Georgian Studies Today: Links between Culture, History and Identity

This workshop, ‘Georgian Studies Today: Links between Culture, History and Identity’, is convened by OSGA Georgian Fellow Dr Giorgi Macharashvili (www.rees.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-giorgi-macharashvili)
Speakers:
Jost Gippert — Georgian Manuscripts in Germany: New Insights
Ana Kirvalidze — Resilient Bonds: On Social Cohesion in Georgia
Giorgi Macharashvili — The Origins and Development of Georgian Historical Writing
Tamara Meskhi — On the Etymology of the Anthroponym “Bagrat” and the Origin of the “Bagrationi” Dynasty
Oliver Reisner — News of the World for the Caucasus at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Luka Shanidze — The History and Development of Archaeology in Georgia: 19th Century to the Present Day