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 […]
BOOK PRESENTATION: DURABLE SOLUTIONS: CHALLENGES WITH IMPLEMENTING GLOBAL NORMS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN GEORGIA
In the study of international affairs, (human rights) norms represent a central theme. Yet, the number of studies examining their actual implementation into national and local settings remains relatively small. Most norm research focuses on processes of norm creation, evolution and diffusion as well as the role of non-state actors in advocating for them. These […]
RESEARCH WORKSHOP: BETWEEN METAPHORS AND ONTOLOGICAL CONNECTIONS: HOW TURKISH MIGRANTS CARE FOR PLANTS AND MAKE HOMES IN GERMANY
Hilal Alkan, a researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, will conduct an online research workshop on the topic “Between Metaphors and Ontological Connections: How Turkish Migrants Care for Plants and Make Homes in Germany” on September 30, at 17:00 within the framework of the project “Tbilisi as an Urban Intersection Space” funded by the Doctoral […]
MARUSIA FERRI’S REPORT “THIEF IN LAW” AS AN AMBIVALENT MORAL HORIZON FOR GEORGIAN TRANSNATIONAL THIEVES
This Wednesday, the 6th of July 2022, at 5 pm Tbilisi time, the research seminars in anthropology and the doctoral program in anthropology will host Maroussia Ferry with her talk on The “thief-in-law” as an ambivalent moral horizon for Georgian transnational burglars. Maroussia Ferry is an anthropologist by training, with a Ph.D. from the EHESS in […]
Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage Professor Jeff Sahadeo’s Seminar “Memory, Significance: Mtkvari and Other Rivers of Georgia
Professor Jeff Sahadeo’s (Carlton University, Canada) seminar on “Memory, Significance: Mtkvari and Other Rivers of Georgia” will be held at Ilia State University within the “Tbilisi as an Urban Intersection” project (funded by the Rustaveli Science Foundation) on June 10, at 17:00. About the Seminar Rivers function as critical markers of place and identity in […]
research seminar: ‘Managing the crisis — Georgian care-workers in Thessaloniki’
We continue with our research seminars on the 20th of May, 2022, 5 pm (Tbilisi time) with the talk ‘Managing the crisis — Georgian care-workers in Thessaloniki’ In the last three decades tens of thousands of Georgian women endeavored the risky project of migration to Greece. Migrant care-workers are one of the most vulnerable groups […]
PUBLIC LECTURE: “CORPOREAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION AND PEACEBUILDING”
Friday, May 13th, at 5 pm in room A103 at Ilia State University, 32 Chavchavadze Avenue, Élise Féron (Tampere Peace Research Institute, Finland) will talk about the corporeal approach to reconciliation and peacebuilding. Conflict and war are, in essence, corporeal experiences: human bodies take center stage as the terrain of struggle upon which the intent and consequences of political […]
Surviving in Academia post-PhD: Research Agenda, Project Proposals and Publications Matthew Blackburn
21st April 2022, Time 5pm. Location: Ilia State University, room A103 One of the most challenging aspects of being a PhD student in the social sciences is that one not only has to execute a significant original piece of research; it is also necessary to plan the post-PhD future. While the training, procedures and support […]