VII International Academic Conference in Kartvelian studies was opened at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, “Georgia within the context of European Civilization” is the theme for the conference this time.

The event was attended by the TSU rector – Giorgi Sharvashidze, the representatives of Georgian government, foreign scientists from the universities and research centers of Philadelphia, Boston, Jerusalem, Birmingham, Tokyo, Warsaw, Tehran, Venice, Frankfurt, Bremen, Jen, Nünberg, Meinz, Paris, Madrid, Insbruck, Moscow, Kiev and Rize, as well as other education institutions of Georgia.

Within the scope of the academic conference, a variety of sections were available within the Georgian studies: Rustaveli and Rustavelogy, Ivane Javakhishvili and the Georgian Historography, Georgian linguistics, Medieval Georgian Literature, New and Modern Georgian Literature, Georgian Economic and Political Perspectives, Archeology, Folklore, Ethnology, the History of Georgian Philosophy, Georgian Art. Georgian and Foreign Scientists presented their reports.

The Academic Conference is being held with the support of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State Univeristy and the financial support of the International Assoctiation for Kartvelian Studies and the Rustaveli National Science Fund.

The VII international Academic conference for Kartvelian Studies will end on October 22, 2016.