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Georgian Academy of Sciences

G.Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies

Address:

Acad. G.Tsereteli 3,
Tbilisi - 62, 380062
Georgia
Tel: 23-23-72
Fax: +995-32 233-008
Email: [email protected]

Date of foundation:
1960

Main Scientific Directions:
Study of Indo-Iranic, Semitic, Turkic and Old Oriental Languages' phonetic-phonological and grammatical structures with comparative-typological methods. Theoretical, historical and descriptive lexicological aspects of these Languages. Aspects of Assyrian-Babylonic and Old Hebrew hymnography, middle centuries' Iranian Aesthetic thinking, Problems of Persian and Turkish Poetry. History of literature of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azer, Byzantine, Sirian and their relationship with Georgian literature. Near East folklore. Social - Economic development of Near and Middle East Countries and Political history in Middle Ages. Modern national, ethnocultural and ethnodemographical processes. Source Study and special historical disciplines.

Director:
Tamaz Gamkrelidze (born in 1929).Academician. Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of Georgia, Member of Georgian Academy of Sciences, Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of Structural and Applied Linguistics' Department at the Tbilisi State University, Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of Europe, Honorary Member of the Indoeuropean Society, Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America, Honorary Member of the Saxonic Academy of Sciences. Honorary Doctor of the Bonn University, Honorary Doctor of the Chicago University, Member of editorial board of many international scientific journals and periodical publications in Europe and America.

Corresponding Members of Georgian Academy of Sciences:
Mzia Andronikashvili, Elizbar Javelidze
25 Doctors of Sciences, 70 Masters of Sciences.

Scientific Contacts with Foreign Countries:
The Institute has broad scientific contacts with the scientific centers and universities of Post Soviet Republics, Europe, America and Near and Middle East Countries. Scientific workers of the Institute are involved in the international scientific programs, they are taking part in organization of international scientific forums.The Institute research workers have published their monographs in abroad and their articles are published in international scientific journals and bulletins as well. Among then are articles written with cooperation of foreign colleagues. Organization of joint scientific conferences are planned with the collaboration of Foreign (among then Eastern Countries) scientific centers. Postgraduates from Europe and Asia systematically have their a probation periods in the Institute of Oriental Studies.
Student of the "Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa" for various period have their approbation of the Highest educational Institutions Cairo, Damascus, Istanbul, Trabzon, Teheran and Pekin.

Publications:

Philologia Orientalis. vol. I-V (1969-1983);
Studia Semitica. vol. I-VI (1983-1992);
Study of Typology. vol, I-III (1988-1994);
Persian-Georgian Researches. vol. I-II (1983-1987);
Studies in the History of the Near East . vol. I-II (1963-1972);
Studies in the History of Near Eastern Cities, vol. I-II (1966-1970);
Oriental Materials for the History of Georgia. vol. I-II (1976-1979);
"Jevanmardi" vol.I-IV (1976-1990).

Other Important Data:

In 1991 on the basis of the Institute was founded the "Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa" that trains students in different specialties: Eastern languages and culture, History of Eastern Countries, International relationships, Politology and international journalism (Rector G.Chikovani).

From 1993 at the Institute functions "International Research Center for East-West Relations" (President of the Center - E.Shevardnadze, Deputy - Acad.Th.Gamkrelidze).

The Institute is a founder of the "Association of relationship between Georgia and Arabic Countries", "Society of Georgian-Iran cooperation and scientific-cultural relationship", "Georgian Orientalists' Association".

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