Welcome to the 17^th Annual International Caucasus Conference in Memory of St. Grigol Peradze (1899-1942), will take place at the University of Warsaw on December 6-8, 2020 organized by the Centre for East European Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Warsaw. The Conference is dedicated to commemorate the prominent Professors Akaki SHANIDZE (1887-1987) and Jan BRAUN (1926-2015) – researchers of Caucasian, Kartvelian and Basque languages, and Old Georgian literature.

“Euscaro-Caucasica. Ibero-Caucasian and Basque Languages and Old Georgian Literature”

I. The conference will focus on language and literature issues. In case of language issue we would like to discuss the topic of Ibero-Caucasian and Basque languages, and genetic relationships of the Basque language with the Kartvelian (Georgian) language. During this conference we are going to find an answer for the question when the Basques lost its contact with the other Kartvelian tribes; and to reconstruct the history of this process, assuming that the relationship of the studied languages testifies to the existence of their original relationship based on the ethnic/tribal community using these languages.

II. Concerning the second issue, the conference will be a good place for searchers and scholars to meet and exchange of thoughts, who are interested in Old Georgian Literature and want to study original Georgian Literature – Hagiographic, Hymnographic and Philosophical.

The working language of the 17th Annual International Caucasus Conference is English.

Key Dates:

Paper publication:

Selected papers after reviewing can be published in the jubilee book which will be published on the occasion of the ninety-fifth anniversary of the birth of Professor Jan Braun in 2021.

We strongly invite You to apply!