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/
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 […]
Enjoying meeting with members of RUCARR’s advisory board and other colleagues in Tallinn on March 16 [RUCARR = “Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus regional research” https://rucarr.mau.se/%5D. Chair of RUCARR’s advisory board, Sweden’s ambassador to Estonia, Ms Ingrid Tersman (center), hosted us at Sweden’s Embassy to Estonia in Tallinn’s […]
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 […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year ago has had devastating humanitarian and far-reaching security policy consequences . One year ago on February 24 2022, together with coauthor Märta-Lisa Magnusson, we published the article “The world must be more attentive to patterns in Russia’s actions in the former Soviet […]
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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