Program on Georgian Studies

Advancing the study of Georgia and the South Caucasus through research, scholarly and cultural exchange, teaching, and outreach. 

Welcome to the Davis Center’s Program on Georgian Studies! Our program fosters research on Georgia and the South Caucasus at Harvard, facilitates collaboration between Georgian and American scholars, students, and artists, and enhances the broader community's understanding of the region.

We offer opportunities for students, junior scholars, and faculty from Harvard and Georgia, and for artists from both Georgia and the U.S. On this website, you will find information about grants, fellowships, travel, summer internships, and classes providing different ways to engage with Georgian studies. (More details below.)

Our Georgian language classes offer an immersive experience into the linguistic and cultural heritage of Georgia, giving both the ability to communicate and deeper insights into the region's unique history, traditions, and contemporary significance.

For Harvard affiliates seeking to independently deepen their knowledge of Georgia and the South Caucasus, we offer a research guide on Harvard’s library collections and other resources.

Explore our past and upcoming events, including lectures, workshops, online panels, and film screenings, to gain insights into the region’s history, politics, and culture.

The Program on Georgian Studies is supported by a research award from the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science.

You can contact program coordinator Allison Hart at: ahart@fas.harvard.edu. 

Staff and community members gathered after a seminar on Dec. 8, 2023.

Staff and community members gathered after a seminar on Dec. 8, 2023. 

Opportunities and Resources

Related Insights

The three-week residency allows a Georgian artist to engage with the Harvard community in the spring of 2025. Application deadline is Sept. 20.

The bitter foes seem close to a peace deal, our alum Joshua Kucera reports, but Baku insists Yerevan strip away a constitutional reference to "reunification" with Nagorno-Karabakh, the territory at the heart of their decades-old conflict.

“There is still a lingering stigma associated with socialism due to the Soviet experience,” a youth organizer told Ričards Umbraško, a Harvard student who spent the summer researching and writing in Georgia.

Related Events

Upcoming Event

A celebration of cross-cultural artistic collaboration, linking American and Georgian cultures and our common humanity in performances of music and dance.

Upcoming Event

Join musicologist Nana Sharikadze to hear about the history of Georgian cultural influences, performance styles, and national identity. The talk will kick off this year's Exchanging Notes program, culminating in an evening of drums and dance on Sept. 21.

Past Event

This talk will examine how Russia employs the tactics of borderization and creeping occupation to gradually expand its control over Georgian territories.