CURRICULUM VITAE
Biographical Information
First Name: Paata
Date of Birth: March 28, 1960
Family Status: Married with one son (Otiko Bukhrashvili, born September l, 1991 )
1983-2005 Archeological Research Center, Georgian Academy of Sciences. Kakhetian Archeological Expedition. Senior Researcher (Wiss. Angestellter).
1987-1994 Technical University of Tbilisi. Assistant Professor of Georgian History.
1990-2005 State University of Tbilisi. Assistant Professor of Ethnology.
1994-2005 State Pedagoglcal University of Tbilisi. Assistant Professor of Caucasian History.
1997-2005 Director of the International Caucasological Scientific Research Institute.
Education
1967-1977 Middle School in Tbilisi.
1976-1983 Studies at the State University of Tbilisi. Department of History. (Diploma Excellent)
1985-1989 Doctoral Candidate at the State University of Tbilisi (Grades: Archeology (very good); Ethnology (very good); Philosophy-very good; German (good).
June 20, 1989 Ph. D. (Promotion). (Dissertation: "The Housing Phenomenon in the Ethnic Mode of Life")
June 1998-February 1999: Postdoctorant. Volkswagen Foundation Fellow at the Institute for Oriental Archaeology and Art at the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) with Prof. Dr. Winfried Ortmann. Research Proj ect: "The Economic and Cultural Structure of the South Caucasian Population in the Third Century B.C."
June -Aug. 1980; June-Aug. 1981; June - Aug. 1984; June-Aug. 1986; June-Aug. 1988: Ethnographic Expedition to Svanetien (West Georgia). State Museum of Georgia. Research Associate.
1983-2004: Kakhetian Archaeological Expedition. Georgian Academy of Sciences. Senior Researcher.
April-May 1985-1986; 1995-1996: Ethnolinguistic Expedition in Daghestan and Chechnya.
1986-1994 Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Georgia for Georgian History.
June 1984: XIII Assyriological World Congress. Leningrad (Russia).
April 1986: III Research Congress of Younger Scholars. Archeological Research Center, Georgian Academy of Sciences. Tbilisi.
April 1989: IV Research Congress of Younger Scholars. Archeological Research Center, Georgian Academy of Sciences. Tbilisi.
May 1991: Caucasological Research Conference at the University of Chicago (USA).
October 1983; October 1986; October 1989: II, III, IV International Symposium, "The Caucasus in the System of Eurasian Cultures in the Paleo-metal Epoch." Tbilisi, Signagi, Telavi.
November 1988: USA-USSR Archaeological Colloquium. Signagi, Georgia. April 1996. International Archaeological Colloquium. Signagi, Georgia.
July-August 1994: Ethnographic Expedition to Meschet-Djawacheti.
July 1995: July 1996; July-October 1997; June-August 1999, 2000, 2001; 2004, 2005: Ethnolinguistic Expedition to Svaneti, Ratscha, Imereti, Kacheti, Djavakheti, Khevsureti, Pschavi, Mtiuleti. Canadian Academy of Sciences. Coordinator. `
From November 1991: Lectures at the State University of Tbilisi. (Intensive Course on Paleoethnology).
From September 1992: Lectures at the State Pedagogical University of Tbilisi. (Basic course in Archaeology and Ethnology).
November-December 1995: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow at the Institute for Pre- and Early History at the University of Heidelberg (with Prof. Dr. Harald Haputmann). Research project: "The Housing Phenomenon in the System of Caucasian Cultures in the Paleometal Epoch."
October-November 2000: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow at the Institute for Oriental Archaeology and Art at the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Prof. Dr. Winfried Ortmann). Research Project: "Traditional Shrines in East Georgia."
Iuni - October 2003: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow at the Institute for Pre- and Early History at the University of Heidelberg (with Prof. Dr. Harald Haputmann). Research Proj ect: "On Food Production Techniques of the Central Transcaucasian Population of the mid-3rd Millennium B.C "
Publications
A. Monographs
1. Housing in the Life of the Ethnos (Tbilisi: Mecniereba, 1989). [In Russian].
2. For a delimitation of the place of the phenomenon of dwellings in the daily life and culture of the Georgian people in the past (An attempt at Paleoethnological study). Amirani IXj (Montreal-Tbilissi 2003) -256 S. [In Georgian, resume in English].
3. Dwelling in the life and culture of the ancient Georgians, Univesal, Tbilisi 2005 – 305 S. [In Georgian, resume in English].
1. "On the Question of the Determination of Archaeological Culture and of Economic/Cultural Types," Proceedings of the State University of Tbil isi, vol. 12 (Tbilisi University Press, 1986), 115-127. [In Georgian].
