INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON “MONITORING MASS MIGRATION: TENSION AND COOPERATION AMONG NEWLY FORMED COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AFTER FULL-SCALE MILITARY AGGRESSION” HAS BEEN HELD
On November 12 and 13, Ilia State University hosted an international workshop “Approaching the Exodus: Tensions and Cooperation in Emerging Communities in the South Caucasus After the Russian Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine”. The workshop aimed to open a discussion about the impact of post-war migration on society, politics, and places, both in Tbilisi and other […]
“PAINTING A SPLITTING CITY: ELENE AKHVLEDIANI’S TBILISI OLD AND NEW” –LECTURE BY ALEX FISHER
On December 11, at 5:00 pm, in Auditorium F303, Alex Fisher will present his research on “Painting a splitting city: Elene Akhvlediani’s Tbilisi Old and New”. The seminar is part of the research seminar series organized by the doctoral program in anthropology and the research project “Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage”. Abstract: Elene Akvhlediani’s Tbilisi […]
ARMENIAN ‘NOTHINGNESS’ – PLACENESS, CARE, AND REPAIR AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE WELFARE STATE – ONLINE TALK BY PHD STUDENT MARIA GUNKO
On November 10, at 5:00 p.m., a series of anthropology research seminars with the doctoral program will host Maria Gunko, a PhD student at the University of Oxford, presenting her research titled “Armenian “Nothingness”: Placeness, Care, and Repair After the Disappearance of the Welfare State”. About the Research Devalued by capital and abandoned by the […]
ACCOUNTING FOR RE/PRODUCTION IN THE WEB OF LIFE OF ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN ENTERPRISES
The next meeting of the Anthropology Research Seminar Series will be held on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 5 p.m. Markus Sattler will present his research on Accounting for re/production in the web of life of Armenian and Georgian enterprises. Description: The presentation will engage with enterprises in Armenia and Georgia, presenting an accounting framework […]
The Pursuit of Wellness: Changing Everyday Health Practices in Uncertain Times – A Public Lecture by Niko Besnier, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne
On October 13 th, at 17:00, Ilia State University Anthropology Seminar Series will host Niko Besnier’s public lecture “The Pursuit of Wellness: Changing Everyday Health Practices in Uncertain Times”. Niko Besnier is a socio-cultural and linguistic anthropologist. He is currently Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has […]
Approaching the exodus: tensions and cooperation in the emerging communities in South Caucasus after the start of the full-scale invasion
On November 12 and 13, Ilia State University will host an international workshop “Approaching the Exodus: Tensions and Cooperation in Emerging Communities in the South Caucasus After the Russian Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine”. The workshop aims to open a discussion about the impact of post-war migration on society, politics and places, both in Tbilisi […]
Publication Strategies Workshop/Niko Besnier
Publication Strategies Workshop Tentative Schedule, Wednesday 11 October., 2023, 9:00–16:30 This all-day workshop consists in roundtable discussions, participant presentations, and peer review. It is very important that all participants read the following texts ahead of time: The first article presents reflections on article writing and editing from my perspective as editor-in-chief of a major journal […]
Approaching the exodus: tensions and cooperation in the emerging communities in South Caucasus after the start of the full-scale invasion
From November 11 to 12, 2023, an international workshop, “Approaching the exodus: tensions and cooperation in the emerging communities in South Caucasus after the start of the full-scale invasion” will be held at Ilia State University. The workshop aims to focus on the way the after war migration shapes the society, politics and places in Tbilisi mainly, […]
GENDERED PROTESTS AND MOURNING: AFFECTIVE SITES OF CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST POLITICS AND MUSLIM SOVEREIGNTY – LECTURE BY DOCTOR INSHAH MALIK
Dr. Insha Malik, a visiting researcher of Iliauni, will read a lecture “Gendered Protests and Mourning: Affective Sites of Contemporary Feminist Politics and Muslim Sovereignty” within the framework of “Tbilisi as an Urban Intersection Space”, the Fundamental Research Project of the Doctoral Program in Anthropology and Rustaveli National Science Foundation in the A103 auditorium of […]
LECTURE “AGEING TOGETHER: SYMBIOSIS OF OLD BODIES AND OLD VEHICLES IN A UKRAINIAN CITY”
Anthropologist Andrei Vazyanau will read a lecture: “Ageing Together: Symbiosis of Old Bodies and Old Cars in a Ukrainian city” within the framework of the Doctoral program in Anthropology and the “Tbilisi as a Space of Urban Intersection” project on October 28, at 17:00. About the lecture In his lecture, Andrei Vazyanau will analyze Ukrainian […]