Tedo Dundua

  Tedo Dundua Date and Place of Birth – Georgia, Tbilisi, August 1, 1961
  Nationality – Georgian
  Degree  – Dr. Hab.
  Address – 71a, M. Costava Str., Appart.N39, Tbilisi 0171 Georgia
  Telephone: (99532) 2335172 Home, (99532)2222108 Work,
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Education – Tbilisi State University, Faculty of History (1978-1983)
Languages –  Native – Georgian, English – Excellent, Russian – Excellent, French – Fair
Degrees – Candidate of Sciences in History (Ph.D.), 1992; Doctor of Sciences in History, 1995
Present Appointment: Professor, Director, Institute of Georgian History, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Vice-Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Former Appointments: The Department of Georgian History, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University: Laboratory Assistant, Researcher, Teacher, Associate Professor, Professor. Vice-Dean, Faculty of History > of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
Other Appointments, Grants: History Teachers Association of Georgia (member of EuroClio), President
1998 Oxford Colleges Hospitality Scheme for East European Scholars
1998 – 1999 Soros Grant
1999 – 2001 NATO Fellowship
1999 University Exchange Scheme – University of Saarland
2005 – DAAD Fellowship, University of Tuebingen
Presidential Scholarship (1997-2001)
2007-2009 – Institute of European Studies, Study Tours for the Lecturers, European Commission
Conferences (Outside the Country):  1999 March. Athens. The Mediterranean and the Caucasus. Paper
1999 December. Vienna. Christianization of the Caucasus. Paper
2005 September. Nieborow. Roman Coins Outside the Empire. Paper
2008 December. Warsawa. Doroczna Miedzynarodowa Sesja Kaukazologiczna im Sw. Grzegoza Peradze. Paper
2015 April. San Diego. Historical Research in the Republic of Georgia: the Importance of Numismatics in the Study of the Georgian Past (Presentation of Online English-Georgian Catalogue of Georgian Numismatics). Authors: T. Dundua, G, Dundua, L. Tavadze etc. Speaker – L. Tavadze
2015 April. Reno. Medieval Association of the Pacific. 49th Annual Conference. Paper (L. Tavadze as co-author)
2015 May. Yerevan. International Numismatic Conference Dedicated to the Memory of Khachatur Moushegian. Coin Issues in Georgia (Presentation of Online English-Georgian Catalogue of Georgian Numismatics). Authors: T. Dundua, G. Dundua etc. Speaker – T. Dundua
2016 August. Belgrad. 23rd International Congress of Byzantine StudiesPaper (L. Tavadze as co-author)

Training:1997 March. Budapest. General assembly of EuroClio, Delegate
1997 September. Pécs. EuroClio Conference, Delegate
2001 February. Cairo University, Archaeology and Restoration
2007 August. Tbilisi. USAID. Strategic Planning and Organizational Management Training  



List of Principal Publications:

