Academic Studies

• Diploma of the Doctor of Philology # 004856 Decree #10 Faculty of the Humanities of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University - 30.06.2005

• Tbilisi State University, Specialty: Georgian language and literature/Greek Language and Literature Diploma: AH # 01025 - 1993-1998

Professional Experience

• From 2020 to present: Associate Professor for Modern Greek Studies of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Classical Philology, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Department of Modern Greek Studies

• 2003-2019: A lecturer at TSU Modern Greek Philology Department;

• From 2019 to present: Coordinator of the Program “Greek language in the Schools of Georgia”;

• 2011-2018: author and producer of educational TV programs (Georgian Children’s TV “Enki-Benki”);

• 2001-2003: A teacher of Modern Greek at Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium I

• 1999-2001: A trainee at the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• 1996-1999: A solo dancer in folk ensembles

Selected Research Projects

1. 2016-2017 – “Greek idioms in Georgian” – Donor Organization: Ouranis Foundation, Greece

2. 2014 - Western Relationships in Greek and Georgian folklore – Erasmus Mundus/Hermes - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

3. 2007-2012 _ Georgian-Greek Dictionary – donor Organization: The Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic – Project Coordinator

4. 2005 _ Anthology of Modern Greek Poetry _ Donor organization: the Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic – Project Team Member;

5. 2005 _ Essays on Modern Greek Literature _ Donor organization: the Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic – Project Team Member;

6. 2003 _ Anthology of Modern Greek Story – Donor organization: the Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic – Project Team Member.

Participation in Funded Programs

1. 2020 – Europe - Traditional choice of Georgia / Literary Therapy - project producer - donor Organization: Open Society Georgia Foundation

2. 2019 – The Days of Cyprian Films in Georgia - Project Author and Director - donor Organization: Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture

3. 2017-2018 – Georgian Writers for European Values - Project Author and Director - donor Organization: Europe Foundation

4. 2017 – A documentary “4000” (Georgian-Greek Relations from the Mythical Times till Nowadays, in Georgian and English - Film Producer – donor Organization: Embassy of Georgia in Athens

5. 2011 - Greek Week on Georgian Children’s TV “Enki-Benki” (40 programs with Greek content) – project author and producer - donor Organization: The Embassy

of Hellenic Republic in Georgia

6. 2007-2008 - Translated and edited M.Koromila’s book The Greeks of the Black Sea – Project Author - Donor Organization: Stavros Niarchos international Foundation

7. 2007 _ The Days of Greek Film in Georgia – Project Author and Director – The Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Georgia and the Hellenic National Film Centre

Organization of Important Events

• 2012 – International Conference “Greece – European Identity – Georgia” -Head of the organizing Committee

• 2012 – Days of Commemoration the 20^th anniversary of Greek-Georgian diplomatic relation and the 15the anniversary of the Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of TSU - Head of the organizing Committee

• 2012 – Exhibition “Greek Manuscripts in Georgia” – and Art Exhibition on “Greece in Works of Modern Georgian Painters”– organizer

• 2008 - “Georgian architectural monuments in Georgia and Turkey” – expedition for the Panorama Cultural Society – organizer

Authorship, editing

• 2021 – “Eloquent Marbles” - co-author

• 2018 – “The Idea of European Identity and the European Values” - editor

• 2017 – “Greek Idioms in Georgian” - co-author

• 2015 – “The Mosaic of translations” – (translations in 18 languages) author and editor

• 2012 – “The Phenomen of Ritual in Greek Folk Songs” (in Georgian)- author.

• 2007 – “Anthology of Modern Greek Poetry”, bilingual edition -co-author and editor

• 2005 «Μαθαίνω Ελληνικά» ΙΙΙ/ΙV (Learning Greek-a textbook)- editor.

• “Greek Folk Love Songs” Bilingual edition, Logos publishers, 1999 – author.

Additional Information

2007 _ The title of an Honorary Citizen of the Greek Island Kalymnos for the contribution to the propagation of Greek language and culture and to the strengthening of Greek-Georgian relations.