The Kartvelologist

The Kartvelologist” is a bilingual (Georgian and English) peer-reviewed, academic journal, covering all spheres of Kartvelological scholarship. Along with introducing scholarly novelties in Georgian Studies, it aims at popularization of essays of Georgian researchers on the international level and diffusion of foreign Kartvelological scholarship in Georgian scholarly circles.


“The Kartvelologist” issues both in printed and electronic form. In 1993-2009 it came out only in printed form (#1-15). The publisher is the “Centre for Kartvelian Studies” (TSU), financially supported by the “Fund of the Kartvelological School”. In 2011-2013 the journal is financed by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation.





Tinatin Margalitadze, Marika Odzeli

Research Director of the Lexicographic Centre at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), Associate Professor at the Institute of European Languages and Literature (Department of English Philology) of TSU.


Doctor of Philology, The Head of the Department of Georgian language,  Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.