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FIRST JAPANESE-GEORGIAN WORKSHOP OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN HISTORIANS

Within the framework of the joint research project, the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre organized the first First Japanese-Georgian Workshop of Architectural and Urban Historians. The workshop was held on September 21, 2011 in the Japanese Centre Lecture Room at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Ilia State University.
The workshop was opened by Mariam Didebulidze, the director of the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre, Giorgi Sanikidze, the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, and Shiro Sasano, the professor of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Two researchers from the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre, Natia Natsvlishvili and Irina Mania presented their papers at the workshop.
The second workshop will be held in 2013 in Tokyo.

Japanese-Georgian Workshop

“International Award Architecture in Stone” 2011, 12^th Edition.  

 On September 24, 2011, in Verona (Italy)   46^a Marmomacc (Verona, 21^th– 24^th September, 2011) – The Awards Ceremony took place on at the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona. International Award Architecture in Stone, a prize created by Veronafiere-Marmomacc for the best works of architecture done with stone.
The project SVANETI TOWERS – Georgia was the winning project for “Vernacular architecture” Award.
Giorgi Patachuri, researcher from the G. Chubinashvili National Research Centre participated in the project by providing documentation (designs, measurements, drawings, master-plans, photos etc.) and scholarly texts.

Mr. Nika Rurua, the Minister of Culture and heritage Preservation of Georgia, attended the Award ceremony.
The project “SVANETI TOWERS – Georgia” has been included in the twelfth edition of the “International Award Architecture in Stone 2011” – “Glocal Stone, 2011”
Promoted by 46^th Marmomacc, International Exhibition of Marble, Stone and Technologies.

On 20-24 September, 2011 in the National Centre of Manuscripts an International Conference “Georgian Heritage Abroad” was held. Several scholars from G. Chubinashvili National Centre presented their papers on the conference:

Tamar Khundadze, “The Images of Kings in the Architectural Sculpture of Tao-Klarjeti”;

Nino Chichinadze, “Artistic Systems of Georgian Painted Icons of the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai”;

Mariam Didebulidze, “Medieval Georgian Wall Painting in Tao-Klarjeti and Issues of their Urgent Conservation”.

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Cultural Heritage Directorate of Norway (Riksantikvaren) and ICOMOS Georgian National Committee (ICOMOS Georgia) are pleased to announce International Conference – Community and Historic Environment, which will be held at the Conference Hall of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia on 20-22 September 2011.

The Conference is organised with the generous support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. Partners: National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, British Council, G. Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation.