Kartvelian studies

The Kartvelian studies (ქართველოლოგია) also referred as Kartvelology or Georgian studies is a field of humanities covering the history, languages, religion and/or culture of Georgia and the Georgian people.

In a narrower sense, the term usually refers to the research activities conducted on these problems outside Georgia.

Georgian scholars

 * Prince Teimuraz of Georgia (1782–1846)
 * David Chubinashvili (1814–1891)
 * Alexander Khakhanov (1864–1912)
 * Ivane Javakhishvili (1876–1940)
 * Korneli Kekelidze (1879–1962)
 * Ilia Abuladze (1901–1968)
 * Simon Kaukhchishvili (1895–1981)
 * Giorgi Melikishvili (1918–2002)
 * Irine Melikishvili (1943–2013)
 * Georges Charachidzé (1930–2010)
 * Merab Chukhua (born 1964)

International scholars

 * Jacob Georg Christian Adler (1756-1834)
 * Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802–1880)
 * Arthur Leist (1852–1927)
 * John Oliver Wardrop (1864–1948)
 * Marjory Wardrop (1869–1909)
 * Robert Pierpont Blake (1886–1950)
 * Gerhard Deeters (1892–1961)
 * Georges Dumézil (1898–1986)
 * William Edward David Allen (1901–1973)
 * Hans Vogt (1909–1986)
 * Gertrud Pätsch (1910-1994)
 * Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997)
 * Gérard Garitte (1914–1992)
 * David Marshall Lang (1924–1991)
 * Georgi Klimov (1928–1997)
 * Michel Van Esbroeck (1934–2003)
 * Heinz Fähnrich (born 1941)
 * Kevin Tuite (born 1954)
 * Donald Rayfield
 * Brian George Hewitt (born 1949)
 * Stephen H. Rapp
 * Stephen F. Jones
 * Constantine B. Lerner
 * Mine Kadiroğlu
 * Luigi Magarotto
 * Bernard Outtier
 * Farshid Delshad (born 1972)
 * Jost Gippert
 * Roland Bielmeier (1943-2013)
 * Michael Job
 * Katharine Vivian (1917–2010)
 * Hirotake Maeda
 * Hayate Sotome
 * Václav A. Černý

Periodicals

 * Bedi Kartlisa. Revue de Kartvélologie
 * Georgica
 * Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes