Calendar and Location of the Conference Events
Time limit for panel presentations: 10 minutes
November 21, 2009
Registration of the Participants 10.00 – 10.45
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Campus 8 (13 Chavchavadze Ave)
Foyer of the Conference Hall (Floor 5)
Opening Session 11.00 – 12.30
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Campus 8 (13 Chavchavadze Avenue)
Conference Hall (Floor 5)
Welcome Reception for Participants and Guests of the Conference 13.00 – 14.00
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Courtyard of the Campus 1 (1 Chavchavadze Avenue)
Food Master LTD (Floor 2)
1st Panel Session
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley) Room 1
Presentations 15.00 – 16.30
Coffee Break 16.30 – 16.45
Presentations 16.45 – 17.45
Discussions 17.45 – 18.15
2nd Panel Session
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley)
Room 2
Presentations 15.00 – 16.30
Coffee Break 16.30 – 16.45
Presentations 16.45 – 17.45
Discussions 17.45 – 18.15
November 22, 2009
3rd Panel Session
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley)
Room 1
Presentations 10.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break 11.30 – 11.45
Presentations 11.45 – 12.45
Discussions 12.45 – 13.15
4th Panel Session
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley)
Room 2
Presentations 10.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break 11.30 – 11.45
Presentations 11.45 – 12.45
Discussions 12.45 – 13.15
Lunch 13.30 – 14.30
5th Panel Session
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley)
Room 1
Presentations 14.45 – 17.15
Discussions 17.15 – 17.45
6th Panel Session
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley)
Room 2
Presentations 14.45 – 17.15
Discussions 17.15 – 17.45
Poster presentations 17.45 – 18.15
Gala Dinner 19.00 – 21.30
November 23, 2009
Closing Session 10.00 – 11.30
International Black Sea University
Campus 2 (13th km Agmashenebeli Alley)
Conference Hall
Presentation of the research project "Printed Media and the Process of Shaping of the Georgian National Identity: Ilia’s Iveria” supported by the Rustaveli Foundation
Concluding Remarks and Closing of the Conference
Trip in Mtskheta – Ancient Capital and Religious Center of Georgia 12.00 – 16.30
Concert and Tbilisi at Night 18.00 – 23.00
Program
November 21, 2009
Opening Session
GREETINGS
Prof. Dr. Giorgi Khubua
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Rector
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Çetin Can
International Black Sea University, Rector
Selim Kuş
Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), Coordinator
Members of Georgian Parliament
Representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
SCIENTIFIC NETWORK VIA EGNATIA: HISTORY AND FUTURE
Prof. Antonello Biagini
La Sapienza University of Rome, Vice-Rector
GEORGIA AT CROSSROADS
Prof. Giuli Alasania
International Black Sea University, Vice-Rector
1st Panel Session
Chairs: Nino Chikovani & Andrea Carteny
Merab Abdaladze
The International Experience for Attracting FDI and Georgia
Ivo Goldstein
Was Yugoslavia Good or Bad for Its Peoples?
Leila Kiknadze
The Ideology of the Militant Islam – Responding to the Threats of Globalization
Giorgi Bagaturia
Reasons of State Governance Crisis in Countries of Young Democracy
Ineza Gagnidze
Clusters and Georgia’s Economic Development Strategy
Kakhaber Djakeli
East–West Economic Vulnerability Revealed by World Financial Crisis
and Failure of Russian Economy
Eka Lekashvili
Exporting (World experience and Georgia)
Giovanna Motta & Andrea Carteny
Economic and Cultural Links between Adriatic and Black Sea in the Modern Era
Nino Chikovani
The Caucasus and the Balkans: Perspectives of Comparative Analyses
Francesca Lenzi
The European Cooperation in Georgia
Irakli Chkhaidze
Georgian National Project in the Context of Ethnic and Civic Nationalism
(Beginning of the Post-Soviet Period)
2nd Panel Session
Chairs: Maka Elbakidze & Branislav Cvetkovic
Nino Chichinadze
Reconstructing History – New Materials for Pontic Greek Artistic Heritage
(Pontic Church Art in Georgia)
Branislav Cvetkovic
Shrine of Romylos the Blessed in Ravanica:
Culminating Focus of His Balkan Paths, Mountains and Plains
Maka Elbakidze
Space Dichotomy in Medieval Chivalry Romance
Merab Ghaghanidze
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani and the Western Christianity
Tamar Paichadze
Literary Mystification of Cherubina de Gabriak and Elene Dariani as a Symbolic Paradigm
Nino Popiashvili
"Wisdom of Lie” – Crossroads of Cultures
Alexei Lidov
Relics of the Holy Fire, and its Role in the unification of Eastern Christian Sacred Space
Bela Tsipuria
Georgian Literature, Colonialism and National Identity
Maria Lidova
Maria Regina between Rome and Constantinople.
