Zaza Skhirtladze - Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- Ph. D. Arts (1987): Georgian Academy of Sciences, for "The Mural Painting of Bertubani Cave Church"
- Diploma Art History (1979): Tbilisi University, for "Kobair Monastery and its Wall Paintings"
Scholarships:
- University of Cairo, Egypt (June-July, 2004)
- The British Academy, London, England; Visiting Professor (May-June, 2003)
- College de France, Paris, France (January-February, 1999)
- Athens University, Greece, Visiting Professor (May-June 1997)
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Laboratory and Collection, Washington DC, USA; IREX Fellow (August-November 1995)
- The British Academy, London, England; Visiting Professor (March-April 1994)
Grants and Awards (selected):
- Grant from Rustaveli National Science Foundation, the Project“Ani: The Georgian Heritage“ (2016-2018), Project Director
- Grant from Central European University, the Project “The Caucasus and Byzantium from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages – Development of Innovative Curricula” (2010-2014), Participant
- Grant from United States Embassy in Georgia, Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Project “Rescue Project for Tetri Udabno Frescoes Conservation” (2007-2008), Project Director
- Grant from International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), Organization of the International Conference – "The Desert Monasticism: Gareja and the Christian East" (2000), Project Director
- Grant from INTAS, the Project "Rescue Survey, Restoration and Analysis of Newly Discovered Early Christian Rock-Cut Monasteries in the Gareja Desert of Georgia" (1997-2000), Project Coordinator
Papers presented at (selected):
- International Symposia on Georgian Art, Tbilisi, Georgia (1983, 1985, and 1989)
- XVI Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Baltimore, USA, (1990)
- XVIII Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, UK (1994)
- XXIII Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies Warwick , UK (1999)
- XX International Congres of Byzantine Studies, Paris, France (2001)
- XXI International Symposium of Byzantine Studies, London, UK (2006)
- IV International Studies of Cypriological Studies Nicosia, Cyprus (2008)
- LXIII Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, London, UK (2009)
- International Colloquium „Book Production in Eleventh-Century Constantinople“, Oxford, UK (2001)
- XXII International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria (2011)
- International Conference „Cultural Interactions in Medieval Georgia“, Fribourg, Switzerland (2017)