The year 2024 is coming to its close. As always, it has been a year of ups and downs. . Now, towards the end of the year, against increasing tensions in many parts of the world, my thoughts are in particular with friends and close colleagues in Georgia […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/
Interview in Batumi at Ajara TV on higher education in Sweden and Georgia with Karina Vamling and Revaz Tchantouria, representing Malmö University. Many thanks to producer Mari BU Bolkvadze, Ajara TV, for an interesting discussion! Watch the video: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083340971227 ინტერვიუ ბათუმში აჭარის ტელევიზიაში შვედეთისა და საქართველოს უმაღლეს განათლებაზე კარინა […]
Today, 25 years ago – in 1998 – the prominent Circassian scholar, Prof. Mukhadin A. Kumakhov was promoted to Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Humanities, Lund University (Sweden). Prof. Kumakhov was my colleague and coauthor for many years, and he spent several longer periods at Lund University. […]
Video Kartvelologists Abroad – Swedish Caucasiologist and Kartvelologist Karina Vamling, published by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia. In this video I briefly talk about our online course in Georgian at Malmö University – about our students and how the course was developed – together with colleagues […]
The exhibition “Forbidden Art” at Georgia’s National Gallery March 4-20 is a milestone and a giant leap in recognition of the art works by Georgian avantgarde sculptor Karlo Grigolia (1927-2014). During decades of official dogmas of Soviet Socialist Realism, he continued his own artistic path – in isolation […]
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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