A Study in Early Byzantine Imperial Iconography
Tamar Sharabidze
To the Inter-Textual Relationship of Georgian and American Romanticism
November 22, 2009
3rd Panel Session
Chairs: Nino Abakelia & Ljubomir Frckoski
Nino Abakelia
Religious Symbols of Power and Identity in Georgian Culture
Antonello Biagini & Daniel Pommier Vincelli
The Rise of Nationalities along the Via Egnatia Region (19th – 20th cc)
Zviad Abashidze
Credentials of Georgia’s European Identity
Lilia Zabolotnaya & Anna Barbacar
The National and Linguistic Identities of Moldova in the Contemporary Period
Ljubomir Frckoski
Myth Shearing and History Shearing on Line Via Egnatia
Eduard Danielyan
Methodology of Research of the Cultural Identity Concept within the Scope of Dialogue of Civilizations
Diana Zadura
Georgian Identity and the Symbolic Politics after Rose Revolution
David Chigholashvili
Urban Narratives: Socio-Cultural Analysis of Graffiti in Tbilisi
Nino Gambashidze
Sanctuary "Deaconesses” in Georgian Highland
Giuseppe Motta
Cultural Differences along Via Egnatia: The Aromanians after Great War
4th Panel Session
Chairs: Eka Tchkoidze & Sattar Mazhitov
Niki Papageorgiou
Ethno-Religious Coexistence in Thessaloniki: Moving toward a Multicultural Society
Eka Tchkoidze
European Greece: Political and Cultural Observations
Alessandro Vagnini & Francesco Randazzo
Hatay and European Powers on the Eve of World War II
Evangelia Liliou
Multiculture in Greece: Facts and Reality in the Greek Primary and Secondary Education Schools
Sattar Mazhitov
Kazakhstan and Georgia on the Crossroads of West and East: Historical Code
Martina Bitunjac
Croatian Nation and the "Independent Croatian State”: Nationalization, Instrumentalization and Glorification of Women during the Second World War
Ashot Melkonyan
Ethno-Religious Processes and the Problem of Regional Identity
Ulrica Söderlind & Nikoloz Tskvitinidze
An Introduction and an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Foodways of Georgia
Ketevan Kakitelashvili
Instrumentalization of History and History Teaching in Post-Soviet Georgia
Tinatin Kublashvili
Multicultural Dialogue through Education (International Black Sea University as an Example)
5th Panel Session
Chairs: Eka Avaliani & Angus Bowie
Erekle Astakhishvili
Types of Urban Structure According to the Cuneiform Sources
Angus Bowie
East and West in Herodotus
Ryszard Kulesza
Infanticide in Ancient Sparta
Vakhtang Licheli
Grakliani Gora – Parmanent Contacts (4th – 1st mill. B.C.)
Mariam Gabashvili
Artistic Interralations of the Late Antique Georgian Metalwork to the Near Eastern and Skythian World
Marina Puturidze & Nino Akhvlediani
East Georgia on the Crossroads of Eurasian Civilizations
(The Characteristics and Dynamics of the Development in the II Millennium B.C.)
Bejan Javakhia
"New Rome”: The Idea of Universal Christian Empire in Medieval Georgian Writing
Leri Tavadze & Nikoloz Silagadze
The Byzantine Commonwealth and Georgia
Malkhaz Toria
Anthropology of Time: "Other Times” or Temporal Plurality in Medieval Georgian Culture
Eka Avaliani
Communication Systems and Correspondences in Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Context
6th Panel Session
Chairs: Tamara Vardanyan & Vazha Kiknadze
Ali Arslan
Imam Mansur’a Method of Struggle in Northern Caucasus
Gun Kut
Trabzon in the 19th Century: The Link Between Via Egnatia and the Silk Road
Tengiz Simashvili
Modern Islamic Radical Movements in Caucasus and Georgia
Tamara Vardanyan
The Peculiarities of Social-Economic Development in the End of 19th c in South Caucasus and Its Impact on Armenian–Georgian Interethnic Relations
Eka Metreveli
Current Overview of the Evolution of the Role and the Status of Women in Georgian Society
Avandil Kvitashvili
Science and High Technology Education: Perspectives in Georgia
Vazha Kiknadze
Explaining Some Points of M. Panaretos "Trapezund Chronicle”
Poster Presentations
Ekaterine Mekantsishvili
Foreign Investments and Internetional Tax Policy as a Base of Development of Economic Relations among Countries
David Matsaberidze
The Role of Leaders and Agencies in Fueling Ethnic Conflicts
(Caucasus and Balkans – Comparative Perspective)
Malkhaz Matsaberidze
Formation of the Conception of Georgia as a Nation-State during the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918 – 1921)
George Anchabadze
The Role of Abkhazian Element in Forming the United Georgian State (10th –12th Centuries)
Zviad Kvitsiani
Communication System of Ancient Caucasus (Mains and Swells)
Lado Mirianashvili
Georgia on Medieval Globes of European Cartographers (ca. 1570 and 1688)
Ivan Biliarsky
Communication Services and Communication Corvees in Medieval Bulgaria
November 23, 2009
Closing Session
Chairs: Mariam Chkhartishvili & Gun Kut
Presentation of research project "Printed Media and the Process of Shaping of the Georgian National Identity: Ilia’s Iveria”
Tinatin Bolkvadze
Sociolinguistic Problems on "Iveria’s” Pages
Mariam Chkhartishvili & Ketevan Mania
Printed Media and the Process of Shaping of the Georgian National Identity according to the
Newspaper "Iveria” (January–March, 1878)
Zaal Kikvidze
Gender Stereotypes in the National Identity Forging Process in Georgia:
Myth-Making and Myth-Breaking
Concluding remarks
Chairs of the Panel Sessions
Participants
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