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 …

From 22 to 27 August 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria, hosted the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, which brought together over 1,000 scholars from various countries. Among those invited to participate were researchers from the George Chubinashvili Centre: Professor Leila Khuskivadze, PhD – ‘The Gelati Mosaic: Organization of Work, Technique, Restoration’ Mariam Didebulidze, PhD – ‘The …

On 16 June 2011, on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Norway, the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia and the Directorate for Cultural Heritage of Norway (Riksantikvaren) hosted an international seminar titled …