Cultural Interactions in Medieval Georgia
International Workshop
Université de Fribourg

Monday 22.05.2017
[MIS 08 0101]

9h30 HE Irakli Kurashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to the
Swiss Confederation: Greetings
Michele Bacci, Fribourg
Greetings and Introduction

10h45 Annegret Plontke-Lüning, Jena
Kultur und Kunst in der Gogarene im 5. und 6. Jh.: Iberer
und Armenier im Austausch

11h30 Barbara Schellewald, Basel
Zwischen zwei Kulturen: Metallene Ikonenverkleidungen

14h00 Maria Raffaella Menna, Viterbo
Georgian historical buildings of Tao Klarjeti. The paintings
between Byzantine and Caucasian tradition

14h45 Ekaterine Gedevanishvili, T’bilisi
Cult and Image of St. George in Medieval Georgian Art

16h15 First Round Table: Production and Ideology
chair: Manuela Studer-Karlen, Fribourg


Tuesday 23.05.2017
[8h–12h: MIS 10 01.13 / 13h–18h: MIS 08 0101]

9h30 Zaza Skhirtladze, T’bilisi
History in Images: Donor Figures in Medieval Georgian Art

10h15 Finbarr Barry Flood, New York
Turning Turk? Elite Dress and Islamic Textiles in
Medieval Georgia

11h15 Visit to the Bibel + Orient Museum

14h00 Nino Chichinadze, T’bilisi
Modelling Cultural Space: Icons and Patronage in
Medieval Georgia

14h45 Mariam Didebulidze, T’bilisi
Cultural Interchange in the eastern Mediterranean and the
Caucasus and related investigation issues

16h15 Second Round Table: Cultural Interactions in Medieval Georgia
chair: Michele Bacci, Fribourg


Organisation:
Michele Bacci Manuela Studer-Karlen

Registration and information:
manuela.studerunifr.ch