On 12 June, at 19:30, in Hall B201 at Ilia State University German historian and recent recipient of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Karl Schlögel will deliver a speech, on how the fall of the Soviet empire but also the Russian wars on Ukraine and Georgia call for a radical re-evaluation and re-conc
From a rostrum in the capital of Georgia, leading Slovak intellectual Michal Hvorecký addresses a Europe-wide audience. As a novelist and essayist, Hvorecký explores the fragility of democracy and the political fault lines of contemporary Central and Eastern Europe with irony, urgency and historical aware
On 12 June, at 19:30, a panel discussion titled “De-Centering the Story, Re-Writing History” will be held in Room B201 at Ilia State University. What does de-colonization and re-centering mean for Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space? In recent years, there is increasing recognition that Rus
On 12 June, at 19:30, a panel discussion on free speech titled “Thinking, Speaking and Writing Under Pressure – Academic Freedom” will be held in Room B201 at Ilia State University. Across Europe fundamental democratic freedoms are being undermined. Academic freedom is no exception. Be it ec
On 12-13 June, the Tbilisi Debate on Europe gathers writers, scholars and journalists to confront urgent questions of freedom, history and democracy. Looking from Georgia, what is at stake for Europe today? Today, there is hardly any other city in Europe where European values – including democracy, the
On May 18th, 2026, at 16:00, Dr. Piotr Ceryngier, a professor at the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland will give a public lecture “Biological diversity in Poland: research and conservation” Poland is a country in Central Europe characterize
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Doctoral Mobility Grant, jointly implemented by the French-Georgian University and the Rustaveli Foundation. This two-month research grant is open to doctoral candidates enrolled in Georgian universities, for all disciplines. It supports short-term research stays in France a
Tuesday, 19 May, 19:00 at Book House "Ligamus", the Anthropology Research Centre and PhD Programme at Ilia State University invite you to a book talk with David Leupold, presenting his book The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and their Afterlives. Abstract What does it mean to inhabit cities bui
A new book, “The European Union as a Global Actor: Institutions, Values, and Interests,” has been published within the framework of the EU-funded project “Jean Monnet Chair at Iliauni 2023–2026”. The author of the book is Giorgi Gvalia, Professor of Politics and International Relations at
The Summer School on “Security Perspectives in Eurasian Regional Context 2026,” organized by Ilia State University (Georgia) in partnership with the Department of Politics at Coastal Carolina University (USA), will take place in 2026 at Ilia State University’s Stephantsminda Research Base. The Summer
On 20–21 April 2026, the first Regional Awareness Day of the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) project DeSIRe — ‘Developing Social Skills in Armenian and Georgian Higher Education Institutions in Line with 21st-Century Labour Market Requirements’ — was held at Goris Sta
On 18 May, Assoc. Prof. Gabriella Pelloni from the University of Verona will deliver a public lecture entitled “Literary Multilingualism and Transcultural Memory in Contemporary German-Language Literature” at the Book House Ligamus. Gabriella Pelloni is a faculty member in the Department of Foreign Language