Iliauni Summer School for European Students
On August 26, at 6.00p.m, Open Air Museum of Ethnography hosted an opening ceremony of Ilia State University Summer School “South Caucasus: Culture, Society and Politics”. The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of the Embassy of Germany in Georgia and members of the organizations involved in the summer school.
Ilia State University has been organizing the summer school for three years with support of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). From August 26 to September 10, twenty German students and two outstanding German professors –Dr. Uwe Halbach (Berlin) and Prof. Jörg Stadelbauer (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) - are being hosted by the university. The mentioned professors are well-known specialists in the fields of political sciences and cultural geography. The German students have mostly studied in the spheres of political sciences, cultural researches, media and caucasiology. This year, 60 interested students from Germany filled out the application forms.
15 students were initially financed by DAAD, but 5 scholarships were added due to the exceptional popularity of the program.
Dr. Hiller, DAAD South and East Europe Regional Coordinator, visited Ilia State University and reported that our school topped the first position among DAAD’s summer schools as a consequence of the overwhelming responses from interested people. The coordinator proposed the university to uphold and enhance their mutual cooperation.