It was a great pleasure to organize a meeting in Tbilisi and invite colleagues with whom I have cooperated for a long time at Lund and Malmö universities, with some for more than 30 years. So happy to meet all, thank you for coming! At the occasion, this […]
It was a great honor for me to receive an award from Caucasus University (Tbilisi) for my contributions to the study of the Georgian language. The festive ceremony took place on April 15, and the prize was awarded by Kakhaber Shengelia, Rector of Caucasus University, . I’m most […]
The second volume of Digital Kartvelology has been published with papers from the symposium symposium “Digital Caucasiology – a Change of Paradigm?” My contribution: “An Exploration of the Urban Linguistic Landscape of Batumi: The Case of Luka Asatiani Street.” https://adh.ge/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Vamling_DiKa2.pdf The paper explores multilingualism in the public space […]
One of my favourite Georgian toasts is the toast to our memories: მოგონებებს გაუმარჯოს mogonebebs gaumarjos! Skål för våra minnen! Beautiful, warm, or sometimes sad memories fill our minds, and now, approaching the end of the year 2023, we can look back on many happy and interesting events […]
Когда “умрут” северокавказские языки? — Хроника с Вачагаевым In mid december I participated in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty podcast “The Caucasus Chronicle with Mairbek Vatchagaev (in Russian) – following RUCARR’s recent symposium “Language in Conflict and War” . The interview is available on: Youtube https://youtu.be/QjBbOJOEyLo?si=vHQgId8g1e4yUw2T and the […]
Dear colleagues, it has been such a great pleasure for me hosting the Symposium “Language in Conflict and War – Ukraine, Caucasus, Russia”, November 6-7 together with Prof. Bo Petersson and Dr. Manana Kobaidze. A few glimpses in the slide show below from the campus and online panels […]
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 […]
Meeting at the State Language Department of Georgia on October 20 with Director Giorgi Alibegashvili and Tinatin Bolkvadze, Professor at Tbilisi State University and affiliated to the Department . We had an interesting discussion on the language situation and the state and minority languages of Georgia and the […]
It was very interesting to participate in the symposium “Digital Caucasiology – a Change of Paradigm?” at Frankfurt University, October 4-7. The symposium spanned several generations of caucasiologists, from senior scholars to young PhD candidates. My presentation was entitled “The linguistic landscape of Batumi. The Case of Luka […]
The new article with co-author Dr Märta-Lisa Magnusson Russia versus Turkey in Nagorno-Karabakh is written against the recent dramatic development in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It is published in the popular science journal Forskning & Framsteg (2023-09-26). Read it here: https://fof.se/artikel/ryssland-mot-turkiet-i-nagorno-karabach/
Karina Vamling
Professor of Caucasus Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden. PhD General Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden
Co-Founder of the research platform Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), Faculty of Culture and Socidety, Malmö University
PhD supervision, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University
Member of the research collegium of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII)
Karina Vamling 
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