Science Academy’s President opens 4th International Congress

Georgia: The IV International Georgian Congress was held at the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia from September 25 to 27, 2024. The President of the academy, Roin Metreveli opened the event.

The speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, welcomed Congress participants. “I am glad that the tradition of holding the International Georgian Congress in Tbilisi continues. “This gathering is not only dedicated to our rich cultural heritage but also a confirmation of the efforts aimed at preserving and popularizing our language, literature, history, and culture,” said Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.

Representatives of the Patriarchate of Georgia also participated in the opening session of the Congress: Bishop Daniel (Datuashvili, Metropolitan Bishop of Chiaturi and Sachkher), Bishop Ananya (Japaridze), Rector of the Theological Academy, Protopresbyter Father Giorgi Zviadze, Rector of Tbilisi State University named after Ivane Javakhishvili, Academician Jaba Samushia, Technical University of Georgia University rector, academician David Gurgenidze and other honourable guests.

The congress guests were world-famous Georgians as well as foreign Georgians. Scientists from different countries participated, such as the United States, Japan, France, Great Britain, Turkey, Romania, Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and others.

The idea of organizing the International Georgian Congress is one of the most important statements in terms of protecting and popularizing the Georgian language, culture, and history. The National Academy of Sciences of Georgia started implementing this idea in 2015, and since then, the Congress has been held once every three years.

The Congress’s task is to support foreign and Georgian scientists working in Georgianology and to create a scope for the news achieved in this direction. The ongoing Congress was conducted with field section work and a mixed format, which means a significant portion of foreign colleagues joined the Congress work online.

Notably, around 100 scientists participated in this year’s Congress and their reports were very high-level scientific works.

There is no doubt that this year’s Congress is another big statement in terms of Georgian culture, the history of the Georgian nation, its traditions, self-sufficiency, the development of the Georgian language and, most importantly, it promotes all those who are interested in Georgian language and its history, to bring everything Georgian to the international stage, which makes our country so rich.

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