PROFESSOR AMIEL BIZE’S ONLINE LECTURE:Forest Leftovers: Wood Gathering and the Idea of the ‘Rural Poor.’

On September 30, 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. Amiel Bize from Cornell University, titled “Forest Leftovers: Wood Gathering and the Idea of the ‘Rural Poor.’” In this talk, Amiel Bize uses the gathering […]
Public Lecture by Greta Lynn Uehling — “Decolonizing Ukraine: Crimean Tatars, Indigenous Belonging, and Prospects for Recognition”

On July 11, at 5:00 PM, at the Ligamus Bookstore, the Anthropology Research Center and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University will host a lecture by Professor Greta Lynn Uehling from the University of Michigan, titled “Decolonizing Ukraine: Crimean Tatars, Indigenous Belonging, and Prospects for Recognition.” What happens when people long […]
Public Lecture by Historian Maria C. Taylor: “Green Friends and Garden Factories: Industrial Landscapes Across the USSR”

On May 30 at 17:00, at the Ligamus Book House, Assistant Professor and historian Maria C. Taylor (Cornell University) will deliver a public lecture titled “Green Friends and Garden-Factories: Industrial Landscapes Across the USSR.” The event is organized by the Research Center for Anthropology and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology at Ilia State University. The […]
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 […]