DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: February 7, 1964, Tbilisi (Capital of the Republic of Georgia).

NATIONALITY: Georgian.

AREA OF INTEREST:

History of Georgia and the Caucasus, Source Studies of the history of Georgia and the Caucasus, history of the Intercultural Relations of the Caucasian Nations, history of the Iberian-Caucasian civilization, the Rights of Scholars, Geopolitics of Georgia and the Caucasus, the Rights of the Nations, journalistic (publicistic), protection of the Georgian Cultural Heritage.

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:

November 15, 2006 - Present - Senior Research Fellow of the Georgian National Museum - Scientific Co-ordinator of the Museum of the Soviet Occupation (Tbilisi).
July 27, 2008 - Present - Member of the Council - Head of the Department of Humanities of the Georgian National Section of Euroscience (ESGNS, Tbilisi).

PAST APPOINTMENTS:

1981-1986 - Student of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University (TSU).
1986-1989 - Post-Graduate Student of the Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology, Tbilisi.
1989-1995 - Research Fellow of the Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology, Tbilisi.
1991-1995 - Co-founder and Own Correspondent of the Independent Newspaper "Tavisupali Sakartvelo" ("Free Georgia"), Tbilisi.
1991 - Political Reviewer of the Radio-station "Tavisupali Sakartvelo" (Tbilisi).
1991-1997 - Member of the Governing Board and Press-Secretary of the Georgian Helsinki Union (GHU).
1995-2003 - Editor-in-Chief of the Independent Information-Analytical Bulletin "Adamianis Uplebebi" ("Human Rights"), Tbilisi.
1997-2000 - President of the Georgian National Section of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR-IGFM).
1998-2001 - Executive Secretary of the Georgian National Section of EUROSCIENCE (European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology), Tbilisi.
1998-2004 - Chairman of the International Association "CAUCASUS: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics" (IACERHRG), Tbilisi.
2001-2006 - Chairman of the Georgian National Section of EUROSCIENCE.
2004-2006 - Senior Research Fellow of the Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology, Tbilisi.

EDUCATION:

1986 - M.Sci. in History (Department of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University, Diploma with Honours).
1990 - Ph.D. in History (The Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology, Tbilisi).
2006 - Doctor of Historical Sciences (Dr.Habil., The Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology).

MEMBERSHIP:

Dr. Urushadze is a Fellow of the:
International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR, USA),
World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS, USA),
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (RAS);
a Honorary Fellow of the Australian-Asian Institute of Civil Leadership (AAICL, Australia);
a Member of the:
Georgian Ekvtime Takaishvili Society of History and Ethnography,
"History under Debate" Network (HuD, Spain),
International Advisory Board of the Free World Academy (FWA, France),
Advisory Board of the "Dictionary of Georgian National Biography" (DGNB),
EUROSCIENCE (A European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology, France),
Scientific and Technical Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences of the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET),
Oxford Round Table (UK),
Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS, USA),
International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR, USA),
Division of History of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (DHST/IUHPS, Italy),
Committee of Genealogy of the American Library Association (ALA),
Medieval Reading Group at the Cambridge University (UK).

Dr. Urushadze is Honorary Chairman of the Georgian National Section of Euroscience (ESGNS).

Dr. Urushadze is a Co-Founder of the Museum of the Soviet Occupation of the Georgian National Museum (May 26, 2006).

Dr. Urushadze is a Nobleman (Aznauri), descendant of David II Bagrationi, King of Imereti (Western Georgia) in 1783-1790.

HONOURS AND AWARDS:

Grant of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (1997). Dr. Urushadze is listed in the "Marquis Who's Who in the World".

LANGUAGES:

Georgian (native, fluent), Russian (fluent), German (good), English (writing, reading), Turkish (writing, reading).

2) The problems of the history of Georgia in the 20th century Turkish historiography. Edited by Prof. Dr. Giuli Alasania, Tbilisi, Publishing House "Metsniereba", 1994, 215 pp. (In Georgian, Summary in English), ISBN 5-520-01317-9;

3) Europe and the Georgian Political Emigration, edited by Prof. Dr. Giuli Alasania, Publishing House "Ena da Kultura", Tbilisi, 2005, 95 pp. (In Georgian, English summary), ISBN 99940-23-20-8;

4) The notion of a Nation and some questions of the Self-determination of the Nations (Peoples), edited by Prof. Dr. Giuli Alasania, Publishing House "Ena da Kultura", Tbilisi, 2005, 40 pp. (In Georgian, English summary), ISBN 99940-23-50-0.

5) Some Questions of the History of Georgia and the Caucasus in the Georgian Emigrant Literature, edited by Prof. Dr. Giuli Alasania, Publishing House "Ena da Kultura", Tbilisi, 2005, 115 pp. (In Georgian, English summary), ISBN 99940-23-92-6.

Dr. Urushadze is author of about 300 journalistic papers also.

L I N K S:

The International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR)
The World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Georgian National Museum
Georgian National Section of Euroscience (ESGNS)
Euroscience
The Museum of the Soviet Occupation
The "Wall Street Journal" about the Museum of the Soviet Occupation
The Australian-Asian Institute of Civil Leadership (AAICL)
The "History under Debate" Network (HuD)
Dictionary of Georgian National Biography (DGNB)
Free World Academy (FWA)
Oxford Round Table

ELECTRONIC ARTICLES:

KARTULI IDEA - THE GEORGIAN IDEA (About the History of the National-Liberation Movement of Georgia)
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE BAGRATIONI ROYAL DYNASTY OF GEORGIA
Memorial Page of the President Zviad K. Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA (1918-1921)