The Kartvelologist - A Bilingual Peer-reviewed, Academic Journal of Georgian Studies

About the Journal

The Kartvelologist  (E-ISSN: 1512-441X; P-ISSN: 1512-1186) is a bilingual (Georgian and English) peer-reviewed, academic journal, covering all spheres of Kartvelological\Georgian studies.

Along with introducing scholarly novelties in Georgian Studies, it aims at popularization of essays of Georgian researchers on the international level and diffusion of foreign Kartvelological studies in Georgian scholarly circles.

Editorial Board:

The foreign authors, together with their Georgian colleagues, are members of the Editorial Board of The Kartvelologist, taking an active part in shaping the scholarly style and form of the journal, authors of papers  and popularizers in their home countries and scholarly centres of topics of Georgian Studies.

Bakhtadze, Michael (History)/Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia/

Chotiwary-Jünger, Steffi (Georgian literature) /Retired, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany/

Doborjginidze, Nino (Linguistics) /Ilia State University, Georgia/

Fähnrich, Heinz (Georgian linguistics, Caucasian Studies) /Retired, Jena University, Germany/

Gippert, Jost (Caucasian Studies) /University of Hamburg, Germany/

Khutsishvili, Ketevan  (Ethnography) /Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia/

Kojima, Iasuhiro (Kartvelian languages) /Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan/

Lerner, Konstantine (Georgian Studies) /Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel/

Licheli, Vakhtang (Archaeology) /Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia/

Magarotto, Luigi (Georgian literature) /Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy/

Melikishvili, Damana (The Georgian language)/Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia/

Nikoleishvili, Avtandil (Georgian literature) /Akaki Tsereteli State University, Georgia/

Nocun, Przemyslaw (Archaeology) –/Jagiellonian University, Poland/

Otkhmezuri, Tamar (Manuscript Studies) /The Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts, Georgia/

Outtier, Bernard (Medieval Studies)/ Emeritus, University of Geneva, Switzerland/

Ratiani, Irma (Literary criticism) /Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature, Georgia/

Rusieshvili, Manana  (English literature) /Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia/

Shurgaia, Gaga (Georgian literature) – /University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy/

Sikharulidze, Ketevan (Folklore) /Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia/

Tuite, Kevin (Ethnography and Folklore) /Université de Montréal, Canada/