Full-day conference about Georgia

Eastern European Studies’ Student Council, The Danish Foreign Policy Society U35, and the student organization European Horizons at UCPH invite you to a one-day conference about Georgia

The three youth organizations have created an academic program featuring researchers, representatives from civil society organizations, musicians, artists, and students. They will explore a range of fascinating themes and issues related to Georgia’s history, culture, language, civil society, and security policy.

The presentations will take place throughout the day from 10:00 to 17:00, followed by a film screening and dinner. More details will be published in the programme, which will updated continuously on this page.

Registration

The conference is open to everyone with an interest in Georgia or curiosity to learn more.
To secure your spot, please reserve a free ticket via our ticket option below.

Conference Registration

Community dinner registration

Make sure to secure your ticket no later than 14 May at noon CET

The event is supported by Tuborgfondet and the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Programme

09:30

Arrival and registration

10:00

Introduction

10:05

Keynote speech: The Danish Ambassador to Georgia

Anne Toft Sørensen

10:30

Presentation: The Georgian Language, Script, and Early Literature: A Historical Journey

Sandro Nikolaishvili

11:05

Presentation: Translating between different cultures: The obvious, the difficult and the practical

Mads Büchert Eskildsen

11:25

Student presentation: Fragmented unity? How protesters, NGOs, and allies resist autocratization

Jelte de Jong

11:45

Short film screening & artist talk: In your footsteps

Johanna Sofie Sylvest

Moderator: Isabella Boyles Thalbitzer

12:15

Lunch break

12:45

Panel debate: Georgia in transition – breaking with the past?

Gia Abuladze

Nina Dadalauri

William Vest-Lillesøe

Iveri Kekenadze Gustafsson

Moderator: Louise Brodthagen Jensen

13:45

Exhibition presentation: Crosses and Stars - The art of protest

Henriette Borg Reinholdt

14:00

Author Talk: ‘Hard by a Great Forest’

Leo Vardiashvili

Moderator: Vera Skvirskaja 

14:45

Break

15:00

Student presentation: Russian Hybrid Warfare in Georgia

Julie Quistgaard

15:20

Panel debate: Fortress or Frontline: Internal Struggles and External Pressure

Rasmus Greffrath Damgaard Hardt 

Jørgen Staun 

Katrine Gotfredsen

Moderator: Charlotte Flindt Pedersen

16:15

Concert: Danish-Georgian Jazz trio, Danther

Marcus Kendellen

Mamuka Tsertsvadze

Krzysztof Maciejko

16:45

Break

17:00

Film screening: And Then We Danced

20:00

Community dinner w. restaurant Mimino

22:00

Thank you for today!