Direction:Anthropology
Position:Assistant Professor
Elene Gavashelishvili graduated from Ilia State University Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences in 2007. She holds her doctorate from the Department of Sociology at Ilia State University. Her PhD thesis “The Impact of Conflicting Discourses on Reproduction Practices of Georgian Women” looked at lived religion from the anthropological perspective. She has been involved in following research projects: ‘Religiosity among young Georgians’ (2015-2018), ‘The Study of Sexual Behavior in Georgia’ (2009-2011), ‘The Role of the Orthodox Church in the Formation of Georgian National Identity’ (2010-2012) and ‘Georgian National Identity: Conflict and Integration’ (2015-2016). Elene Gavashelishvili is assistant professor at Ilia State University since 2018. Currently she is working on the doctoral program of Sociocultural Anthropology at Ilia State University.
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Modernization and Contemporary Society; Introduction to Contemporary Thought II Introduction to Contemporary Thought I; Religion, Gender and Sexuality |
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