Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Staatsbürgerschaft an der Grenze. Die georgischsprachigen Ingiloer in Aserbaidschan. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2023.
Dr. Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne
History Department
Research Associate
Research Associate
- Description
- Publications
- Curriculum vitae
- Teachings
Description
Nino Aivazishvili Gehne studied history at Ivane Javakhishvili State University in Tbilisi and received her doctorate in Social Anthropology from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2015 (followed by the award of her PhD in 2017). From 2008 to 2015, Aivazishvili-Gehne was an associate researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale). From 2018 to 2020, she was a lecturer at the Ruhr University Bochum, where she taught BA and MA courses in political anthropology, anthropology of borders, citizenship, and ethnographic fieldwork methods. From March 2021 to 2024, Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne was a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) at the University of Vienna. As part of the recently completed joint project, “Ambivalences of the Soviet”, based at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne wrote the book “In Search of the Good Life. Post-Soviet Communities in Osnabrück”. The book is expected to be published by transcript Verlag in September 2024.
Her research focuses on: Political anthropology, anthropology of borders, ethnicity, citizenship, migration research in Germany and migrants from the former USSR, post-socialist transformations and nationality politics in the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet space and the South Caucasus.
Publications
Publikationen
Monographs
Edited Volumes and Special Issues
Jašina-Schäfer, Alina/Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino (Hrsg.): Migration, Post-Socialism, and Diasporic Experiences. Fragmented Lives, Entangled Worlds [Migration, Postsozialismus und Diaspora-Erfahrungen. Fragmentierte Leben, verflochtene Welten]. Oldenburg: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024 (Special Issue/Journal for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe). (Open Access)
DOI: 10.1515/9783111369204
Journal Articles
Jašina-Schäfer, Alina/Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Introduction: Navigating Migration, Post-Socialism, and Diasporic Experiences. Fragmented Lives, Entangled Worlds [Migration, Postsozialismus und Diaspora-Erfahrungen. Fragmentierte Leben, verflochtene Welten]. In: Journal für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa (JKGE) / Journal for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe, 5, 2024, S. 1-16. (Journal with Impact Factor, Refereed Journal, Open Access)
DOI: 10.1515/9783111369204-001
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Hoping for Others: Entangled Emotional States of "Russian Germans" and the Multifaceted Aspects of "Successful" Migration. In: Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung / Journal of Migration Studies (ZFM), 3, 2, 2023, S. 83-104. (Journal with Impact Factor, Refereed Journal, Open Access)
DOI: 10.48439/zmf.186
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: "Multiple Vertrautheit" - Plädoyer für die Einführung eines neuen Begriffs: "Russlanddeutsche" in Deutschland. In: Paideuma. Zeitschrift für Kulturanthropologische Forschung, 68, 2022, S. 149–165. (Journal with Impact Factor, Refereed Journal, Open Access)
More about the publication
DOI: 10.21248/paideuma.111
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Der Staat ist der Präsident. In: Paideuma. Zeitschrift für Kulturanthropologische Forschung, 64, 2018, S. 8-27. (Journal with Impact Factor, Refereed Journal, Open Access)
More about the publication
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Tales of the “Good Neighborhood”: Post-Soviet Immigrants in a German City. In: Templin, David (Hrsg.): Arrival Neighborhoods in Europe since the mid-19th Century Migrations, Cities, Infrastructures. New York: Routledge, 2024.
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Verschiedene Wissensarten über Flucht und Migration in Deutschland. Autoethnographische Beobachtungen. In: Delić, Aida/Kourtis, Ioannis/Kytidoy, Sabrina u.a. (Hrsg.): Globale Zusammenhänge, lokale Deutungen: Kritische Positionierungen zu wissenschaftlichen und medialen Diskursen im Kontext von Flucht und Asyl. Wiesbaden: Springer VS., 2022, S. 309-321.
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Experiencing the Border, Encountering the States: The Ingiloy at the Azerbaijani-Georgian Borderland. In: Von Löwes, Sabine/Eschment, Beate (Hrsg.): Post-Soviet Borders. A Caleidoscope of Shifting Lives and Lands. London and New York: Routledge, 2022, S. 119-135.
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Wie erforscht man die Zugehörigkeit? - Umgang mit der Vielfalt vorhandener Kategorien. Georgischsprachige Ingiloer in Aserbaidschan. In: Leonty, Haliyna/Schulz, Miklas/Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino (Hrsg.): Ethnographie und Diversität. Wissensproduktion an den Grenzen und die Grenzen der Wissensproduktion. Wiesbaden: Springer, 2020, S. 261-285.
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: The Power of the Shrine and Creative Performances in Ingiloy Sacred Rituals. In: Darieva, Tsypylma/Mühlfried, Florian/Tuite, Kevin (Hrsg.): Sacred Places, Emerging Spaces: Religious Pluralism in the post-Soviet Caucasus. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2018, S. 113-132.
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Ingiloy-Ingiloi: the Ethnicity and Identity of a Minority in Azerbaijan. In: Khutsishvili, Ketevan/Voell, Stéphane (Hrsg.): Caucasus Conflict Culture. Anthropological Perspectives on Times of Crisis. Marburg/Lahn: Curupira, 2013, S. S. 273-280.
Yalçın-Heckmann, Lale/Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Scales of Trade, Informal Economy and Citizenship at Georgian-Azerbaijani Borderlands. In: Bruns, Bettina/Miggelbrink, Judith (Hrsg.): Subverting Borders. Doing Research on Smuggling and Small-Scale Trade. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2012, S. 193-212.
Discussion Papers
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: The Schinkel Street Market as a multifunctional place in Osnabrück (Germany): nostalgia and political performance in the pandemic. In: Working Paper Series on Informal Markets and Trade, 13 2023. (Open Access)
More about the publication
DOI: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-619270
Other Publications
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Wie der Krieg gegen die Ukraine die postsozialistische Produktpalette in Deutschland verändert. Blog-Beitrag, 2024. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Postsowjetische orthodoxe Konflikte. Kriege und Heilige. Blog-Beitrag, 2024. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivzishvili-Gehne, Nino: Drei Leben des Denkmals für "Gefallene Helden der Freiheit": Gedanken bei einem Besuch in Tbilissi. Blog-Beitrag, 2022. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Die Geschichte darüber, wie der Antrag für mein aktuelles Projekt seinen Weg fand. Blog-Beitrag, 2022. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: The Unseen Suffering Beyond Europe: The "Other Victims" of Russia’s Power Games. Blog-Beitrag, 2022. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino/Jašina-Schäfer, Alina/Panagiotidis, Jannis: Conflict, commitment and fear. Post-Soviet migrants in Germany and war in Ukraine. Blog-Beitrag, 2022. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: My déjà-vu of the war and my fieldwork in Germany. Blog-Beitrag, 2022. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Was bedeutet, "teilnehmend zu beobachten"? Gedankenflug über den Wert der Geschichten, die wir im Feld erfahren. Blog-Beitrag, 2022. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Tamta, Khalvashi/Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: The Pandemic (Day)dreams. In: Entanglements, 4(1) 2021, S. 207-213. 2021. (Open Access)
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Post-socialist Life of Things: Ein Bär namens "Kukuri". Blog-Beitrag, 2021. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Sensing the Field during the Pandemic. Blog-Beitrag, 2021. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Aivazishvili-Gehne, Nino: Mein (Post-) Sovietisches Gepäck. Eine Ethnographische Beobachtung. Blog-Beitrag, 2021. (Open Access)
More about the publication
Curriculum vitae
Professional Career
-
Researcher at the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET), at the University of Vienna, 03/2021–03/2024
-
Invited researcher at the Institute for Social and Cultural Research at Ilia State University, since 2021
-
Member of the International Advisory Board for the PhD and MA programs in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University, since 2020
-
