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Irakli Iremadze

Contact

irakli.iremadze@iliauni.edu.ge

Biography

Irakli Iremadze was born in Khulo, Georgia, in 1992. He received a BA and MA in Political Science and a PhD in History from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. He is a visiting lecturer on Modern Georgian History at Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia) and serves as the executive director of the Caucasian House (NGO). From 2015 to 2019, he headed the Research Center for the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) at Tbilisi State University. Iremadze has coordinated several scientific projects focusing on Modern Georgian History and is the author of various scholarly and popular works. He is a founding member of “Movement for Social Democracy” in Georgia and is a board member of a leftist think tank - “Progressive Forum of Georgia”.

Research Interests

Iremadze's research interests include the social policy of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921), as well as the history of the Georgian Social Democratic Party and the Georgian Trade Union movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. His doctoral thesis examined the social policy of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (which was the first country in Europe led by Social Democrats). He has coordinated various projects that focus on researching the history of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, the Georgian Social Democratic Party, and labor movements.

Publications

  • Iremadze, Irakli. "Establishment of Universal Primary Education System in the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921).” Yerevan: Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies, 2024. pp. 41-62. (Eng). Link
  • Iremadze, Irakli, Gabriel Chubinidze, and Ketevan Sartania. "Labor History in Georgia." Tbilisi: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Georgia Office), Caucasian House, 2024. (Geo).
  • Iremadze, Irakli, Lela Gaprindashvili, and Gabriel Chubinidze. "The Beginnings of Progressivism: A Brief History of Georgian Social Democracy." Tbilisi: Progressive Forum of Georgia, 2024. (Geo). Link
  • Iremadze, Irakli. "Agrarian Reform in the Democratic Republic of Georgia." Tbilisi: Scientia-Scholarly Journal, No. 4, 2023. pp. 31-63. (Eng). Link
  • Iremadze, Irakli. "Die Demokratische Republik Georgien (1918-1921) – Ein Modell des europäischen Sozialstaates?" In Luka Nakhutsrishvili (Ed.), "Georgien, neu buchstabiert: Politik und Kultur eines Landes auf dem Weg nach Europa." Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2018, pp. 63-75. (Germ.). Link