15th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Tbilisi 4-8 May 2027
The International Congress on the Archeology of the Ancient Near East has been organized since 1998 by the scientific community of scholars working on and in the Near East. It is an exceptional forum for dialogue and scientific exchanges between all colleagues involved in the study of the Ancient Near East. For the first time in ICAANE history, it is being held outside Schengen Europe, coming to Georgia. From May 4 to 8 2027, the Fifteenth International Congress on the Archeology of the Ancient Near East will take place in Tbilisi. It is organized by the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and the Georgian National Museum.
15th ICAANE Organizing Committee
Dr. Jaba Samushia – Chair, Rector, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Dr. Erekle Astakhishvili – Tbilisi State University. (Co- Chair)
Dr. Stephen Batiuk – University of Toronto.
Dr. Zviad Gabisonia – Chair, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia
Dr. Natalia Handziuk – University of Toronto.
Dr. Zviad Kvitsiani – Tbilisi State University.
Dr. Vakhtang Licheli – Tbilisi State University. (Co- Chair)
Dr. David Lordkipanidze – Georgian National Museum.
Dr. Ekaterine Navrozashvili – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Dr. Konstantine Pitskhelauri – Tbilisi State University.
Dr. Ingolf Thuesen – University of Copenhagen.
Dr. Gvantsa Vachadze – Tbilisi State University.
15th ICAANE Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Osman Aytekin – Van Yüzüncü Yıl University.
Dr. Ruben Badalyan – Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography.
Dr. Stephen Batiuk – University of Toronto.
Dr. Giorgi Bedianishvili – Georgian National Museum.
Dr. Paolo Biagi – Venice University.
Dr. László Borhy – Eötvös Loránd University.
Dr. Pascal Butterlin – University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Dr. Jwana Chahoud – Univeristé Lumière Lyon 2.
Dr. Farhad Guliyev Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Dr. Sandra Hainsch – Innsbruck University.
Dr. Svend Hansen – Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
Dr. Zaur Hasanov- Institute of Archaeology of ANAS.
Dr. Tim Harrison – University of Chicago.
Dr. Walter Kuntner – Innsbruck University.
Dr. Vachtang Licheli – Tibilisi State University.
Dr. David Lordkipanidze – Georgian National Museum.
Dr. Nicolò Marchetti – University of Bologna.
Dr. Annegret Plontke-Luning- Jena University.
Dr. Ingolf Thuesen – University of Copenhagen.
Dr. Eberhard Zauer – Edinburg University.
The ICAANE International Committee
Dr. Pascal Butterlin – University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Dr Bleda Düring – University of Leiden.
Dr. Marian Feldman – Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Karin Kopetzky – Austrian Academy of Science.
Dr. Wendy Matthews – University of Reading.
Dr. Adelheid Otto – Ludwig Maximilian University.
Dr. Frances Pinnock – Sapienza University of Rome (Secretary General).
Dr. Ingolf Thuesen – University of Copenhagen (Chair).
Dr. Cristina Tonghini – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Honorary Members:
Manfred Bietak – Austrian Academy of Sciences
Hartmut Kühne – Free University of Berlin
Paolo Matthiae – Sapienza University of Rome
Diederik Meijer – University of Leiden
Alan Walmsley – University of Copenhagen
Irene Winter – Harvard University