„Remembering the Georgian Democratic Republic 100 Years On: A Model for Europe?"
International Scientific Forum
25-30 June, 2018, Tbilisi
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
25 June
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
9:00 – 10:00 – Registration of the participants
10:00 – 11:00 – Opening of the conference
11:00 – 12:30 – I session
[Speech 15 minutes, discussion 30 minutes]
Chairperson – Mikheil Bakhtadze.
Speakers:
Dimitri Shvelidze – (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) – Socialist-Federalist Party in the First Republic of Georgia
Stephen Jones – (Mount Holyoke College) – Georgia: Democratic Theory and Democratic Practice
Otar Janelidze – (Georgian National Museum) – Right Wing Opposition in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Lasha Bakradze – (Ilia State University) – The Role of the Georgian Committee in Declaring Georgia's Independence
12:30 – 13:00 – Coffee break
13:00 – 14:30 – II session
Chairperson – Stephen Jones
Speakers:
Richard Hovannisian – (University of California) – Transcaucasian Republics: An Unfinished Symphony
Charlotte Alston – (Northumbria University, UK) – Baltic Diplomacy and the Post-First World War Peace Settlements
Beka Kobakhidze – (GIPA) – "The British" Caucasus (1918-1920
Giorgi Mamulia – (Centre d'études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre européen) – Regional Cooperation of the Caucasian Countries in 1918-1921 and Georgia
14:30 – 15:30 – Dinner
15:30 – 17:00 – III session
Chairperson – Otar Janelidze
Speakers:
Giorgi Astamadze – (Karlsruhe University) – Georgian-German Cooperation in World War I and Establishment of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Winfried Baumgart – (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ) – Baron Friedrich Kress von Kressensteinand and the German Intervention in Georgia in 1918
Eric Lee – (Labour Start, UK) – The Second International’s Visit to Georgia: Myths and Realities
Oliver Reisner – (Ilia State University) – Georgian Students and Scholars in Germany during the Democratic Republic of Georgia
20:00 – Supper
26 June
Georgian National Museum
10:00 – 11:30 – IV session
Chairperson – Richard Hovannisian
Speakers:
Dimitri Silakadze – (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University/National Archives of Georgia) – Hindering Factors for the Making of the Armed
Forces of the First Republic of Georgia
Mikheil Bakhtadze – (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) – On a Statement of General Zaqariadze (Was the Georgian Army Preparing to Assist the Azerbaijani Government in April 1920?)
Hadji Murad Donogo – (National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan ) – The Mountainous Republic and the Volunteer Army of 1919-1920
Andrew Andersen – (University of Calgary) – “Muslim Georgia” in 1918-1921 and Formation of the Southwestern Border of the First Republic
11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 – V session
Chairperson – Dimitri Shvelidze
Speakers:
Ronald Suny – (University of Michigan) – Socialism in a Bourgeois Republic: The Georgian Experiment, 1918-1921
Adrian Brisku – (Charles University, Prague) – Political Economy of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Irakli Iremadze – (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) – Trade Unions and Labor Issues in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Irakli Khvadagiani – (Sovlab) – Regional Self-government (Eroba) Reform and Self-government Practice in the First Republic of Georgia in 1918-1921
13:30 – 14:30 – Dinner
14:30 – 15:45 – VI session
Chairperson – Winfred Baumgart
Speakers:
Grigol Gegelia – (Institute of European University) – The Language of Political Liberty in the Georgian Democratic Republic
Charles Urjewicz – (INALCO) – Nationalism as an Instrument of Erasing the Legacy of the Democratic Republic
Malkhaz Matsaberidze – (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) – 26 May within the Context of Memory Policy (1921-1924)
16:00 – 19:00 – Tour in Mtskheta 20:00 – Supper
Summer School Program
27 July
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
9:30 – 10:00 – Registration
10:00 – 10:30 – Opening of the Summer School
[Lecture 45 minutes, discussion 15 minutes]
10:30 – 11:30 – Dimitri Shvelidze – Road to Independence
11:30 – 12:30 – Richard Hovannisian – Caucasian Entanglements
12:30 – 12:45 – Coffee break
12:45 – 13:45 – Charlotte Alston – The Baltic States in International Politics during and after the First World War
13:45 – 14:45 – Lunch
14:45 – 15:45 – Giorgi Mamulia – Democratic Republic of Georgia and Common Caucasian Co-operation in 1918-1921
15:45 – 16:45 – Beka Kobakhidze – Fateful Moments in Caucasus Independence
16:45 – 17:00 – Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 – Malkhaz Matsaberidze – Transformation of the Geopolitical Situation in the Caucasus in 1918-1921
18:00 – 19:00 – Giorgi Astamadze – The German Mission in Georgia in 1918
20:00 – Supper
28 June
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
9:00 – 10:00 – Adrian Brisku – Reconstructing Political Language in Historical Contexts: Insights from the ‘Cambridge School’ & Begriffsgeschichte
10:00 – 11:00 – Stephen Jones – Nationalism, Socialism and Patriotism in the First Republic
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 – Charles Urjewicz – „Menshevism“, „Bolshevism“, „SocialDemocracy“, „Socialism“
12:15 – 13:15 – Ronald Suny – Stalin and the Fate of Independent Georgia
13:15 – 14:15 – Lunch
14:15 – 15:15 – Otar Janelidze – Right Wing Opposition in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
15:15 – 16:15 – Dimitri Shvelidze – Left Wing Opposition in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
16:15 – 16:30 – Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 – Lasha Bakradze – Vision of the Common Future for the Caucasus of Georgian National Committees
17:30 – 18:30 – Andrew Andersen – The Armeno-Georgian War of 1918 and Territorial Disputes between Armenia and Georgia in 1918-1921
20:00 – Supper
29 June
National Archives of Georgia
9:00 – 10:00 – Dimitri Silakadze – Archival Materials of the National Archives of Georgia
10:00 – 11:00 – Hadji Murad Donogo – Anti-Soviet Uprising of 1920-1921 in Dagestan
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee break
11:15 – 13:15 – Dimitri Silakadze – Making of the Georgian Armed Forces
13:15 – 14:15 – Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 – trip to Tabakhmela
15:00 – 16:00 – Zurab Bragvadze – The Results of the Archaeological Excavations of 1921 Trenches in Tabakhmela
16:00 – 18:00 – Mikheil Bakhtadze – 1920-1921 Wars Against Russia
20:00 – Supper
30 June
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
9:00 – 10:00 – Grigol Gegelia – Establishment of the Georgian Republic in Comparative Historical Perspective
10:00 – 11:00 – Otar Janelidze – Constituent Assembly of Georgia
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 – Irakli Khvadagiani – Self-goverments – “Eroba” in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
12:15 – 13:15 – Beka Kobakhidze – The Diplomats in and out
13:15 – 14:15 – Lunch
14:15 – 15:15 – Lasha Bakradze – Cultural Life in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
15:15 – 16:15 – Malkhaz Matsaberidze – Elaboration and adoption of the 1921 Constitution of Georgia
16:15 – 16:30 – Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 – Eric Lee – The Final Battle: August 1924
17:30 – 18:30 – Stephen Jones (moderator) – Round table
18:30 – 19:00 – Closure of Summer School
20:00 – Supper
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