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. […]
Research Seminar in Anthropology: 10th Anniversary
In December 2015, the foundation was laid for meetings of research seminars in anthropology, which over these 10 years has taken the form of a permanent research seminar. Today, it continues to exist as a series of research seminars of the Center for Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology. Over these […]
Katie Rose Hejtmanek’slecture- The Cult of CrossFit: Cultural Christianity in the Gym
On December 16, at 5:00 PM, the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host a lecture by Katie Rose Hejtmanek, Professor of Anthropology and Children and Youth Studies at Brooklyn College, of the City University of New York(CUNY), titled – “The Cult of CrossFit: Cultural Christianity in […]
Havva Nese Özgen’s online lecture – Stateless Inside and Outside Refugee Camps
On December 9, at 5:00 PM (Tbilisi time), the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host an online lecture by Dr. Havva Nese Özgen, an associated researcher at IMIS, Osnabrück University, titled – “Stateless Inside and Outside Refugee Camps” This presentation invites a reconsideration of statelessness—not as […]
Irakli Pipia’s public lecture – Dismantling Soviet era Heroes in Rural Georgia
On November 18, at 5:00 PM, the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host a lecture by Irakli Pipia, PhD at Tbilisi State University, titled – “Dismantling Soviet era Heroes in Rural Georgia”. Prince Alexander Chavchavadze was a 19thC Noble in kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti. His […]
Maria Sakirko’s lecture- Not here and not there: The narratives of belonging among second-generation Georgian migrants in Moscow
On November 11, at 5:00 PM, the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host a lecture by Maria Sakirko, PhD in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, titled – “Not here and not there: The narratives of belonging among second-generation Georgian migrants in Moscow”. This paper […]
Taras Fedirko’s online lecture- The gifts of war: enmity and violence in the making of Ukraine’s war economy
On October 28, at 5:00 PM (Tbilisi time), the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host an online lecture by Taras Fedirko, Assistant Professor at the University of Glasgow, titled – “The gifts of war: enmity and violence in the making of Ukraine’s war economy”. Drones, cans […]
Eugene Slonimerov’s online lecture- „ “Where is Arsenali Hill?”Visual and participatory research methods in the urban landscape”
On October 21, at 5:00 PM (Tbilisi time), the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host an online lecture by Eugene Slonimerov, titled – „“Where is Arsenali Hill?” Visual and participatory research methods in the urban landscape” The ongoing research project takes the site of the former […]
Online Lecture by Dr. Ivan Gololobov — “Magical Putinism: How Magic Governs Contemporary Politics”
On October 14, at 5:00 PM (Tbilisi time), the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host an online lecture by Dr. Ivan Gololobov from the University of Bath, titled – ”Magical Putinism. How Magic Drives Contemporary Politics”. The presentation looks into the magical thinking behind ideological constructions of […]
Doctoral student Ricky Brown’s online lecture: “The Tokenization of Tradition: Fintech and Qvevri Winemaking”
On October 7 at 5:00 PM (Tbilisi time), the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host an online lecture by Rikki Brown, PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz: Title “The Tokenization of Tradition. FinTech and Kvevri Winemaking.” Abstract The financial technological (FinTech) industry is growing in popularity, with its cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and non-fungible […]