Dr. Nino Doborjginidze

Rector of Ilia State University

Nino Doborjginidze, PHD in Linguistics (1988), graduated the Department of Classical Philology of the Tbilisi State University in 1982. During 1996-2000 she was a fellow of EKD and KAAD-‘s Foundation at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (the Institute of Patristic Studies); from 2000 through 2001 held Alexander von Humboldt International Scholarship and between 2002 and 2003, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation George Forster scholarship at the Gottingen Academy of Sciences for writing the monograph in the German language. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2012 she had joint scholarships of Gottingen Academy of Sciences and the Humboldt Foundation. At different times she was an invited researcher at several German universities and the historical archives of Propaganda Fide, Italy.

Work Experience

• 2022-Present
  Rector
  Ilia State University
• 2017-2021
  Vice Rector
  Ilia State University

• 2010-Present
  Full Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
  Ilia State University

• 2006-2010
  Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
  Ilia State University

• 1983-2006
  Researcher, Department of Old Georgian Language
  Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

International Fellowships

• 2006-2014
  Invited Researcher at several German universities and the historical archives of Propaganda Fide, Italy.
  Gottingen Academy of Sciences and the Humboldt Foundation Joint Scholarship

• 2002-2003
  Scholarships for writing the monograph in the German language
  Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Scholarship, George Forster Scholarship at the Gottingen Academy of Sciences

• 2001-2002
  International Scholarship
  Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation

• 1996-2000
  Research Fellowship
  EKD and KAAD, German Research Fellowship at Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Institute of Patristics Studies

Scientific interests / research interests

History of Linguistic Ideas; Medieval Studies, Digital Humanities; Corpus Linguistics; Old Georgian Philology