1. Colchis, Iberia and the Kingdom of Pontus According to the Numismatic Material (in Georg. with Russ. and Engl. Summaries). Tb. 1993
2. Georgian Ethnoculture and the West. Political Attitudes (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 1993
3. Georgia and the West According to the Numismatic Material (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Books I-II. Tb. 1995
4. Georgian Ethnocultural Evolution and the West According to the Numismatic Material (the 6th c. B.C.-1453) (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 1997
5. The Cyclic Dialectics. Tb. 1996
6. The Cyclic Dialectics and the Portrait expressionism. Tb. 1996 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
7. The Cyclic Dialectics and the Basic Stages of the Architectural Development. Tb.1996 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
8. The Cyclic Dialectics, the Fine Arts and a Category of the Theme. Tb. 1996 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
9. The Cyclic Dialectics, the Fine Arts and a Category of the Type. Tb.1997 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
10. The Cyclic Dialectics and the Main Principles of the City-Building. Tb. 1997 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
11. The Cyclic Dialectics, Architecture and a Category of the Style.Tb. 1998 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
12. The Cyclic Dialectics and Philosophy of Art. Syllabus of Special Course. Tb. 1998
13. The Cyclic Dialectics and Philosophy of Art. Syllabus of Special Course (in Georg.). Tb. 1998
14. Leviathan or the Perspectives of the Capitalism in Georgia (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 1996
15. The Orthodox World (in Russ.). Tb. 1996
16. North and South, or a Social Democratic Conversion of the Orthodox World (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 1996
17. Georgia within the European Integration. Tb. 1999
18. Christianity and Mithraism. The Georgian Story. Tb. 1999
19. Georgia within the European Integration as Seen in Coinage. Tb. 1999
20. Georgia and the Rest of the World (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 1999
21. History of Georgia (in Georg). Tb. 2000 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
22. Attic Half Mina from Dioscurias. Athenian Talassocratia over the East Pontus. Tb. 2000
23. The Making of Europe. Tb. 2000
24. Cross Potent and its Variations (in Georg.). Tb. 2000
25. Georgia and the Rest of the World. Intercultural School Textbook (in Georg.). Tb. 2001 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
26. The Black Sea – Zone of the Contacts. Tb. 2001 (board of the authors)
27. The Georgian State – How Old Is It? (in Georg.). Tb. 2001
29. Bagrat, Son of Bivrat. Tb. 2001
30. The British Kings and Their Money Issues. Tb. 2002
31. Publicius Agrippa, Flavius Dades and a Dual Citizenship – a Pattern for Europe in Future? Tb. 2002
32. Money History of Georgia (in Russ.). Tb. 2002
33. Colchis and “Kolkhidki” – Summary (in Georg.). Tb. 2002
35. The Tale of Two Sebastoses and the Orthodox Alliance. David the King of Georgia and Theodoros Gabras. Tb. 2003
36. Georgians and Roman Frontier Policy in the East. Tb. 2003
37. Questions et Reponses (in Georg.). Tb. 2003
38. Об одном сведении Мовсеса Хоренаци. Тб. 2004
39. Simon the King of Georgia and Church of the Virgin Pammacaristos in Constantinople. Tb. 2004
42. Influx of the Roman Coins in Georgia. Tb. 2005
43. Influx of the Roman Coins in Georgia (in Georg.). Tb. 2005
44. European Industrial Complexes of I Cycle of Capitalism and the Georgian Western Affiliations. Historical and Numismatic Tale. Tb. 2005 (N. Silagadze as co-author)
45. Georgian Numismatics. Part I (in Georg. with Engl. summary). Tb. 2006 (G. Dundua as co-author)
46. Flavius Hannibalianus – King of Pontus and Lazica. Eastern Roman Empire – Early History. Tb. 2007
47. Flavius Hannibalianus – King of Pontus and Lazica. Eastern Roman Empire – Early History (in Georg.). Tb. 2007
48. Feudal Georgia Revisited. Selected Epitomae by Tedo Dundua and Natia Phiphia. Tb. 2007
49. Frankish Limitanei in Lazica (in Georg.). Tb. 2007 (L. Tavadze as co-author)
50. Georgia and the Rest of the World. Material for the Course (in Georg.). Tb. 2007-2009 (N. Phiphia as co-author)
The West and the East
Historiosophical Studies
The Cyclic Dialectics
Capitalism of I Cycle
Capitalism of I Cycle
Stagnation of the Graeco-Roman Society
Primitive Communism, Protofeudalism and Feudalism
Towards the Question of Periodization of History
The Cyclic Dialectics, the Main Stages of Architectural Development and Principles of City-Building
51. Golden Fleece is Back – Russian Fiction. Tb. 2007
52. Gaius the Iberian – First Ever Recorded Georgian To Be Baptized. Tb. 2007
53. The Making of Europe. Tb. 2007
54. “Iberka” – Where Did it Come from? Tb. 2007
55. Georgian Numismatics in Antiquity and Feudal Period. D. M. Lang’s Studies in the Numismatic History of Georgia in Transcaucasia. N. York. 1955 – Epotomae (in Georg.). Tb. 2007
56. Mithridates the Junior – Was He Rome’s Ally? (in Georg.). Tb. 2008
57. The Portray of Gnaeus Pompejus Magnus and the Georgian Numismatics (in Georg.). Tb. 2008
58. Colchis in the 6th - 4th cc. B.C. The Greek Settlements in Western Georgia. Tb. 2009
59. The Caucasian Numismatics in Antiquity (in Georg.). Tb. 2009 (G. Dundua as co-author)
