Memory and Disinformation Studies

26 June 2023

International conference - "New Frontiers: The South Caucasus Amidst New Challenges"

On June 22-23, 2023, the 9th annual conference of the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) - "New Frontiers: The South Caucasus Amidst New Challenges" was held.

10 June 2023

International Conference - Ambivalences of the Soviet

On June 7-9, 2023, the conference "Ambivalences of the Soviet" was held as part of the cooperation between the Germany/Austria-based research network "Ambivalences of the Soviet: Diaspora Nationalities between Collective Experiences of Discrimination and Individual Normalization, 1953-2023" and Ilia State University.

7 June 2023

IDFI held a presentation of the study

On June 6, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) held a presentation of the study - "Russian Capital and Russian Connections in Georgian Business" within the framework of the conference organized by the "Information Integrity Coalition" and presented the main findings of the study.

6 June 2023

Russian capital and Russian connections in Georgian business

1 June 2023

The title of National Hero for the members of the “Military Center” executed in 1923

On May 26, 2023, the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, announced the initiative to award the title of National Hero of Georgia to the members of the "Military Center of Georgia" who were shot in 1923.

17 May 2023

Spring Semester of the Academic and Certificate Program - Disinformation and Propaganda Studies

Spring semester of academic program - Disinformation and Propaganda Studies: History, Theories and Ways of Debunking continues. The educational program is jointly organised by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG).

10 May 2023

Soviet Roots of Anti-Western Propaganda

On May 4, 2023, at a meeting organized by the Telegram channel "О стране и мире", Anton Vatcharadze, the head of the Memory and Disinformation Research Department of the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), spoke about the study "Soviet Roots of Anti-Western Propaganda”.

27 March 2023

A presentation of the website www.gorimaps.ge was held for teachers in Gori

On March 24, 2023, the website www.gorimaps.ge was presented to teachers living in the city of Gori and Gori district at the Art House in Gori as part of the "Discover Gori" project.

22 March 2023

International Conference - On the Bridge of Memory

On March 17-19, 2023, Anton Vatcharadze, Memory and Disinformation studies direction head at the Institute for Development of Freedom of information attended the "On the Bridge of Memory" conference organized by Esimde, an international memory research organization, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

1 March 2023

The IDFI recently organized a public lecture and a film screening as part of the week commemorating the Soviet occupation

From February 22nd to 24th, 2023, IDFI hosted a public lecture titled "Soviet Occupation and Its Impact on Georgia's Memory", as well as a screening of the film "Cemetery of the Shot Dead in Batumi" by Radio Liberty. These events were held as part of the week commemorating the Soviet occupation.