SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Rector – Ilia State University

PHD in Linguistics, Full Professor





Nino Doborjginidze, Ph.D. in Linguistics (1988), graduated from 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

Featured Publications

Books

  • Doborjginidze, N., Cheishvili, T., Damenia, M., Cheishvili, A. Lexicographic heritage of Catholic missions of Georgia. Ilia State University Publishing House, 2023. (Within the grant project funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation).
  • Nino Doborjginidze (co-author). Cultural traces of Georgians in Germany. Ilia State University Publishing House, 2019. (Within the grant project funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation).
  • Translation of the Gospel of John, translation of Euthymius the Athonite. The text was prepared for publication according to ancient manuscripts: Z. Sarjveladze, L. Aleksidze, N. Doborjginidze, D. Lohtvadze, M. Machkhaneli, N. Shugladze, T. Tsopurashvili, M. Odikadze, ed. Mzekala Shanidze, Tbilisi, 2018.
  • Nino Dioborjginidze, Linguistic-Hermeneutic meta-texts. Practical grammar and Hermeneutics in X-XIII century Georgian sources, Ilia State University publishing, Tbilisi 2012 (in Georgian)
  • Nino Dioborjginidze, Language, Identity and Historical Concepts. An attempt to interpret sources of religious historiography. Nekeri-publishing, Tbilisi, 2011 (in Georgian)
  • Nino Doborjginidze, Die georgische Sprache im Mittelalter, 320 pp. (= Sprachen und Kulturen des christlichen Orients, Bd. 17), hrsg. v. Johannes den Heijer, Stephen Emmel, Martin Krause, Andrea Schmidt, 2009, Reichert-Verlag Wiesbaden (in German)

Articles

  • Tchincharauli, T., Tsintsadze, N.,Damenia,T., Kalkhitashvili, T., Doborjginidze,N., Uziel Karl, S., Esterblishing guidelines for MLU measurement in an agglutinating language: An illustration of Georgia, Fist Language, Volume 44, Issue 4, August 2025, pp 345-371. https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237241247930
  • Doborjginidze, N., Damenia, T., Makharoblidze, T., Tsintsadze N, Tchintcharauli T, Kalkhitashvili T. Argument Marking and Verbal Agreement in the Speech of Georgian Children. Languages. 2022; 7(4):314. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7040314
  • Doborjginidze, N., Generic Concepts and Stereotypes of Medieval Georgian Historiography. Amirav, Hagit, et al., editors. Christian Historiography between Empires, 4th-8th Centuries.Vol.23. Peeters Publishers, 2021, pp.67-80. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2crj2c1
  • Doborjginidze, N., Tilmann, K. EREKLE II (1720-1798). GOES GLOBAL: Zwischen Aufklärung, Wissenstransfer und strukturellen Reformen in Georgien ab den 1750er Jahren, იხ. From Florence to Goa and Beyond. Essays in early modern global history in honor of Jorge Flores, European University Institute, 2021, pp. 145-175.
  • Doborjginidze, N., Mataradze, N., & Tatishvili, E. Medieval Translation in the Light of the Polysystem and Rewriting Theories, Scrinium, 17(1), 2021: 92-109. https://doi.org/10.1163/18177565-BJA10030
  • Doborjginidze, N., The context of the creation of old Georgian script]. Tamaz Gamkrelidze 90, National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, 2020, p. 62-79
  • Doborjginidze, N., Medieval Georgian Projection of Religious Historiography of Late Antiquity: Mapping of Biblical peoples (Tabula linguarum et populorum), Scrinium, 15, Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography, Brill, 2019: 239-255.
  • Doborjginidze, N., Digital documentation projects of the old Georgian textual heritage, Collection: Elene Metreveli 100, Tbilisi, Korneli Kekelidze National Manuscript Center, 2018: 94-110
  • Doborjginidze, N. Historical Aspects of Modernity in Georgia. Modernization in Georgia, ed. by G. Zedania,  Peterlang, 2018: 69-88
  • Nino Doborjginidze, Generic Concepts/Stereotypes of Medieval Georgian Historiography, in: H. Amirav, C. Hoogerwerf & I. Perczel (eds.), Christian Historiography Between Empires, 4th-8th Centuries (Late Antique History and Religion 18), 2017, Leuven: Peeters
  • Doborjginidze, N. Le Missioni cattoliche di Georgia nel period di Russificazione. ROMA E I GEORGIANI (CULTURA Studium 109), Roma: Studium Editioni, 2017: 212-231
  • Nino Doborjginidze, Religious Inculturation and Problems of Social History of the Georgian Language, in: Philalethes: Collected Studies Dedicated to the 135th Anniversary of Shalva Nutsubidze (1888–1969), 2014, Cornelia Horn and Basil Lourié (ed.), pp. 136-157, Leiden-Boston: Brill Publishers
  • Nino Doborjginidze, Zur textkritischen Methode georgischer Übersetzer aus Antiochia: Die Problematik von Einleitung, Text und Textempfänger, in: „Le Muséon“, Revue d’ Études Orientales, 124 Nr. 3-4, 2011, Louvain-La-Neuve
  • Nino Doborjginidze, Die Übersetzungen der Werke des Gregor von Nazianz und die Entwicklung der georgischen Begriffssprache, in: Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca (CCCN, Corpus Nazianzemum) 121 (2010), pp. 291–334. Brepols.
  • Nino Doborjginidze, Einige Fragestellungen zur Herausbildung von Schriftsprachen im christlichen Osten am Beispiel des Georgischen, in: „Le Muséon“, Revue d’ Études Orientales, 121, Nr. 3-4 (2008), pp. 353-371, Louvain-La-Neuve

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Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • Introduction to the Georgian Philology (BA)
  • Old Georgian Language I, II, (MA)
  • Digital Epigraphy (MA)
  • Corpus of the Modern Georgian Language (MA)
  • Aspects of the Descriptive and Functional Grammar of the Georgian Language (MA)
  • Doctoral Seminar I, II (PHD)
  • Research Seminar I, II (PHD)
  • Introduction to the Georgian Philology (BA)
  • Old Georgian Language I, II, (MA)
  • Digital Epigraphy (MA)
  • Corpus of the Modern Georgian Language (MA)
  • Aspects of the Descriptive and Functional Grammar of the Georgian Language (MA)
  • Doctoral Seminar I, II (PHD)
  • Research Seminar I, II (PHD)