Participated in the 2nd International Linguistic-Anthropological Congress of Caucasologists, held at Tbilisi State University on October 17-19. The congress is unique in bringing together scholars from the whole Caucasus and from abroad. I was very happy to have the opportunity to listen to and meet with colleagues from Russian North Caucasus – Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia and from the Circassian republics –as well as Georgian and international researchers.The congress was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Department of Caucasology, since its foundation at Tbilisi State University. I gave joint the presentation with Dr Manana Kobaidze “Field study of language use among Svanetians in the late 1990s“.

Many thanks to the organizers, Professor Merab Chukhua and his teams at the Department of Caucasology (TSU) and the Circassian Culture Center!