Abstracts - International Initiative for Georgian Cultural Studies

SIMPOSIUM BODIES
The Symposium is organized by the Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia
and Georgian Arts and Culture Center
Co-organizers: Department of Tourism and Resorts of Georgia; Georgian National Academy of Sciences;
Giorgi Chubinashvili National Center of Georgian Art History and Monuments Protection; Ivane
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Ministry of Education, Tourism and Sports of Achara Autonomic
Republic; Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Advisory board: Nikoloz Vacheishvili, Chairman, Minister of Culture, Monument Protection and Sport
of Georgia; Dimiti Tumanishvili, G. Chubunashvili National Center of Georgian Art History and Monuments
Protection, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts; George Bugadze, Rector of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts;
Otar Bubashvili, Chairman of the Department of Tourism and Resorts of Georgia; Roin Takidze, Minister
of Education, Culture and Sports Achara Autonomic Republic; Tamar Beruchashvili, Deputy State Minister
for Euro-Atlantic Integration; Thomas V. Gamkrelidze, President of Georgian National Academy of
Sciences;
Leading implementing organization: Georgian Arts & Culture Center
Scientific council: Dimitry Tumanishvili, Head of the Scientific Council, Michael Abramishvili, Coordinator
of Section Ancient Georgia; Anna Kldiashvili, Coordinator of Section Medieval Georgia; Nino Gaganidze,
Coordinator of Section Modernism in Georgia; Nana Kuprashvili, Coordinator of Section Conservation/Restoration;
Giulia Caneva, Coordinator of Section Biological Deterioration in Cultural Heritage
Project team: Maka Dvalishvili, Project Leader; Anna Shanshiashvili, Project Coordinator; Eka Dvalishvili,
Logistic Manager; Gega Paksashvili, Designer; Lia Sukhitashvili, Assistant Coordinator; Maka
Shavgulidze, Communication Manager; Maia Antadze, Finances; Malkhaz Gelashvili, Technical Manager;
Molly Topuridze, Web Designer; Tamuna Kiknadze, Project Coordinator; Tatia Gvineria, Project
Coordinator; Tea Gotsiridze, Display coordinator; Sarah Bolson, Special English Coordinator;
Symposium sponsors: Administration of Governor in Kakheti Region, Department of Tourism and Resorts
of Georgia, Georgian Historical Monuments Defense and Survival Center; Georgian National Academy
of Sciences; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Merab Berdzenishvili International Culture
Center «Muza», Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia, Ministry of Education,
Tourism and Sports of Achara Autonomic Republic, Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Alexander Duma Center
of French Culture, Delegation of the European Commission to Georgia, Eurasia Partnership Foundation,
European Foundation Stepbeyond Mobility Fund / Open Society Institute Budapest, Goethe Institute, GTZ ,
Georgian Studies Center at Harriman Institute of Columbia University,; Italian Embassy in Georgia, Trust
for Mutual Understanding, U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, WORLD MONUMENTS FUND ® the Samuel
H. Kress Foundation.
Hosting and promotional sponsors: Georgian Palace Hotel, Magi Style, Marco Polo, Mercury Classic,
M-Group. Informational Coverige: Georgian Public Broadcasting, Mze, Rustavi 2
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