The 4th International Conference "Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space: Inter-Reflections of Translation and Literature" will be held at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia) on 29–30 September 2026. The conference brings together scholars in literary studies, translation studies, comparative literature, digital humanities, and Black Sea regional research. 

Scientific Council

1. Khatuna Beridze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia 

2. Bela Tsipuria, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

3. Yordan Lyutskanov, Institute of Literature, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

4. Mzago Dokhturishvili, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia 

5. Alexis Nuselovici (Nouss), Aix-Marseille University, France

6. Monica Vlad, Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania

7. Eyüp Özveren, Ankara Technical University, Türkiye

8. Hayate Sotome, University of Tsukuba, Japan

9. Susanna Witt, Stockholm University, Sweden  

10. Teona Beridze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia

11. Gül Mükerrem Öztürk, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Türkiye

12.  Lada Kolomiyets, visiting professor at Dartmouth College (Ukraine, USA)

13. Tamar Siradze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia

14. Marine Giorgadze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia

15. Ramaz Khalvashi, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia

Organizers:

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University;

Ministry of Education and Sports, Ajara Autonomous Republic; 

Translation and Interdisciplinary Research Centre at BSU Faculty of Humanities;

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University’s UNESCO Chair on Internationalization of Higher Education through Interdisciplinary Research and Development;

Co-organizers: Association Transpontica Sofia, directed by Assoc. Professor Yordan Lyutskanov, Institute of Literature, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

The previous conferences included:

25-27 October, 2018. Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space (I); https://blacksea.iliauni.edu.ge/en/ - held at Ilia State University, Georgia;

30 March – 1 April 2020. Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space (II): peoples and communities. https://www.bas.bg/?tribe_events=25923&lang=en held online at Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski,” Bulgaria.

20-21 November, 2025. The Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space (III): Ruins (Ancient and Modern) and Mobilities, held at Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania.

https://sites.utexas.edu/creees/2025/06/05/cfp-the-black-sea-as-a-literary-and-cultural-space-university-of-constanta-romania/

Topical conferences also included:

5-6 October 2018: “East European Multicultural Space"  at Batumi State University, Georgia; https://bsu.edu.ge/sub-41/page/2-246/index.html?lang=en ; https://www.bsu.edu.ge/main/page/10932/index.html

29-30 March, 2024: “Re-envisioning the Black Sea in Literature and Historiography: Backwater or oikoumenē?” held at Virginia University, US;

https://classics.as.virginia.edu/symposium-re-envisioning-black-sea-literature-and-historiography