It was a great honour to receive the Rettig Prize (Rettigska priset) from H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at the annual meeting of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The ceremony took place in the House of Nobility in Stockholm. Photos: Pelle T Nilsson/SPA […]
March 21 is an exciting day: The award ceremony of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities takes place at The House of Nobility https://www.riddarhuset.se/360/riddarhuset.html at 16.30. Live stream below. I’m very honoured and proud to receive the Rettig Prize 2022. The prize is awarded every […]
Very honoured and proud to have been awarded the Rettig Prize (Rettigska priset) 2022 by Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities for my contributions to Caucasus Studies! დიდი პატივია და საამაყოა შვედური სამეფო აკადემიისაგან ჰუმანიტარული, ისტორიული და ანტიკური მეცნიერების დარგში “Rettig Prize” 2022 პრიზის მიღება ჩემი […]
The monograph Дополнительные конструкции в кабардинском языке – Complementation in Kabardian – is now available online in full version. It was published (in Russian) already in 1998 at Lund University, coauthored with Prof. Mukhadin Kumakhov at the Institute of Linguistics in Moscow. Abstract The monograph is a study […]
What an unforgettable surprise at our zoom seminar on May 25 – to be presented with a festschrift! Feeling so honored and thankful to my dear colleagues who initiated this and contributed to this exciting book (Read Festschrift: Language and Society in the Caucasus) (Universus Academic Press). My […]
The distinguished and well-known Georgian linguist, Academician Tamaz Gamkrelidze, is no longer with us, he passed away on February 10, 2021, at the age of 91. Prof. Gamkrelidze’s fundamental work will continue to inspire many generations of linguists. Among his many publications the two-volume work “Indo-European and Indo-Europeans” […]
In November 2005, the founding meeting of Center for Caucasus Studies at Øresund University, was opened by Bengt Streiffert, chairman of Øresund University. “Caucasus Studies – a jewel in our crown”, he said during the opening speech. Center for Caucasus Studies at Øresund University was a joint platform […]
The first Caucasus Studies conference at Malmö University was held – now fifteen years ago – on June 17-19, 2005, on the topic Language, History and Cultural Identities in the Caucasus. Co-organisers were Karina Vamling, Märta-Lisa Magnusson, Jean Hudson and Revaz Tchantouria. Invited keynote speaker Kevin Tuite gave […]
It was a memorable meeting with the Georgian emigré community at the Leuville Estate south of Paris and an honor to talk with representatives in exile of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia. I visited Leuville together with colleagues at the Caucasian Colloquium that was held in Paris […]
At the annual event “Georgian Brand Day” creative and innovative persons and organisations were awarded for their contributions to the development of Georgia and Georgian society in entrepreneurship, culture, design, media and research. It was a great honour to receive an award for my contributions to Caucasology and […]
Karina Vamling
Professor in Caucasus Studies, Malmö University, Sweden
PhD General Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden
Co-Director and Co-Founder of the research platform Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), Faculty of Culture and Socidety, Malmö University
Head of Section for Caucasus Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University
Karina Vamling 
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