Historisches Institut

Team Historisches Institut

Lebenslauf

06/2020 – Present                     PhD Candidate, Institute of History, Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
08/2019 – 07/2020 PhD Candidate, Doctorate of Philosophy, Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
09/2016 – 02/2018 M.A. in Geopolitics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
09/2013 – 07/2015 M.A. in Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
CV, Stand Januar 2024 (PDF, 161KB)

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • East European History
  • Memory Studies
  • Oral History
  • Sociology of Religion
  • Dealing with the Past​

Forschungsprojekte

  • PhD. candidate Tamar Demurishvili works on her doctoral thesis “Religion, Religiosity and Nostalgia in (Post-)Soviet Georgia: from the 1960s to the present” at the University of Bern. In her doctorate she analyses religion and religiosity as part of the everyday, cultural, and political life of the (Post-)Soviet Georgia. For her research Ms. Demurishvili records oral history interviews with different target groups in the capital Tbilisi and regions in Georgia. Her interdisciplinary approach connects historical research with the field of memory studies.

  • Furthermore, Ms. Demurishvili has an expertise in conducting oral history interviews with the eyewitnesses of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, with ex-decision makers and political leaders. Currently, Ms. Demurishvili works as a consultant for the Conciliation Resources.