Name: 26th International Annual Conference on American Studies
Start: 2026-05-28T11:00:00+04:00
Location: Tbilisi State University

26th International Annual Conference on American Studies
Deadline for submissions:
April 29, 2026
full name / name of organization:
Elene Medzmariashvili/Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
contact email:
[email protected]
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia will host a three-day international annual multidisciplinary conference on American studies. The conference commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The topic of the conference is: “American Democracy: Achievements and Problems”. It is organized by the Institute of American Studies at TSU and Georgian Association for American Studies.
The conference will be held at TSU (1 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenew, Tbilisi, Georgia) on May 28-30, 2026.
Individual as well as fully-formed panel proposals are welcomed on any subject in American Studies. Proposals for individual papers should be 250 words maximum, including the paper title, the speaker’s name and academic affiliation (if applicable). To propose a panel, the panel chair should submit a 300-word abstract on the panel as a whole that includes the names, academic affiliations, and email addresses of all participants; the title of the panel as well as the titles of each individual contribution; and the name and affiliation of the panel chair. Panel proposals should also include a 250-word abstract for each constituent paper. Please note that panels should have a maximum of four speakers.
The event will be held on-site.
All proposals should be sent to Prof. Elene Medzmariashvili at: [email protected] no later than the 29th of April, 2026. Accepted speakers will be notified no later than May 4, 2026.
Please note the following:
Conference working languages will be English and Georgian;
Time Limit for:
Keynote Speakers - 50 minutes
Panelists - 15 minutes
Discussions - 5 minutes
Equipment for the projection of PowerPoint presentations will be available upon request.
Registration is free.
The conference participants will be requested to submit their revised manuscripts within three months after the end of the conference. All submissions should be in English and will go through a double-blind peer review process. Selected papers will be published in the Georgian Journal of American Studies.