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ILIA CHAVCHAVADZE -180

INSTITUTE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

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ILIA CHAVCHAVADZE:
SACRALISATION / SECULARISATION OF THE CULTURAL FIGURE

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CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 180TH ANNIVERSARY OF ILIA CHAVCHAVADZES BIRTH

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

24-25 , 2017
24-25 OCTOBER, 2017
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TBILISI, GEORGIA

ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY
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24 OCTOBER, TUESDAY
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Ilia State University, Ligamus Bookstore Auditorium, Chavchavadze 32

10:30-12:15
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PLENARY SESSION (IN ENGLISH)

OPENING REMARKS
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Giga Zedania (Rector, Ilia State University)
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Nino Doborjginidze (Vice Rector, Ilia State University)
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Bela Tsipuria (Ilia State University, Institute of Comparative Literature)

PLENARY LECTURES
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Joep Leersen (University of Amsterdam) - Entangled Histories, Nodal Figures:
A Transnational Approach to National Movements and their Leaders
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Marijan Dovi (Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies) - Cultural Saints:
From the National Secular to the Post-Secular

12:15-12:30 - / COFFEE BREAK

12:30-14:00

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Ilia Chavchavadze and Secular Georgia of his Times (in English)
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Chair: Bela Tsipuria
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Oliver Reisner (Ilia State University) - Ilia Chavchavadze and the Society for the
Spreading of Literacy among Georgians
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Nino Doborjginidze, Tamara Kalkhitashvili, Rati Gumashvili (Ilia State University)
- Social Network of the Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians
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Emzar Jgerenaia, Giorgi Sabanadze (Ilia State University) - Europe as a Teacher
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Timothy Blauvelt (Ilia State University) - Pedagogy, Modernity and Nationalism in
Georgia

14:00-14:45 - / LUNCH
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Nationalism, Citizenship, European Values (in Georgian)
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Chair: Maka Lashkhia
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Grigol Jokhadze (Ilia State University) - Civil Religion and Religious Citizenship: Georgia
of Ilias Chavchavadzes Times
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Mzago Dokhturishvili (Ilia State University) - The Importance of European Values for
National Development: Ilia Chavchavadzes Public Essays and Victor Hugos Political
Speeches
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Paata Chkeidze (Ilia State University) - The Crisis of the Theory of Common Human
Ground
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Atinati Mamatsashvili (Ilia State University) - Maurice Barrs: The Writer as a Figure
of Nationalism

16:15-16:30 - / COFFEE BREAK

16:30-18:30
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Ilia Chavchavadze: Intercultural Contacts (in Georgian)
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Chair: Grigol Jokhadze
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Tinatin Bolkvadze (Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University) - Ilia Chavchavadzes
Influence on the Linguistic Thought in Georgia: Late 19th and early 20th Centuries
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Tsira Kilanava (Ilia State University) - Ilias Literary Reception in Georgian Poetry
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Lali Guledani (Ilia State University) - Jewish Phenomenon in Ilia Chavchavadzes
Writings
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Nestan Ratiani (Ilia State University) - Catabasis of the Young Composer
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Maka Lashkhia (Ilia State University) - Ilia Chavchavadze and Aesthetics of Theatrical
Performance.

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25 OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY
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Ilia State University, Ligamus Bookstore Auditorium, Chavchavadze 32

10:00-11:30

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Ilia Chavchavadze and the Problems of Interpretation of Literary Text (in Georgian)
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Chair: LevanTsagareli
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Irakli Khvedelidze (Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University) - Narrative Strategies and
the Ways of Interpreting Ilia Chavchavadzes The Travellers Diaries
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Nino Abakelia (Ilia State University) - Ilia Chavchavadzes Bazaleti Lake: the Text and
the Context
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Konstantin Bregadze (Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University) - Ilia Chavchavadze and
Nikoloz Baratashvili
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Zaza Tsotniashvili (Georgian Technical University); Maia Bolashvili (Gori State Teaching
University) - Ilia Chavchavadzes Translations from George Gordon Byron

11:30-11:45 - / COFFEE BREAK

11:45-13:30

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Ilia Chavchavadze and the Problems of Interpretation of Literary Text (in Georgian)
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Chair: Nino Abakelia
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Merab Ghaghanidze (Free University of Tbilisi) - King Demetrius the
Self-Sacrificer and King Demetrius the Self-Sacrificer: Historical and Literary
Narrative
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Tamar Lomidze (Ilia State University) - Poetics of Ilia Chavchavadzes Text: Main
Tendencies
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Levan Tsagareli (Ilia State University) - Dialogicality in Ilia Chavchavadzes The
Travellers Diaries
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Lela Tsikarishvili (Freelance Scholar) - The Sacred Function of the Holy Riders in Ilia
Chavchavadzes works
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Tamila Davitadze (Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University) - Atypical Literary
Characters in Realist and Stream of Consciousness Narrative: Ilia Chavchavadze and
William Faulkner

13:30-14:00 - / LUNCH

14:00-16:00
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Ilia Chavchavadze and Soviet / Post-Soviet Georgia (in English)
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Chair: Tamar Lomidze
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Ketevan Gurchaini (Ilia State University) - Georgian Public Schools between Ilia and St.
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Bela Tsipuria (Ilia State University) - Stalin Cultural Policy and Appropriation of
National Poets of Georgia
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Tatia Kekelia (Ilia State University) - Persistent Issues Facing Georgia from Ilia to
Today
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Nino Amiranashvili (Ilia State University) - Ilia Chavchavadze in Post-Soviet Political
Discourse
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Malkhaz Toria (Ilia State University) - Imagining Homeland in Exile: Post-displacement
Self-categorization Apkhazeteli and National Imaginaries of Georgian IDPs

16:00-16:15 - / COFFEE BREAK

16:15-17:45
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Ilia Chavchavadze and European Literary Context (in English)
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Chair: PaataChkeidze
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Irma Ratiani (Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University; Shota Rustaveli Institute of
Georgian Literature) - Metaphorized Models of Road in Ilia Chavchavadzes Prose
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Hites Sndor (Hungarian Academy of Science, Institute of Literary Studies) -
A Perplexing Textbook Case: Petfi as National Poet
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Nino Pirtskhalava (Ilia State University) - The Triad Homeland, Language, Faith and its
Analogue in European Culture
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Maia Nachkebia (Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature) - Expression of
National Identity in Official and Non-official Anthems: Ilia Chavchavadzes My Beautiful
Country, Janko Vlastimil Matkas Lightning Over the Tatras, Josef Kajetns Tyl
Where Is My Home?

17:45-18:00 - / COFFEE BREAK

18:00-19:00
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PLENARY LECTURE (IN ENGLISH)

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David Ayers (University of Kent) - Europe and the National Question after 1917

CLOSING REMARKS
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WORKING LANGUAGES: GEORGIAN, ENGLISH
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PRESENTATION TIME: 20 MINUTES
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PLENARY LECTURES: 40 MINUTES

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CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: GIGA ZEDANIA, BELA TSIPURIA