Summer School – “The First Democratic Republic of Georgia”
Day 1:
09.30 –
10.30 Registration of participants, introduction
10.30 –
11.00 Official opening of the event (Ms. Teona Iashvili, General Director of
the National Archives of Georgia; Mr. David Jandieri, Deputy Minister of the Justice of Georgia)
11.00 –
12.00 Lecture: Process of formation of the First Democratic Republic (Dimitri Shvelidze, Professor)
12.00 –
12.15 Questions and Answers
12.15 –
12.30
Coffee Break
12.30 – 13.30 Lecture: Political Parties of the First
Republic (Dimitri Shvelidze, Professor)
13.30 –
13.45 Questions and Answers
13.45 – 14.45 Lunch Break
14.45 – 15.45 Lecture: General Political
Ideology/Political Portraits of the Government Members of the First Republic
(Dimitri Shvelidze, Professor)
15.45 –
16.00 Questions and Answers
16.00 –
16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 –
17.15 Lecture: The First Constitution of Georgia (Malkhaz Matsaberidze,
Professor)
17.15 –
17.30 Questions and Answers
17.30 –
17.45 Coffee Break
17.45 – 18.45 Lecture: Constituent Assembly and Its Activities
(Otar Janelidze, Professor)
18.45 – 19.45 Dinner
After
19.45
Leisure Time
Day 2:
09.30 –
10.30 Lecture: Local Self-Government Institutions (Otar Janelidze, Professor)
10.30 –
10.45 Questions and Answers
10.45 –
11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 –
12.00 Lecture: The First Democratic Elections in Georgia (Otar Janelidze,
Professor)
12.00 –
12.15 Questions and Answers
12.15 –
12.30 Coffee Break
12.30 –
12.45 Lecture: Archival Documents concerning the First Republic (Anton
Vatcharadze, MA in History, Director of the Central Historical Archive of the
National Archives of Georgia)
12.45 –
13.00 Questions and Answers
13.00 –
14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 –
15.30 Debates after the first module
15.30 –
16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 –
19.00 Excursion in old Tbilisi
19.00 –
20.00 Dinner
After
20.00
Leisure Time
Day 3:
09.30 –
13.30 Excursion: Sightseeing. The historical buildings of Tbilisi: Museum of
the Opera House, Rustaveli Theatre, National Library
13.30 –
14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 –
15.30 Lecture: Culture and Art in The Republic (Dodo Tchumburidze, PhD in
History)
15.30 –
15.45 Questions and Answers
15.45 –
16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 –
17.00 Lecture: Educational System (Dodo Tchumburidze, PhD in History)
17.00 – 17.15 Qustions and Answers.
17.15 – 17.30 Coffee Break
17.30 –
18.30 Exhibition – The First Democratic Republic of Georgia in Photos
18.30 –
19.30 Dinner
After
19.30
Leisure Time
Day 4:
09.30 –
10.30 Lecture: Premises of
Georgian Declaration of the Independence/Georgian-German Relations (Beka Kobakhidze, Doctoral Candidate in
History)
10.30 -10.45 Questions and Answers
10.45 –
11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 –
12.00 Lecture: Relation with the Neighbors and the Ways of Conflict Resolution
with them (MIkheil Bakhtadze, Professor)
12.00 –
12.15 Questions and Answers
12.15 –
12.30 Coffee Break
12.30 –
13.30 Lecture: Attitude of the European and American States towards Georgia
(Beka Kobakhidze, Doctoral Candidate in History)
13.30 –
13.45
Questions and Answers
13.45 – 14.45 Lunch Break
14.45 –
15.45 Lecture: Question of Georgia at Paris Peace Conference (Beka Kobakhidze, Doctoral
Candidate in History)
15.45 – 16.00 Questions and Answers
16.00
-16.15
Coffee Break
16.15 –
17.15 Lecture: Georgian Diplomatic Missions Abroad and Foreign Diplomatic
Representatives in Georgia (Beka Kobakhidze, Doctoral Candidate in History)
17.15 –
18.15 Debates at the roundtable concerning foreign relations of Georgia
18.15 –
19.15 Dinner
After
19.15
Leisure Time
Day 5:
09.30 –
10.30 Lecture: Creation of Georgian Armed Forces (Dimitri Silakadze, Doctoral
Candidate in History)
10.30 –
10.45 Questions and Answers
10.45 –
11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 -The
whole day – Tour in Kojor-Tabakhmela (Battlefields of Georgian-Soviet War in
1921)
Lecture
in Kojori-Tabakhmela: Military Battles of The First Republic (Dimitri
Silakadze, Doctoral Candidate in History)
Lecture:
Soviet-Georgian War (Dimitri Silakadze, Doctoral Candidate in History)
18.00 –
19.00 Dinner
After
19.00
Leisure Time
Day 6:
09.30 –
10.30 Excursion in the National Archives of Georgia and acquainting with
rarities, preserved in the institution
10.30 –
10.45 Questions and Answers
10.45 –
11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 –
12.00 Lecture: Relations with Religious and Ethnic Minorities/ Women’s Rights/ Press
(Giorgi Gaprindashvili, Doctoral Candidate in History)
12.00 – 12.15 Questions and Answers
12.15 –
13.15 Lecture: Economics of the Republic of Georgia and Money Signs (Niko Javakhishvili, Professor)
12.00 – 12.15 Questions and Answers
13.15 –
14.15 Lunch Break
14.15 –
16.30 Excursion to the National Center of Manuscripts and acquainting with the
rarities, preserved there
16.30 –
17.30 Lecture: Georgian Orthodox Church and State (Ketevan Asatiani, PhD in
Philology, Deputy Director of the Central Archive of Contemporary History)
17.30-17.45 Questions and Answers
17.45-18.30
Debates at the roundtable concerning economical, religious and human rights
matters.
18.30 –
19.30 Dinner
After
19.30
Leisure Time
Day 7:
9.30 –
10.30 Lecture: Visual and Audio Materials concerning the First Republic of
Georgia (Nino Dzandzava, Deputy Director of the Central Audio-Visual Archive of
the National Archives of Georgia)
10.30 – 10.45 Questions and Answers
10.45 –
11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.45
Debates at the roundtable concerning cultural matters.
11.45 –
12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 –
13.00 Lecture: Occupation of Georgia by Bolsheviks and the First Period of
their Supremacy (Anton Vatcharadze, MA in History, Director of the Central
Historical Archive of the National Archives of Georgia)
13.00 –
13.15 Questions and answers
13.15 –
14.15 Lunch Break
14.15–
18.00 Excursions in Old Georgian Capital Town Mtskheta: Jvari, Svetitskhoveli,
Mothers’ Monastery
18.00 –
19.00 Return to the National Archives – Official Closing Ceremony of the Event
19.00 –
20.00 Free Time
20.00 –
00.00 Banquet
