Initiated and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, the second Literary Forum-Dialogue for Georgian and foreign publishers, translators, and authors was held within the framework of the festival. The forum-dialogue aims to promote both foreign literature in Georgia and Georgian literature abroad, while facilitating the establishment of new professional networks …

From 28 February to 1 March 2012, an international congress titled Modernism in the Caucasus: Tbilisi, Baku, Yerevan (1900–1940, Visual Arts, Theatre, Cinema, Architecture) was held in Florence, Italy. The congress was hosted by the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation under its ‘LIFE BEYOND TOURISM’ initiative. The co-organizers from the Georgian side included the Tbilisi State …

A student academic conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the George Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History.

Held on 27–28 October 2011, the international interdisciplinary conference “Memory, Art, and Art History in the Quest for Identity” was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the George Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History. Partners: The Ministry of Culture of Georgia, the Embassy of the United States in Georgia, and the Goethe-Institut.

International Interdisciplinary Conference: Memory, Art, and Art History in the Quest for Identity On 27–28 October 2011, the conference hall of the Goethe-Institut hosted an international interdisciplinary conference titled Memory, Art, and Art History in the Quest for Identity, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the George Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art …

From 29 September to 1 October 2011, the Goethe-Institut in Tbilisi hosted the international conference Figure and Ornament: Aesthetics, Art, and Architecture in the Caucasus Region from 400 to 1650. The conference was organized by the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation, in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in …

Within the framework of a joint research project, the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre and the Tokyo Institute of Technology organized the First Georgian-Japanese Workshop of Architectural and Urban Historians. The event was held at the Japan Centre of the Institute of Oriental Studies at Ilia State University. The workshop was opened by Mariam Didebulidze, …

On 24 September 2011, the official ceremony for the “International Award Architecture in Stone 2011” was held in Verona, Italy, within the framework of the 46th “Marmomacc” International Exhibition of Marble, Stone and Technology. In the Residential Architecture category, the award was granted to the project “Svan Towers – Georgia”, which had been submitted by …

From 20 to 22 September, the Georgian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS Georgia), in collaboration with the Directorate for Cultural Heritage of Norway (Riksantikvaren), is hosting the international conference “Society and Historic Environment”. The event is being held in the conference hall of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. …

From 20 to 24 September 2011, the National Centre of Manuscripts hosted the international conference “Georgian Heritage Abroad”. During the conference, researchers from the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre delivered the following papers: ·         Tamar Khundadze – Royal Portraits in the Architectural Sculpture of Tao-Klarjeti. ·         Nino Chichinadze – The Pictorial Systems of Georgian Painted …