New Georgian University

On September 26th, at 16.00 professor Giacomo Rinaldi (University of Urbino, Italy) will deliver a lecture "The metaphysical presuppositions of Hegel's philosophy of self-consciousness".

Place of meeting: Conference hall of the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology.

On September 22-23, New Georgian University will host the international conference "Philosophy and Christianity: Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion". The conference is organized by the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology. For the conference programme, click here.

New Georgian University begins admission process for MA programs (Christian philosophy, Christian Psychology)

Application period: 1-23 September, 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p. m. (Dean's office)

On June 21, in the framework of Continuing Education Program, Archpriest Dr. Levan Mateshvili will be giving public lecture "The problem of religious education in secular environment (the case of public schools)".  

On June 20, New Georgian University will host the conference "Plato's Political Philosophy". The conference is organized by the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology.

Conference programme:

Prof. Dr. Tengiz Iremadze (New Georgian University) - The relevance of Plato's political philosophy for contemporary thought

Assoc. Prof. Giorgi Khuroshvili (New Georgian University) - Plato on laws and political regime

Assoc. Prof. Giorgi Tavadze (New Georgian University) - Ideology and Utopia in Plato's political philosophy

Prof. Mikheil Gogatishvili (New Georgian University/Grigol Robakidze University) - Justice and virtue in Plato

Prof. Dr. Lali Zakaradze (Shota Rustaveli State University/New Georgian University) - Hannah Arendt on Plato's political philosophy

On 5th-7th June Prof. Dr. Helmut Schneider will be giving seminars on Hegel's aesthetics and theory of art.

Schedule:

Monday, 5th June at 5pm: Hegel's Aesthetics: Metaphysics and History of Art (lecture), conference hall of the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology

Tuesday, 6th June at 12pm: Hegel's Aesthetics (discussion of selected fragments), conference hall of the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology

Wednesday, 7th June at 3pm: Hegel's Aesthetics (discussion of selected fragments), conference hall of the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology

On May 23, Student Academic Conference "Dionysius the Areopagite and Peter the Iberian" will be held at the conference hall of the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology. 

Speakers:

Opening speech - Prof. Dr. Tengiz Iremadze

Introductory speech (Prof. Dr. Lali Zakaradze) - Dionysius the Areopagite and Peter the Iberian

Nikoloz Kopaleishvili (graduate student, graduate program in Christian philosophy) - The Question of Identity of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Peter the Iberian in the Works of Sh. Nutsubidze

Besik Mashava (graduate student, graduate program in Christian philosophy) - Some Counter-Arguments against Ernst Honigmann

Father Superior Dionise Gvimradze (graduate student, graduate program in Christian philosophy) - Peter the Iberian: Dyophysite Christian and a Holy Bishop

Archpriest Nikoloz Kordzakhia (graduate student, graduate program in Christian philosophy) - Dionysius the Areopagite in Medieval Georgian Thought

On May 9, 2017, the Executive Director of the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-building, Dr. Dennis Sammut is to deliver a public lecture. The title of the lecture is South Caucasus in next decade: fragmentation, integration, or isolation? The lecture is organized within the framework of continuing education program Christianity and Contemporary World. 

On April 27, 2017 Head of Tbilisi Department of National Statistics Office of Georgia, Associate Professor Irakli Kakhidze is to deliver a public lecture. The title of the lecture is Social Media and Contemporary Society. The lecture is organized within the framework of continuing education program Christianity and Contemporary World.

Club of Young Researchers meeting is to be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the conference hall of the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology. The topic of meeting will be Christianity and Modern Science. Discussion moderators: Assoc. Prof. Giorgi Khuroshvili and Assoc. Prof. Giorgi Tavadze.