Soft Power and Politics in the Adaptive Reuse of Tbilisi’s Institute of Marx, Engels, and Lenin (IMEL) Building”
September 23rd, at 18:00 Tbilisi time, the project: “Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage” (Funded by the Rustaveli Foundation) and Doctoral Programm of Anthropology invite to a talk by Suzanne Harris-Brandts Assistant Professor, Carleton University and David Sichinava Instructor, Carleton University Title: “Soft Power and Politics in the Adaptive Reuse of Tbilisi’s Institute of Marx, Engels, […]
THE CAUCASUS THROUGH TIME NETWORK SHAPING MODERN DAY GEORGIA THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITIES AND SPACES
In the framework of Caucasus Through Time Network will host an anthropology seminar “Shaping Modern Day Georgia Through the Construction of Identities and Spaces”, Thursday, July 15. Ilia state University PhD researchers of anthropology and cultural studies, Alexander Kavtaradze, Mariam Shalvashvili, Dato Laghidze and Esma Berikishvili, Ilia State University, will be presenting their research projects. The seminar will be moderated by Mariam Darchiashvili, assistant […]
Project: “Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage”” Evelina Gambino DUST IN CIRCULATION – A FEMINIST MATERIALIST CRITIQUE OF GEORGIA’S LOGISTICAL FUTURES
Friday, July 2nd 2021 the project: “Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage” (Rustaveli Foundation) and Doctoral School of Anthropology invite to a talk by Evelina Gambino DUST IN CIRCULATION – A FEMINIST MATERIALIST CRITIQUE OF GEORGIA’S LOGISTICAL FUTURES.Evelina Gambino is Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography UCL.BioEvelina Gambino is a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow in the […]
Workshop by Rayya El Zein: Cultural Studies in/and the Global South: Thinking and Organizing Around Race in the Periphery of the Anglophone Academy
Cultural Studies in/and the Global South: Thinking and Organizing Around Race in the Periphery of the Anglophone Academy Workshop for Doctoral Students in the Department of Anthropology, Ilia State University sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus. June 28-29, 2021 In May of 2020, a Black man from Minneapolis, George Floyd, was […]
Dominic Gutmeyr “Camera Caucasica. Global Networks of Photographic Practices in the Transimperial Caucasus”
On Friday, April 16, 2021, the research project: Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage and Doctoral Program in Anthropology will host a talk Dominic Gutmeyr with his talk:“Camera Caucasica. Global Networks of Photographic Practices in the Transimperial Caucasus”.“Dominik Gutmeyr is Assistant Professor at the section of Southeast European History and Anthropology, Institute of History, University of […]
Daniela Bandelli: The debate on gestational surrogacy. Reproductive freedom, women’s exploitation and the child.
Friday, 26th of March, at 17.00 , the research project “Surrogacy as a Networked Phenomenon” (head of the research group Elene Gavashelishvili) and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology invite to the talk of Daniela Bandelli: The debate on gestational surrogacy. Reproductive freedom, women’s exploitation and the child. The talk will be in English. Those wishing to attend, […]
Ketevan Sokolova-Kurdiani and the Search for Modern National Architecture in Soviet Georgia
During her lifetime, architect Ketevan Sokolova-Kurdiani (1905 – 1988) enjoyed an esteemed career, and as a pioneer in her field, she earned the designation of the “first female Georgian architect.” Many of her buildings still stand and are memorable for their stately elegance and “national character.” In my presentation, I will provide the architect’s biographical details and attempt […]
The Tbilisi Dendrological Park, Mtatsminda Forest, and The Arsenal Oasis
In today’s presentation Cowles will introduce three recent landscape architecture projects by Isthmus Group in Tbilisi: The Tbilisi Dendrological Park, Mtatsminda Forest, and The Arsenal Oasis. She will outline how each project addresses specific challenges and opportunities of working in a complex and developing city. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Isthmus Group, […]
Research Seminar: “The Neighbrouhood” in Anthropological Research
You are invited to attend a research seminar to be held on 20 November 2020 within the frames of the Project Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage and the Ilia State University’s Doctoral Programme in Anthropology. Anthropologist Susanne Fehlings will give a speech on “The Neighbourhood” in Anthropological Research. About the Speaker Dr Susanne Fehlings is […]
INSPIRATIONAL LECTURE SERIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
The Ph.D Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology is proud to inaugurate the Inspirational Lecture Series in Anthropology. The series will deal with different experiences of ethnographic fieldwork in various parts of the world while providing unique interpretations and perspectives about these experiences. Participants of these lecture series will talk about what it means to […]