AKNWOLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks to:

Minister Inga SHAMILISHVILI, Adjara Autonomous Republic Ministry of, Education, Culture and Sport;   

Nazibrola BERIDZE-GABAIDZE, Head of the Education Department, Adjara Autonomous Republic Ministry of, Education, Culture and Sport;  

Edith CLOWES, Brown-Forman Chair in the Humanities and professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Virginia, for ardent and valuable consultations on the co-organizing issues,    whose inspiration from the very iniciation of the conference is very much appreciated;

Nino NAKASHIDZE, Adjara Autonomous Republic Ministry of, Education, Culture and Sport;   

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, all the coleagues, whose contribution was immense to the success of the conference, and whose support made possible the present volume.