Faculty of Humanities

Department of History, Archaeology and Ethnology

Bsu
Nana Khakhutaishvili
Academic position: Professor
Faculty of Humanities, Department of History, Archaeology and Ethnology
Personal information
E-mail: nana.khakhutaishvili@bsu.edu.ge
            
Education
  • 25.10.1999 -  Awarded the scientific and pedagogical title of Associate Professor in the specialty 07.00.01 History of Georgia, Specialty - 07.00.01, History of Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • 22.05.1987 -  Candidate of Historical Sciences, Humanities sciences, History 07.00.02, Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of Georgian Academy of Sciences
  • 14.07.1979 -  Historian, teacher of history and social studies, History - 07.00.02, Tbilisi State University
Field of scientific interests
History; History of Georgia; Issues of the history of the South-west Georgia in the Early Iron Age; Issues of ancient iron metallurgy; Source studies of the history of Georgia.
Work experience
  • 19.09.2007 - till today Head of Publishing House of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.
  • 16.09.2019 - 16.09.2025 professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Department of History, Archaeology and Etnology
  • 10.06.2019 - 10.06.2019 BSU Associate Professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 01.09.2006 - 16.09.2019 Associate Professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Department of History, Archeology and Ethnology.
  • 01.03.2006 - 19.09.2007 Head of Postgraduate and Doctoral Department;, Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 15.08.2005 - 01.03.2006 Head of Department of Student Services and Public Relations;, Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 29.04.1998 - 01.09.2006 Docent of the Department of History, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 01.09.1993 - 29.04.1998 Department of History, Teacher , Batumi State University
  • 01.03.1989 - 03.01.2011 Senior Researcher, Niko Berdzenishvili Scientific Research Institut
  • 01.04.1988 - 01.03.1989 Researcher, Batumi Scientific Research Institute
  • 01.07.1979 - 01.04.1988 Junior researcher, Batumi Scientific Research Institute
Published scientific works
  • Ancient metal production in Chorokhi basin in the vicinity of Apsaros fortress 
    ŚWIATOWIT, Supplement Series C: Pontica et Caucasica, Chrysomallos Polish Archaeologists in the Black Sea Region, vol. IV, 2024, 49-70 (Co-author(s): Shota Mamuladze)
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    , XII, 2023, 130-154 (Co-author(s): )

  • , 1, 2023, 7-12 (Co-author(s): )
  • COLCHIS – THE ANCIENT CENTER OF IRON METALLURGY 
    Tyragetia, Seria Noua, 171, 171vol. XVI [XXXI], nr. 1, 2022, 171-178 (Co-author(s): Revaz Papuashvili, Guram Chkhatarashvili)
  • To the Origins of Iron Production in Colchis (2nd half of the II millennium BC – 1st half of the I millennium BC )  
    BULLETIN OF THE GEORGIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, vol.15, N3, 2021, 127-136 (Co-author(s): R. Papuashvili, G. Chkhatarashvili)
  • Colchis – the ancient cradle of Iron Metallurgy  
    Conferirinta Stiintifica Internacionala, Istorie, Arheologie, Muzeologie, A muzeului National De Istorie A Moldovei , editia a XXXI a, 2021, 43-44 (Co-author(s): R. Papuashvili, G. Chkhatarashvili)
Monograph
  • The traditions of oil work of Nobels in Georgia and the modem technologies of the oil industry 
    Publishing House "Sachino", ISBN 978-9941-33-193 , 2024, (Co-author(s): Nora Mamulaishvili, Nana Khakhutaishvili, Tea Khitarishvili)
  • Colchis - the ancient center of iron metallurgy (historical-interdisciplinary research) 
    Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Printing House-Favorite Style, ISBN 978-9941-488-87-0, 2024, (Co-author(s): Nana Khakhutaishvili, Revaz Papuashvili, Guram Chkhatarashvili, Emzar Kakhidze, Givi Inanishvili, Nodar Poporadze, Nathaniel Erb-Satullo, Brian Gilmour)
Participation in scientific events
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    , , 2024,
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    , , 2023, (Co-author(s): )
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    , , 2023, Georgia, Batumi
  • Colchis - ancient region of iron production 
    , , 2023, (Co-author(s): Brian J.J. Gilmour , Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo )
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    , , 2022, (Co-author(s): )
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    , , 2022, (Co-author(s): )
  • Urartu State and the Cultural-Historical Problems of the Peoples of the Eastern Black Sea Region  
    Sempozyum "URARTU AND BEYOND: IMPROVEMENT AND INTERACTION IN THE IRON AGE HIGHLANDS ", Van Museum , 2022, Turkey, Van (Co-author(s): Nugzar Mgeladze, Zaza Şaşikadze & Goderdzi Narimanişvili )
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    , , 2021, (Co-author(s): )
  • Colchis – the ancient cradle of iron metallurgy 
    CONFERINŢA ŞTIINŢIFICĂ INTERNAȚIONALĂ, Muzeul Național de Istorie a Moldovei, 2021, Moldova, Chişinău (Co-author(s): Revaz PAPUASHVILI, Guram CHKHATARASHVILI )
Research grant projects
Ongoing/Completed
  • 12.2023 - 05.2024 -  
    , project staff
  • 02.2020 - 02.2024 - Interdisciplinary Research of Colchian Early Iron Metallurgy 
    Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, Competition for State Scientific Grants for Fundamental Research , project manager
Other scientific activities
  • Conducting scientific seminars, 2024 
  • Reviewing/editing the monograph, 2024
  • Supervision of master`s theses, 2023 
  • Membership of the editorial board of scientific publications, 2023 
  • Participation in the organization of scientific events, 2022 
  • Other activity, 2022 
  • Reviewing a scientific paper, 2022
  • Supervision of doctoral theses, 2022 
  • Involvement of students in scientific conferences, 2021
  • Supervision of bachelor theses, 2021
  • Doctoral thesis review, 2021 
Internship, trainings, scholarship/award
Trainings
  • 12.06.2025 training "Internationalization of the: Joint Educational programmes - Double/Multiple Degree" (The training was conducted by higher education expert, Dr. Irina Darchia), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 26.04.2025 How to make scientific research even more internationalized: priorities, strategies, solutions, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 08.02.2022 - 11.02.2022 How to prepare educational programs for accreditation, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
  • 15.11.2017 Participation in EBSCO Databases and EDS trainings. In 2017. Irina Kreytsarova, EBSCO Regional Manager of Information Services - Central Asia and Europe, Batumi, Georgia
Scholarship/Award
  • 27.06.2017 - 30.06.2017 At the 2017 Student Scientific Conference, I was awarded a certificate for - "Excellent Paper Supervision.", Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University