Giuli Alasania

Who is Giuli Alasania?

Giuli G. Alasania, a Georgian historian and public figure, Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Vice-Rector of the International Black Sea University in Tbilisi, Head of the Stewardship Council and Professor of the University Of Georgia, former Georgian University of Social Sciences, Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science since 2009. She is mother of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

She is a founder and President of the International Association "The Georgian Culture in Georgia and Abroad", organizer of many important cultural and scientific events.

Prof. Alasania graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University and in 1973 received a Ph.D. degree in History. In 1987 received a degree of a Doctor of Historical Sciences. In 1989-2006 she was Head of the Department of Source Studies of the Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology. Since 1990 she is a Professor of the Tbilisi State University. She is author of more than 100 scientific-research papers and about 10 monographs in the fields of the source studies of history of Georgia and the Caucasus, history of the Georgian culture, national self-determination.