The Kartvelian studies ( ka, ქართველოლოგია) also referred as Kartvelology or Georgian studies is a field of humanities covering Kartvelian (Georgian)

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. In a narrower sense, the term usually refers to the research activities conducted on these problems outside Georgia.

Luminaries of Kartvelian studies

Georgian scholars

Prince Teimuraz of Georgia Teimuraz Bagrationi ( ka, თეიმურაზ ბაგრატიონი) otherwise known as Tsarevich Teimuraz Georgievich (russian: царевич Теймураз Георгиевич) (April 23, 1782 – October 25, 1846) was a Georgi ...

(1782–1846) *

David Chubinashvili David Chubinashvili ( ka, დავით ჩუბინაშვილი; September 26, 1814 – June 5, 1891), otherwise known as David Yesseevich Chubinov (or Tchoubinoff, russian: link=no, Давид Йессеевич Чубинов) by the ...

(1814–1891) *

Alexander Khakhanov Aleksandr Solomonovich Khakhanov (russian: Александр Соломонович Хаханов) born Aleksandre Khakhanashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე ხახანაშვილი) (January 3, 1866 – May 25, 1912) was a Geo ...

(1864–1912) *

Ivane Javakhishvili Ivane Alexandres dze Javakhishvili ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილი; 23 April 1876 – 18 November 1940) was a Georgian historian and linguist whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history ...

(1876–1940) * Korneli Kekelidze (1879–1962) *

Ilia Abuladze Ilia Abuladze ( ka, ილია აბულაძე) (November 24, 1901 – October 9, 1968) was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) (1950), Merito ...

(1901–1968) * Simon Kaukhchishvili (1895–1981) * Giorgi Melikishvili (1918–2002) *

Irine Melikishvili Irine Melikishvili ( ka, ირინე მელიქიშვილი; May 29, 1943 – December 2, 2013) was a Georgian linguist. From 2000 she was Professor of Comparative linguistics and Phonetics at Javakishvili Tbilisi State Universi ...

(1943–2013) * Georges Charachidzé (1930–2010) * Merab Chukhua (born 1964)

International scholars

* Jacob Georg Christian Adler (1756-1834) * Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802–1880) * Arthur Leist (1852–1927) *

John Oliver Wardrop Sir John Oliver Wardrop Order of the British Empire, KBE Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (10 October 1864 – 19 October 1948) was a British diplomat, traveller and translator, primarily known as the United Kingdom's first Chief Commissio ...

(1864–1948) * Marjory Wardrop (1869–1909) * Robert Pierpont Blake (1886–1950) *

Gerhard Deeters Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–19 ...

(1892–1961) *

Georges Dumézil Georges Edmond Raoul Dumézil (4 March 189811 October 1986) was a French philologist, linguist, and religious studies scholar who specialized in comparative linguistics and mythology. He was a professor at Istanbul University, École pratique d ...

(1898–1986) *

William Edward David Allen William Edward David Allen (6 January 1901 – 18 September 1973) was a British scholar, Foreign Service officer, politician and businessman, best known as a historian of the South Caucasus—notably Georgia. He was closely involved in the polit ...

(1901–1973) * Hans Vogt (1909–1986) *

Gertrud Pätsch Gertrud Pätsch (born 22 January 1910 in Hannover as ''Gertrud Kettler''; died 14 December 1994 in Jena) was a German ethnologist and philologist, who rendered service in the area of Kartvelian studies. In 1937 she graduated in Munster with a de ...

(1910-1994) * Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997) *

Gérard Garitte Gérard Garitte (1914–1990) was a Belgian historian and an academic at the Catholic University of Leuven and later the French-speaking University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He raised the study of Georgian ecclesiastical litera ...

(1914–1992) * David Marshall Lang (1924–1991) *

Georgi Klimov Georgy Klimov (russian: Гео́ргий Андре́евич Кли́мов, ''Georgiy Andreyevich Klimov'') (September 23, 1928 – April 29, 1997) was a Russian linguist and a leading specialist of the Caucasian languages. His interest primarily ...

(1928–1997) *

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(1934–2003) *

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(born 1941) * Kevin Tuite (born 1954) * Donald Rayfield *

Brian George Hewitt Brian George Hewitt, FBA (born 11 November 1949) is an English academic linguist who is Emeritus Professor of Caucasian languages as the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas), University of London.CURRICULUM VITAE', Official webpage of ...

(born 1949) * Stephen H. Rapp * Stephen F. Jones *

Constantine B. Lerner Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...

* Mine Kadiroğlu * Luigi Magarotto *

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Farshid Delshad Farshid Delshad ( fa, فرشید دلشاد) is an affiliated researcher, scholar of linguistics and Iranian Studies. He was Lecturer of Persian and Comparative Linguistics at University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially g ...

(born 1972) * Jost Gippert *

Roland Bielmeier Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

* Michael Job * Katharine Vivian (1917–2010) *

Hirotake Maeda Hirotake Maeda is Professor of History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tokyo Metropolitan University. He specializes in Middle Eastern Studies, Eurasian Studies, and the histories of Iran and the Caucasus. He focuses in particula ...

* Hayate Sotome * Václav A. Černý

Periodicals

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Bedi Kartlisa. Revue de Kartvélologie ''Bedi Kartlisa. Revue de Kartvélologie'' was an international academic journal specializing in the language, literature, history and art of Georgia ( Kartvelology) published from 1948 to 1984. It derived its name from the poem ''Bedi kartlisa'' ( ...

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Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own durin ...

External links

Fund for Kartvelian Studies
*Khintibidze, Elguja (1996)

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