Lecturer, Ruhr University Bochum, 2018–2020
-
Research Fellow, University of Applied Sciences Bochum, Department of Community Health, 2019–2020
-
AIM [Akademie Integration Migration] Bildung e.V., German Language Instructor, 02/2016–05/2016
-
Social Worker, Integration Agency AWO Wuppertal e.V., 08/2015–02/2016
-
Ethnographic Fieldwork in Azerbaijan and Georgia, 2009–2010
-
Research Fellow, Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006–2007
-
Research Assistant, Max-Planck-Institute of Social Anthropology, project “Citizenship in Motion: The Politics of Belonging in Post-Soviet Georgia”, 2006–2007
-
History Teacher, General Public School No.196, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2004–2006
-
History Teacher, Private “Authors School Tbilisi”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2003–2004
Education
- Defense of dissertation; Magna cum laude, Martin Luther University Halle/Wittenberg, 03/2015
-
Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle/Wittenberg, Associated Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), 2008 – 2015
-
Master’s Degree in History, Ivane Javakhishvili State University Tbilisi, Faculty of History, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2003 – 2005
-
Bachelor’s degree in History, Teacher of History, Ivane Javakhishvili State University Tbilisi, Faculty of History, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1999 – 2003
Fellowships and Awards
-
University Teaching Award “5x 5000” in eLearning (with Seda Sönmetztürk), project title: “Campus in Focus, Fieldwork after the Lockdown”, 2020
-
Publication Grant, Gerda Henkel Foundation, 2017
-
Research Assistantship (RA) for International PhD Students, International Graduate Academy (InGrA), Martin Luther University Halle/Wittenberg, 04/2012 – 05/2012
-
PhD Grant, Gerda Henkel Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation: “Staatsbürgerschaft an der Grenze. Das Beispiel der georgischsprachigen Ingiloer in Aserbaidschan” [Citizenship at the Border: The Case of Georgian speaking Ingiloy in Azerbaijan], 10/2008 – 09/2011
-
Max Planck Research Scholarship, 10/2010 – 12/2010
-
DAAD Research Scholarship, Guest at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), 10/2007 – 01/2008
-
Summer School in Saint Petersburg for Young Historians, 08/2007
-
DAAD Scholarship, Intensive Language Course, 08/2002 – 09/2002
-
Student Conference Organization Grant, Tbilisi State University, “Social Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Anthropology. An Overlap of Interests and Perspective of Integration”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2002
-
Cultural Exchange Program. Biberach an der Riss, Germany, 2002
Teachings
Winter term 2020/21
- Campus im Fokus- Feldforschung nach dem Lockdown, Forschende Lehre ( MA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
Summer term 2020
- Das trügerische Präfix "Post": Postkolonialismus, Postmoderne, Postsozialismus, das Postmigrantische und die Ethnologie, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Techniken der Feldforschung, (MA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Rundreise durch die Ethnologie, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
Winter term 2019/20
- Ethnologie des Staates - Wie der Staat und seine Institutionen wahrgenommen werden, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Techniken der Feldforschung, (MA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Rundreise durch die Ethnologie, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
Summer term 2019
- "In Spiritus Sancti. Vom Rauschen und von Räuschen" Vorlesungsreihe Ethnologie an den Hochschulen des Ruhrgebiets, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Die Macht der sakralen Orte: soziale, kulturelle und politische Dimensionen von Pilgerschaften, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Techniken der Feldforschung, (MA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Rundreise durch die Ethnologie, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
Winter term 2018/19
- Grenzen erleben, Staaten begegnen. Ethnologische Beiträge über die Herausforderungen der Migration, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Techniken der Feldforschung, (MA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Rundreise durch die Ethnologie, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum
Summer term 2018
- Ethnologische Perspektiven auf Staatsbürgerschaft, Identität und Zugehörigkeit, (BA Kursus), Ruhr Universität Bochum