Caroline Adams Essay Prize
This annual prize of £500 was set up by Terry & Caroline Adams. It is open to Georgian scholars for an essay on any topic in the humanities with relevance to Georgia and showing a strong interaction with non-Georgian academic research.
- Max length 5000 words, in English
- Preference given to scholars under 40.
- Material not previously published in English
- Winning essay to be published on the FaRiG website, with the scholar encouraged to publish it in an academic publication.
Past Winners...
2023
- Natia Ebanoidze on Understanding Merab Abramishvili’s Artistic Paradigm.
2022
No award made
2021
- Gabrieli Chubinidze on Autonomy of Abkhazia and Democratic Republic of Georgia.
2020
- Irakli Tezelashvili on Intercession Through a Dialogue: Depicting the Virgin Paraklesis in Medieval Georgia.
- Also, highly commended: Sopiko Kotrikadze on The Issue of Folklore in Modern Author’s Songs.
2019
- Tamar Khosroshvili on The Aspects of Identity in 19th and Early 20th Century Church Wall Paintings in Georgia (there is a separate page for Illustrations).
2018
No award made.
2017
No award made.
2016
- Giorgi Amiranashvili on Workers with Disabilities in Georgia - the Current Situation and Perspectives
2015
No award made.
2014
- Natia Natsvlishvili, Struggling For Identity: Georgian Catholics and their Monastery in Istanbul.
2013
- Giorgi Papashvili, "Niko Pirosmanashvili’s Picture Language and Photography".
- Ekaterine Gedevanishvili, "The Symbolic Interpretation of St Nicholas’s Church at Gelati Monastery"