SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Sociology
Position:Assistant Professor





In 2008, Konstantine Ladaria graduated from Ilia State University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. In 2010, he obtained the Master’s degree in “Cultural Studies” at the same university. And in 2023, he defended his dissertation “Post-Soviet Georgian Stalinist Literature: Constructing Trauma” and earned the title of Doctor of Sociology.

During his academic career, Konstantine Ladaria had the opportunity to study and conduct research in cooperation with such educational organizations and foundations as “Academic Swiss Caucasus Network” (ASCN), “Center for Literary and Cultural Studies (ZFL, Berlin), “Norwegian Institute of International Affairs” (NUPI, Oslo) and “Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation” (Tbilisi). He is a member and researcher of “Caucasus Memory Research Center”.

Konstantine has authored and co-authored one monograph and four articles on topics such as religious nationalism in Georgia, the issue of refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the emigration discourse in post-Soviet Georgia, and the Russian hybrid war against Georgia.

Scientific interests / research interests

  • Sociology of Religion,
  • Postsoviet Studies,
  • Memory Studies,

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Religion and Society

Religion and Society; Ethics of Torture: Theory and Practice. Historical and Contemporary Examples
  • Religion and Society (BA).
  • The Ethics of Torture: Theory and Practice. Historical and contemporary examples (MA).
  • The Study of Religion: Classical Heritage and Contemporary Approaches (MA).