Summer School Programm

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)

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