Programme
Networkconference 5th - 7th November 2015
Ivane Javakhishvili University (TSU), Tbilisi
Human and Environmental Resources in Multiethnic Societies
Thursday, 5th November 2015; 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: TSU Main Building; Ivane Javakhishvili Event Hall (2nd floor)
Rector
TSU Prof. Dr. Vladimir Papava
President
JLU Prof. Dr.
Joybrato Mukherjee
Representative of the
Georgian Ministry of Education and Science
Representative of the
German Embassy, Dr. Katharina Derkorn
Head
of DAAD Information Center Tbilisi, Dr. Martin Praxenthaler
Awarding
Tbilisi State University Javakhishvili Medal to
Prof.
Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee, President JLU
Awarding
Tbilisi State University Honorary Doctoral Degree to
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Annette Otte, Landscape
Ecology and Landscape Planning, JLU
Lecture:
Scenario
development for sustainable land use
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3:00 – 3:40
Welcome, Greetings
3:40 – 5:00
Honours and Awards
5:00 - 7:00
Buffet
Reception
Friday, 6th November 2015; morning programme (10:00 - 12:00 a.m.)
TSU Main building
Sessions in parallel
A Cultural Sciences
Cultures and Organisations in Multiethnic Societies
(Organisation: Prof. Dr. Joseph Salukvadze, TSU / Prof. Dr. Monika Wingender, Giessen Centre for Eastern European Studies, JLU )
Location: TSU Main building: Room 107 (1st floor)
Disciplines: Humanities, Linguistics, Cultural and literary studies, History, Social Sciences,
Political Sciences, International Relations
Languages: English, Russian
Europeanization meets
Multiethnicity – the EU’s approach in its neighbourhood
The Political Re-Making of History:
the Case of the Conflict over Abkhazia(The Post-Soviet Period)
10:00 - 11.00
Introduction
of participants
11:00 - 11.25
Prof. Dr.
Andrea Gawrich (Political Science – International
Integration, JLU):
11:25 - 11.50
Assist. Prof. Dr. David
Matsaberidze (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, TSU):
B Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management
Environmental Resources and Options to Manage
(Organisation Prof. Dr. Ramaz Botchorishvili, TSU / Prof. Dr. Dr. Annette Otte, JLU)
Location: TSU Main building: Room 212 (2nd floor)
Disciplines: Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Soil Sciences, Soil Microbiology, Soil Chemistry, Water Chemistry, Statistical Analyses (Modelling).
Languages: English, Russian
Developing
normative scenarios toward sustainable and multifunctional agricultural landscapes
Prof.
Dr. Beso Kalandadze (Soil Sciences, TSU):
Geological
Problems of Samtskhe-Javakhet (In
Russian)
10:00 - 11.00
Introduction
of participants
11:00 - 11.25
Prof.
Dr. Rainer
Waldhardt (Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning,
JLU):
11:25 - 11.50
C Economy and Law
Performance of Agriculture and Food Business in Transition Countries
- Challenges and Obstacles from Entrepreneurial, Governmental and Scientific Perspectives -
(Organisation: Prof. Dr. Teimuraz Beridze; Prof. Dr. Irakli Burduli, TSU / Prof. Dr. Peter-Michael Schmitz; Dr. Magdalena Jas-Nowopolska, JLU)
Location: TSU Main building: Room 06 (Ground floor)
Disciplines: International Law, Environmental Law, Agricultural and Food Policy, Market Research, Sustainable Development
Languages: English, German
The
challenges and reforms in environmental law from the perspective of policy
makers
The
common commercial policy of European Union
10:00 - 11.00
Introduction
of participants
11:00 - 11.25
Prof.
Dr. Maia Bitadze (Law, TSU):
11:25 - 11.50
Dr. Magdalena
Jas-Nowopolska (
Public Law and
International Law, JLU
):
Individual Meetings
Palina
Moleva, Oleksandr Bonkovskyy
Cooperation between TSU and JLU, Erasmus+
Mobility, Transition Studies, etc.
10:00 - 12.00
Meeting
at the International Office: Maia Menteshashvili, Ani Chelishvili, Julia Volz,
10:00 - 12.00
Faculty
Meeting Carmen
Neis (Center for Competence
Development, JLU)
Lunch (Ground floor bar)
Friday, 6th November 2015; afternoon programme (1:30 - 6:00 p.m.)
TSU Main building
Sessions in parallel
A Cultural Sciences
Cultures and Organisations in Multiethnic Societies
(Organisation: Prof. Dr. Joseph Salukvadze, TSU / Prof. Dr. Monika Wingender, JLU)
Location: TSU Main building: Room 107 (1st floor)
1:30 - 1.55 |
Prof. Dr.
Monika Wingender (Slavic
Studies – Linguistics, JLU):
Language Politics in multiethnic countries |
1:55 - 2.20 |
Assist. Prof. Dr.
Agata Włodarska-Frykowska
(Political Science; University of Lodz):
Status of Russian language in Baltic States |
2:20 - 2.45 |
Prof. Dr.
Ramaz Kurdadze (Faculty of Humanities, TSU):
Kartvelian Vocabulary as Intangible Cultural Heritage and Georgian-Megrelian-Laz-Svan- English Dictionary |
2:45 - 3.10 |
Prof. Dr.
