International masterclass "The Role of Intercultural, Interlingual and Intermedial Creativity in Shaping Cultural Policy"
With the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, the international event "The Role of Intercultural, Interlingual and Intermedial Creativity in Cultural Policy Formulation - Masterclass: 'Reading Givi Margvelashvili'" is being held on November 4-5.
The masterclass proceeds along three directions – intercultural, interlingual, and intermedial – and one of its main themes is the challenges of cultural policy in the current global, migratory, and intercultural situation. Each direction has its own speaker and opponent. The masterclass operates in an interactive mode.
Participants of the masterclass include: Aleksandre Kartozia – Professor at TSU and the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Head of the Masterclass; Hubert Knirsch – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Georgia; Barbara von Münchhausen – Director of the Goethe-Institut; Anil Bhatti – Professor at the University of Delhi, Germanist and Culturologist; Tilman Borsche – Professor at the University of Hildesheim; Ekkehard Maaß – Writer; Ralf Schock – Publicist, Publisher and Radio Journalist, Presenter of Cultural-Political Programs; Elke Sturm-Trigonakis – Professor of Comparative Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Jörg Sundermeyer – Publisher, Founder of the Publishing House (Verbrecher-Verlag); Carsten Gansel – Professor at the University of Mainz, Germanist and Literary Scholar; Axel Haase – Literary Agent; Helmut Glück – Professor at the University of Bamberg, Germanist; Naira Gelashvili – Writer, Translator, Human Rights Activist, Head of the "Caucasian House"; Lali Ketsba – Professor at TSU; Levan Bregadze – Leading Researcher at TSU, Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature.
The project is funded within the framework of the "Orientir" competition implemented under the cultural promotion program of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, which provides for the promotion of educational and scientific-research activities in the fields of culture and art. The project supporters are also: the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Goethe-Institut Tbilisi, and the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. The event is implemented by the LEPL National Assessment and Examinations Center.
