Direction:Sociology
Position:Assistant Professor
Nino Rcheulishvili holds a doctoral degree in Sociology and teaches social theory and research methods at Ilia State University, School of Arts and Sciences.
Since 2007 Nino has been part of about thirty research projects of scientific or applied character. In her academic studies, Nino mostly uses qualitative approach (discourse analysis, Narrative analysis etc.). In frames of her doctoral project she explored ideological debates surrounding the contemporary food scene of Georgia. Nino also has solid expertise in survey design and implementation.
During her student years, Nino was granted a study scholarship from Konrad Adenauer Foundation and a scholarship for young researchers from Heinrich Boell Foundation. In the last few years Nino has been part of two scientific projects, ‘Religiosity among young Georgians’ (2016-2019), and “Surrogacy as Networked Phenomenon” (2020, ongoing), funded by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
Scientific interests / research interests
Sociology of Consumption, Anthropology of Food, Identity Studies.
An extensive list of publications
⦁ Gotua, Giorgi and Nino Rcheulishvili. 2019. “Everything New Is Well-Forgotten Old”: Tradition and
Innovation in the Narratives of New Georgian Cuisine. Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research.
11(2):4–29. http://www.soclabo.org/index.php/laboratorium/article/view/807/2278
⦁ Rcheulishvili, Nino. 2019. k’onsensusi da dap’irisp’ireba tanamedrove kartul samzareuloshi: semiot’ik’uri analizi [Consesus and confrontation in the modern Georgian cuisine: semiotic analysis]. PhD Dissertation. Tbilisi: Ilia State University. http://iliauni.edu.ge/uploads/other/54/54282.pdf
⦁ Rcheulishvili, Nino. 2018. „veget’arianeloba tu markhva? hegemoniuri disk’ursebis morigeba tanamedrove kartul samzareuloshi” [Vegetarianism or religious fasting? Hegemonic discourses in the contemporary Georgian cuisine], in religia qoveldghiurobashi [Religion in Everyday life], pp. 207-247. Edited by Ketevan Gurchiani. Tbilisi: Ilia State University. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J-ZHPhiJEpG0QYkeLcrSfuTaltkNDDfO/view
⦁ Rcheulishvili, Nino. 2015. “”Modern” Women in the Kitchen”. In From Private To Public – Transformation Of Social Spaces In The South Caucasus, edited by Hans Gutbrod, 32-46. Tbilisi: South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. https://ge.boell.org/sites/default/files/hbf_stip-articles.pdf
Current Courses |
Course Catalog |
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| Research as a Project (for sociologists); Research Methods in Social Sciences; General Course in Sociology Research Methods in Social Sciences; General Course in Sociology |
⦁ Social Science Research Methods (2019-2020, Spring Semester), BA level |