Ketevan Khutsishvili
(Faculty of Humanities, TSU):
Advantages and problems of anthropological research in multi-ethnic societies |
3:10 - 3.35 |
Prof. Dr.
Nino Chikovani (Faculty of Humanities, TSU):
The problems of identity formation in Georgia from the perspective of Cultural Studies |
3:35 - 4:00 |
Coffee
Break (Ground floor bar) |
4:00 - 4:25 |
Prof.
Dr.
Thomas Daiber (Slavic Studies – Linguistics, Cultural
studies, JLU):
Hagiography and History Culture |
4:25 - 4:50 |
Prof.
Dr.
Stefan Rohdewald (Eastern
European History, JLU)
Transottomanica: Approaches to Transregional Interaction in Ottoman and Eastern Europe |
4:50 - 5:15 |
Dr.
Valerian
Dolidze (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, TSU):
History as a force of politics: Turkish empire and geopolitical choice of Georgia. In Russian: История как матертальная сила в политике:Турецкая империя и геополитический выбор Грузии |
4:50 - 5:40 |
Assist. Prof. Dr.
Giorgi
Kvinikadze (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, TSU):
Geo-economic views of Friedrich
Liszt and the modern period |
5:40 - 6:00 |
Conclusions |
B Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management
Environmental Resources and Options to Manage
(Organisation Prof. Dr. Ramaz Botchorishvili, TSU / Prof. Dr. Dr. Annette Otte, JLU)
Location: TSU Main building: Room 212 (2nd floor)
1:30 - 1.55 |
Prof. Dr.
Rolf-Alexander Düring
(Environmental Chemistry, JLU):
Organochlorine pesticides, a mysterious heritage for multiethnic societies in regions of the former Soviet Union |
1:55 - 2.20 |
Prof. Dr.
Ramaz Botchorishvili (Mathematical
Modeling, TSU):
Examples of Numerical Techniques for Environmental Simulation |
2:20 - 2.45 |
Prof. Dr. Dali Nikolaishvili & Prof. Dr.
Lia Matchavariani
(Landscape Researches, TSU):
A Method of Approach to Landscape Stability According to topographic Features (In Russian) |
2:45 - 3:10 |
Prof. Dr.
Sylvia Schnell (Soil Microbiology, JLU):
Bacterial isolates from natural salt meadows are able to mitigate salt stress of crop barley |
3:10 - 3:35 |
Prof. Dr.
Olga
Ilinskaya (Microbiology, University of Kazan):
Microbial resources for biotechnology and biomedicine |
3:35 - 4:00 |
Coffee
Break (Ground floor bar) |
4:00 - 4:25 |
Prof. Dr.
Svetlana
Selivanovskaya (Ecology, University of Kazan):
Toxicity changes in the process of biological treatment of the organic wastes |
4:25 - 4:50 |
Dr.
Polina Galitskaya
(Ecology, University of Kazan):
Fungal and bacterial successions in the process of co-composting of organic wastes as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing |
4:50 - 5:15 |
Assist. Prof. Dr.
Florin
Lipsa (Soil Microbiology,
University of Iasi):
Assessment of yeast diversity in different soil types under different management regimes in Moldavia region, Romania |
5:15 - 6:00 |
Conclusions and further discussion |
C/D Economy and Law
Performance of Agriculture and Food Business in Transition Countries
- Challenges and Obstacles from Entrepreneurial, Governmental and Scientific Perspectives -
(Organisation: Prof. Dr. Teimuraz Beridze; Prof. Dr. Irakli Burduli, TSU / Prof. Dr. Peter-Michael Schmitz; Dr. Magdalena Jas-Nowopolska, JLU)
Location: TSU Main building: Room 06 (Ground floor)
1:30 - 1.55 |
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Peter-Michael Schmitz
(
Agricultural and Development Policy, JLU
):
Agricultural Transition in Post-Soviet Europe and Central Asia after 25 years |
1:55 - 2.20 |
Prof. Dr.
Zofia Wysokińska
(International Relations, Economics, University of Lodz):
The Human Security in the Contemporary World - case of the green and grey economy |
2:20 - 2.45 |
Palina
Moleva MSc (Center for International Development and Environmental Research,
JLU):
Do Biofuels and Speculation contribute to price volatility and food Insecurity? |
2:45 - 3.10 |
Prof. Dr. Valeriu Cotea (Viticulture Economics,
University of
Iasi):
Resources for Developing the Oenological Science in Iași - Romania |
3:10 - 3.35 |
Ass. Prof.
Ineza Gagnidze (Economics, TSU):
The Role of International Educational and Science Programs for Sustainable Development |
3:35 - 4:00 |
Coffee
Break (Ground floor bar) |
4:00 - 4:25 |
Prof. Dr.
Paata Turava (Law, TSU):
Das innerstaatliche (georgische) Umweltrecht als Mittel zur Bewältigung der internationalen Umweltprobleme |
4:25 - 4:50 |
Conclusions and further discussion |
7:30 - 10:00 |
Evening
Dinner |
Individual Workshop
Location: TSU Main building: Room 301
Carmen
Neis (Center for Competence Development, JLU)
1:30 - 6.00
Assessment
and Feedback Strategies in Academic Writing, Language: German
Saturday, 7th November 2015, 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Excursion to Kakheti Region (East Georgia)