armenian Christianity”. The seminar will take place at Ilia State University, Room A103 32 Ilia Chavchavadze […]
Nana Iashvili’s online lecture “Collateralized lives”: Home, debt, and financialization in the Republic of Georgia
Tuesday, 24 March at 17:00 PM Nana Iashvili will deliver an online lecture “Collateralized lives”: Home, debt, and financialization in the Republic of Georgia. In this talk, Nana will present framework and preliminary findings for her PhD project that investigates credit-debt arrangements in Georgia where individuals use their homes to borrow large sums of money. Examining […]
Anthropology Seminar Series March – June 2026
Organized by the Anthropology Research Center and the PhD Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University, we invite you to join our Spring 2026 Anthropology Seminar Series. The series brings together lectures and book talks, gathering researchers from Tbilisi and beyond around questions of ethnographic methodologies, everyday life, memory, place, and belonging. […]