Symposium – “Kartvelian Studies: History, Modernity, Perspectives”, Tbilisi University

It was a pleasure to be invited as keynote speaker to the VI International Interdisciplinary Symposium of Young Scholars in the Humanities – “Kartvelian Studies: History, Modernity, Perspectives” , Tbilisi, October 11-13, 2024 https://sites.google.com/tsu.ge/isysh-2024/home. I gave the presentation “Language Use. Among Svanetians in the late 1990s. A Questionnaire […]

4th International Kartvelological Congress, Tbilisi

Participating in the 4th International Kartvelological Congress, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 25-27, 2024 with my presentation “Exploring the linguistic landscape of Old Batumi. The Case of Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street”. A glimpse, below. Many thanks to the organizers at the Georgian Academy of Sciences and to colleagues Academician Avtandil Arabuli […]

Defense of PhD thesis on Tsova-Tush, Frankfurt U

It was a priviledge to be a member of the defense committee: Congratulations to Jesse Wichers Schreur on defending his very interesting PhD thesis on Tsova-Tush — Intense language contact in Eastern Georgia: The case of Tsova-Tush at the Institute for Empirical Linguistics at Goethe University, Frankfurt am […]

The year 2023 – Looking back

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 […]

In Radio Liberty podcast with Mairbek Vatchagaev

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 […]