60. Georgia and the Rest of the World (in Georg.). Tb. 2009 (Natia Phiphia as co-author)
61. Грузинские монеты X - XII вв. как исторический источник. Тб. 2009
62. MIΘPAΣ in Georgia (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 2010 (Nino Silagadze as co-author)
63. Heliocentrism and I Cycle of Capitalism. Tb. 2010
64. Western Georgian Money Issues in the 13th -15th cc. (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 2010 (G. Dundua as co-author)
65. Eastern Georgian Money Issues in the 14th c. (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 2010 (G. Dundua as co-author)
66. Coin, as a Means of Propaganda. Money of Giorgi III. Tb. 2010
67. Money of the Georgian Kings and the Princes in the 15th -16th  cc. (in Georg. with Engl. Summary).  Tb. 2011 (G. Dundua as co-author)
68. Byzantine Provincial Coinage. The Gabrids and Their Money Issues (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 2011
69. Georgian Numismatics. Part Two (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 2011 (G. Dundua as co-author)
70. Georgia within the European Integration. Part. I. Greeks and the Georgians. Tb. 2012
71. Georgia within the European Integration. Part. II. Romans and the Georgians. Tb. 2012
72. Georgia within the European Integration. Part. III Byzantines and the Georgians. Tb. 2013
74. Constitutional Changes in the  “Ottoman Georgia” (Emancipation of the Serfs and Denunciation of the Estates in Southern and South-Western Georgia in the 16th - 19th cc.)  (in Georg. with Engl. Summary). Tb. 2013 (A. Tabuashvili and G. Zhuzhunashvili as co-authors)
76. Die Kolchis, Iberien und der polemonischen Pontos nach numismatischen Materialien. Georgica. Jena. 1991. 13/14, pp. 100-103
77. The Colchian “Tetri”. Letters from Georgia. Vienna. 1-2/95, p. 75 (G. Dundua as co-author)
79. Review of Georgian Coins with Byzantine Iconography. Numismatica e Antichità Classichie. XXIX. 2000. Quaderni Ticinesi, pp. 387-396
80. Attic Half Mina from Dioscurias. Athenian Thalassocratia over the East Pontus. Phasis. Greek and Roman Studies. v. 2-3. Tb. 2000, pp. 102-109
81. Alternative Historical Discussions and Georgian Textbooks. The Learning and Teaching of History with a Focus on Textbooks. Euro Clio Bulletin N14. 2001, p. 55
82. Bagrat, Son of Bivrat. Phasis. Greek and Roman Studies. v. 4. 2001. Tb., pp. 26-30
84. Die Georgishe Drei-Kirchen-Basilika. Neue Solidarität. nn. 6-7. 2001. 02 (Nino Silagadze as co-author)
85. Publicius Agrippa, Flavius Dades and a Dual Citizenship – a Pattern for Europe in Future? Caucasica. v. 5. 2002, pp. 57-63
86. Georgia and Her Pagan Background. Georgia Today. 5-11. XII. 2003, p. 5
87. The Tale of Two Sebastoses and Orthodox Alliance. David the King of Georgia and Theodoros Gabras. Phasis. Greek and Roman Studies. v. 5-6. Tb. 2003, pp. 71-89
88. Influx of the Roman Coins in Georgia. Phasis. Greek and Roman Studies. v. 9. 2006. Tb., pp. 74-85
90. Influx of Roman Coins in Georgia. Roman Coins Outside the Empire. Ways and Phases, Contexts and Functions. Proceedings of the ESF/SCH Exploratory Workshop. Radziwill Palace, Nieborow (Poland).3-6 September 2005. Moneta 82. Wetteren, Belgium. 2008, pp. 309-319
91. Flavius Hanniballianus – King of Pontus and Lazica. The Eastern Roman Empire and its Early History. Valahian Journal of Historical Studies. No 9/2008 Targoviste, Romania, pp. 109-114.
93. Economic Relations of Colchis in the Early Classical Period according to Nimismatic Evidence. The 7th International Symposium on the Ancient History of the Black Sea Littoral. Vani. 1994. Paper Distributed among the Participants
94. Christianity and Mithraism. The Georgian Story. The Christianization of Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Albania). International Symposium. Resumées. Vienna. 1999
95. Influx of Roman Coins in Georgia. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium of Kartvelian Studies. Tb. 2011, pp. 144-147
96. The 15th -16th cc. Georgian Coins as a Source of History. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium of Kartvelian Studies. Tb. 2011, pp. 43-45
97. Changing the Imperial Pattern: Life in South-West Georgia under the Ottomans and the Russians (1870-1914). The 4th Turkish Studies Project of the University of Utah Conference. The Caucasus at Imperial Twilight: Nationalism, Ethnicity and Nation-Building (1870s-1920s). June 5-8. 2013. Tb. Georgia. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Program and Abstracts, pp. 31-32
98. Annotierte Bibliographie zur Geschichte Georgiens 1981-1983. Georgica. Jena. Heft 9. 1986, pp. 76-90
99. Articles for Diplomatic Dictionary (in Georg.). v. I-II. Tb. 1997, 1999 Articles for Ivane Javakhishvili Dictionary (in Georg.). Tb. 2002
101. Catalogue of Georgian Numismatics. Part One. Tb. 2013 (Board of the authors); Part Two. Tb. 2014 (Board of the authors); Part Three. Tb. 2015 (Board of the authors); Part Four. Tb. 2015 (Board of the authors)
102. Coin as a Means of Propaganda (According to Georgian Numismatics). Материалы по Археологии и Истории Античного и Средневекового Крыма. Вып. 7. Севастополь, Тюмень, Нижневартовск. 2015, pp. 300-311 (E. Avdaliani as co-author)
103. Georgia within the European Integration. Tb. 2016





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