Tsotne Tchanturia is a PhD in Political Science (Corvinus University of Budapest), Master of European Studies from the European University of Flensburg, and Bachelor of Political Sciences from Tbilisi State University. He has gained practical experience in scientific research institutions, higher education institutions, and secondary schools, holding positions as a researcher and lecturer/teacher. From 2015 to 2018, he served as a research coordinator at the Cold War History Research Center in Budapest and continues to collaborate with the center remotely. Since 2019, he has been invited as a lecturer at various higher educational institutions including GIPA, Caucasus University, and the University of Georgia. Additionally, he serves as a guest teacher at the British-Georgian school in Tbilisi.
Courses:
- Introduction to philosophy;
- History of diplomacy;
- History of world civilization;
- Cold War history;
- International organizations and integration processes;
- History of Georgia;
- Germany in the interwar period: formation of dictatorship;
- Russia from tsarist authoritarianism to communist dictatorship (1905-1924).
Research and Publications:
Tchanturia, T. (2021): Structural and Conjunctural Factors of Gorbachev’s Concessionary Policies vis-à-vis East Central Europe and the Baltic Republics. PhD thesis, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem: https://phd.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1208/
ჭანტურია, ც. (2021): კრემლის ბუფერული სისტემა ცივი ომის დროინდელ ევროპაში: რა ცვლილებებია დღევანდელი მდგომარეობით და რა არჩევანის წინაშე დგანან „აღმოსავლეთ პარტნიორობის“ ქვეყნები? ნაწილი 1. რუსეთის კვლევის ცენტრი: https://www.crs.ge/en/critique-geo/tsotne-chanturia-02
ჭანტურია, ც. (2021): გორბაჩოვის ფონდის საარქივო მასალების კვლევისათვის. რუსეთის კვლევის ცენტრი: https://www.crs.ge/critique-geo/tstotne-chanturia-01
Tchanturia, T. (2019): In Search for the Post-Cold War Modus Vivendi in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe, Brolly – Journal of Social Sciences 2(3): 91-107
Tchanturia, T. (2019): The Nationality Politics of 1989 in the Soviet Union according to the Gorbachev Foundation archives, Köz-gazdaság - Review of Economic Theory and Policy 14(3): 136-149
Bekés, C. – Kalmár, M. (eds.) – Tchanturia, T. (assist. ed.) et al. (2019): Students of the Cold War: New Findings and Interpretations, Budapest: Corvinus University of Budapest / Komáromi Printing and Publishing LTD.
Bekés, C. (ed.) – Tchanturia, T. – Puga, V. (assist. eds.) et al. (2019): The Bibliography of New Cold War History: Third enlarged edition, Budapest: Cold War History Research Center.
Tchanturia, T. – Puga, V. (2018): Media and Internal Security beyond the Liberal Narrative: The cases of Ecuador and Georgia, Davit Aghmashenebeli National Defense Academy Proceedings 7(1): 96-108
Research interests:
Cold War history; Détente; the German new Ostpolitik; the Gorbachev period; disintegration of the Soviet Union; consolidation of authoritarian regimes; Central and Eastern Europe.
