Giorgi Sanikidze

Giorgi Sanikidze graduated from the State University of Tbilisi in 1984, at the Faculty of Oriental Studies.

From 1996 to 2002, he was chairman of the Eastern European History School at the Asia-Africa Institute in Tbilisi.

He has written in more than 50 scientific publications (published in 9 countries), as well as several textbooks and articles in the Georgian press.

[1] [2] He received the 2012 Farabi International Award for Islamic and Iranian Studies (sponsored by UNESCO).

[3] History and politics of the Middle East countries (especially Iran); Georgia-Caucasus interactions with Middle Eastern countries; problems related to Islam and Islamic movements; East-East questions and East-West interactions; Middle East historiography.