Photos from the conference
On October 8-9, 2024, the 17th International Conference of Arts Researchers was held online at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University. This year, the conference focused on the priority theme - Culture in the Digital Age.
The conference aims to promote research on issues of arts and culture in Georgia, foster the development of international collaboration, engage young researchers in scientific processes, and highlight current research topics in arts and culture that align with contemporary challenges.
On October 8, the conference was opened by the university`s rector, George Shalutashvili, and the dean of the Faculty of Arts, Media, and Management, Professor Zviad Dolidze, who addressed the speakers, as well as Georgian and foreign guests, with a welcoming speech.
Professor Nato Gengiuri, the founder and organizer of the conference, presented a new publication titled International Journal of Arts and Media Researches, #4 (14) – Art and the Sociocultural Space,which was published on the basis of last year`s international conference.
Speakers included Professor Dr. Sascha J. Flemnitz, rector of University of Europe for Applied Sciences (Berlin, Germany), Dr. Bilge Kalkavan, Hasan Kalyoncu University (Gaziantep, Turkey), Professor Marian Tutui, Hyperion University (Bucharest, Romania), Professor Hubertus Kohle, Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, Sandra Rasvana Cernat, National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale,” Romania and others.
More than 60 speakers from the universities of Georgia and abroad participated in the conference (Germany, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, and others). Fourteen sections were held on film studies, theatre studies, art studies, media researches, musicology, arts education, and more. Overall, in the 17th International Conference of Arts Researchers participated representatives from 15 universities, 5 of which were Georgian universities and 10 foreign universities.