CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME Giviashvili Irene SEX Female ADDRESS , Tbilisi, 380062, Chavchavadze av. 39, 5-6, E-MAIL ADDRESS [email protected] [email protected] TELEPHONE (995 32) 22 02 13 25 22 06 FAX (995 32) 25 00 05

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1988-1993 History and Theory of Art ,First Degree course, Tbilisi State University 1993-1997 Medieval Art History, Post graduate, Tbilisi State University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE September 2005 to present, Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Faculty of Art History and Restoration, Lecturer of Medieval Architecture September 2002 to present, Tbilisi State University, History and Theory of Art Department, Senior Research Assistant August 2003 to present, Fund - Cultural Heritage without Borders, executive director March 1997 to January 2000, Fund for Georgian Cultural Heritage Preservation, Public Relations Officer CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS 2004, July, "Georgian Tiara Under the Turkish Turban - Georgian Cultural Heritage in ", Leeds International Medieval Congress (Great Brittan) 2004, July, "X-c. Georgian Churches in Turkey", Summer University, CEU (Hungary) 2003, May, "Reconstruction of X century Zegani Church" TSU conference on art studies (Georgia) 2002, November, "- Cultural Heritage", CRC sessions, CEU (Hungary) 2002, May, "Symbolic Meaning of the Hare" TSU conference on art studies (Georgia) 1998, May, Georgian Cultural Heritage Fund launch workshop, Tbilisi (Georgia) 1997, November, World Bank sessions for Public Awareness, Vienna (Austria) 1997, June, International Byron Conference, Versailles (France) FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIPS Oxford Colleges Hospitality Scheme, July, 2005 Leeds International Medieval Congress, July 2004 CEU Summer University, July 2004 CEU, CRC sessions, November, 2002 Open Society - Georgia Foundation, Photo Exhibition of Georgian Culture in World Bank Office, Washington D.C. 1998 RSS Research grant, 916/1996 PUBLICATIONS Zegani (Zaki) of : Xc. Georgian Church, Tbilisi, 2005 Dort Kilisa Triconch, Georgian Antiquities, #6, 2004 Tao-Klarjeti, book-album in Georgian with English and Turkish Summaries, 2004 Zegani Donor Relief, Art Studies, TSU, #5, 2004 Symbolic Meaning of the Hare, TSU, #4, 2003 Reconstruction of Zegani Church, Georgian Antiquities, #3, 2003 Georgian Tri-apsed Churches, RSS Annual Chronicle, Prague, 1997