2. "The Housing Phenomenon and Spatial Perception," Garadji (Tbilisi: Mecniereba, 1988), 207-219. [In Georgian].
3. "Religion as Social Occurrence," Archaeological Research (Tbilisi: Mecniereba, 1989), 127- I 41. [In Georgian] .
4. "Housing and Genotheism," Proceedings of the State University of Tbilisi, vol. 14 (Tbilisi: University Press, 1990), 179-18 8. [In Georgian) .
5. "On the Question of Research on the Housing Phenomenon," Pröceedings of ihe Kakhetian Archaeological Expedition, vol. 14 (Tbilisi: Mecniereba), 78-89. [In Georgian].
6. "The Festival of St. Giorgi in Hadischi," Kartvel i Eri 14 (Tbilisi 1991 ), 4. [In Georgian] .
7. "National Consciousness and Economic Psychology," Proceedings of the Greek-Georgian University, vol. 1 (Tbilisi: University Press, 1994), 28-64. [In Georgian).
8. "The Housing Phenomenon in Early History," Proceedings of the Greek Georgian University, vol. 2 (Tbilisi: University Press, 1995), 17-32. [In Georgian].
9. "Ha, Hat Marjah: Images from Chechen Ethnology" Marji Journal (Tbilisi 1995), 8. [In Georgian] .
10. "On the Question of the Caucasian National Idea" Marji (Tbilisi 1995), 7-8. [In Georgian]
11. "Housing in Georgian Folklore," Research Conference at the Greek Georgian University (Tbilisi: University Press), 12-13. [In Georgian] .
12. "On the Question of National Consciousness," Kutaisuri Saubrebi, vol. 3 (Kutaisi: University Press, 1996), 27-29. [In Georgian].
13. "On the Question of the Ethnogenetic Process in Old Caucasia," Kutaisuri Saubrebi, vol. 4 (Kutaissi: University Press, 1997), 33-34. [In Georgian].
14. "The Housing Phenornenon in the System of Caucasian Cultures in the Paleo-Metal Epoch," Amirani, vol. 1 (Tbilisi: Amirani Press, 1999), 18-32. [In German].
15. BukhrashviliP. Tuite K.J., Binarism and Complimentarity in Northeast Georgia: The Conception of Boys and Girls at the Jagsari Shrine, Georgika, vol. 22 (Konstanz: UVK-University Press, 1999), 59-73. [In German]
16. Bukhrashvili P. (20001): "The Festival of St. Giorgi in Svaneti," Kutaisuri saubrebi, vol. 7 (Kutaisi 2000), 3 6-3 9. [In Georgian] .
17. Bukhrashvili P. (20002): "On Food Production Techniques of the Central Transcaucasian Population of the mid-3rd Millennium B.C.," Amirani, vol. 2 (Tbilisi 2000), 19-33. [In Georgian, resume in English] .
18. Bukhrashvili P. (20003): "The Russian Conception of Colonialism and Transcaucasian Ethnopolitical Reality," Amirani, vol. 2 (Tbilisi 2000), 72-84. [In Georgian, resume in English] .
19. Bukhrashvili P. (20011): Towards an understanding of Georgian-Armenian Relations. Amirani IV - V(Tbilssi 2001), 113-138. [In Georgian, resume in English].
20. Bukhrashvili P. (20012): Kartli and Kakheti in the last quarter of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. Amirani IV -V (Montreal - Tbilissi 2001 ), 139-164. [In Georgian, resume in English] .
21. Bukhrashvili P. (20013): Preliminary report on archaeological discovery: "Drosha" (proccessional cross) from Lasharis Jvari (Khmelgori, Pshavi). Amirani IV – V (Montreal - Tbilissi 2001), 266-270. [In Georgian, resume in English].
22. Bukhashvili P. (20021): Lichenishi - a hollday for sons in the Upper Svan community of Hadishi. Amirani VI. (Montreal -Tbilissi 2002) 7-19. [In Georgian, resume in English].
23. Bukhrashvili P.,Tuite. K. (20022): Central Caucasian religious systems and social ideology in the post-Soviet period. Amirani VII (Montreal-Tbilissi 2002) 7-24. [In English, resume in Georgian] .
24. Bukhrashvili P. (20031): On the of investigation of ethnic Culture. Kartvelian Heritage IX. (Kutaisi 2003) 73- 89. [In Georgian, resume in English].
25. Buchraschwili P., Dolidze R., Tuite K.J, (2003): Interview mit Chevisberi Pilipe Bagiauri, Georgika, vol. 26 (Aachen. Shaker Verlag), 44-64 [In German].
26. Buchraschwili P. (2004): Die Flagge und die Insignien des Stammführers aus der Bronzezeit. Amirani X. (Tbilissi 2004: Amiraniverlag), 7-21 [In Georgian, resume in German].