220px, Giuli Alasania (2006) Giuli Givievna Alasania ( ka, გიული გივის ასული ალასანია, , born 11 November 1946 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

) is a Georgian historian and public figure. Her publications include 130 papers and 10 monographs. She is the mother of the third president of Georgia,

Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.

Biography

She graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

(1969) and in 1973 received a Ph.D. degree in History. In 1987 she received a degree of a Doctor of Historical Sciences. She has been head of the Department of Source Studies, Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology (1989–2006), Professor of the

(since 1990), Vice-Rector of the International Black Sea University (2000–2014), and founder and President of the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

(since 2004). Research Manager at the American University, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (2005–2008), fellowship at the University of Mississippi (1996), fellowship at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

in the Center for International development and Conflict Management (1996–1996), fellowship at Central European University (CEU) (2000), facilitator of the program of the School principles (Partners in Education), organized by ACTR/ACCELS,

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, Bozeman, Montana (2003). Her publications include 130 papers and 10 monographs in the fields of the source studies of history of Georgia and the

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...

, history of the Middle East, history of Turks and Turkey, relations of Georgians and Turks, history of the Georgian culture, and national self-determination. She is a member of the Commission on the Sources of the History of Georgia of the Presidium of the

Georgian National Academy of Sciences The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is a main learned society of the Georgia. It was named Georgian S ...

, member of the editorial board of the international journal ''Central Asia and the Caucasus'' ( Sweden); member of the board of Romulado Del Bianco Foundation. She has organized a number of international conferences and has participated in international scientific conferences.

Awards

Prize for young scholars (1980), Prize for the contribution to Turkish-Studies. Turkish linguistic society (2004), “Golden wing” (2007), For the contribution to the Turkish culture (2012), I Javakhishvili prize of Georgian Academy of Sciences (2012), Medal of Del Bianco Foundation (2013).

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Sources

* Alasania Giuli, ''The Encyclopedia "Sakartvelo" ("Georgia")'', vol. I, Tbilisi, 1997, p. 90 (in Georgian). {{DEFAULTSORT:Alasania, Giuli 1946 births Living people 20th-century historians from Georgia (country) Soviet historians 21st-century historians from Georgia (country) Academic staff of Tbilisi State University Soviet women historians

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