Core Project Team

Stephen Jones (Project Director): Former Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Harvard University; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University

Salome Tsereteli-Stephens (Project Advisor): President, Georgian Association in the USA

Eka Imerlishvili: Secretary, Georgian Association in the USA

Svetlana Rukhelman (Library Consultant): Librarian for the Davis Center Collection, Fung Library, Harvard University

Nini Sikharulidze (Research Assistant): Harvard College Student (2021-2025)

Natia Chankvetadze: Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Harvard University 

Allison Hart: Coordinator, Program on Georgian Studies, Harvard University 

Project Contributors 

Julian Gonzales-Poirier (Innovation Fellow, Program on Georgian Studies: A.M Candidate in Regional Studies-Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia (REECA); Harvard University (AY 2024-25)

Tessa Conrardy (Innovation Fellow, Program on Georgian Studies): A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia (REECA); Harvard University (AY 2023-24)

Yipeng Zhou (Research Fellow): Coordinator, Imperiia Project, Harvard University (AY 2023-23)

Nana Khvedeliani (Digitization Expert): Librarian, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia

Maia Araviashvili (Researcher): Assistant Professor, Ilia State University

Leora Eisenberg (Research Assistant): Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University

Ketevan Sartania (Research Assistant): Researcher, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA)

Sponsors & Partners

This project is made possible through funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and support from the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

Special acknowledgements to the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, VOA Broadcasting in Georgian, and the Georgian Association in the United States for generously providing materials and information that are crucial to this project.