Welcome to the Davis Center’s Program on Georgian Studies!
Our program’s core mission is to serve as a leading hub for Georgian studies outside of Georgia.
Our 5 Pillars
- Teaching: In a landscape where opportunities to study Georgia are scarce, our instructors provide students — both at Harvard and beyond — with immersive courses on Georgian language, history, politics, and culture, offered in person and online.
- Research: We empower scholars with access to Harvard’s exceptional resources, fostering pathbreaking research and lasting academic partnerships to deepen and broaden Georgia-related scholarship.
- Exchanges: More than 50 professionals and students from Georgia and the U.S. have engaged in transformative collaborations thanks to our grants and internships, fueling innovation and cross-cultural understanding.
- Cultural Programming: Georgia’s unique cultural heritage is a powerful force. Through film screenings, art exhibitions, performances, and shared meals, we introduce U.S. audiences to its richness.
- Events and Conferences: Our academic and policy conferences, alongside numerous smaller gatherings, bring together students, experts, policymakers, business leaders, artists, and the public to elevate Georgia’s global profile.
Creating the program was a tremendous achievement. After years of lobbying and campaigning in the U.S. and Georgia the program received funding from the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science and a home at the Davis Center.
Become a partner to our program and a donor to Harvard’s specially established Program on Georgian Studies Fund!
Staff, affiliates, and friends of the program after a seminar, December 2023.
