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In Memoriam
Vakhtang Chikovani (1948-2025)
Professor Vakhtang Chikovani was an Ethnologist/Cultural Anthropologist and a journalist, born in the country of Georgia. For several years, he was the Head of the Department of the Ethnology of the Caucasus at the Institute of History and Ethnology, Georgian National Academy of Science.
Throughout his career in Georgia, from 1970s to 1995, he taught various courses in anthropology, directed many ethnographic expeditions, and conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the different regions of the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, and Turkey.
After emigrating to the United States in 1995, he continued his research and studies and published several articles and books in Georgian as well as in English. He advised many Ph.D. students who wrote their dissertations about the history of Georgia and the Georgian language and anthropology. He taught the Georgian Language course from 2003 to 2009 at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Berkeley.
Above all, Vakhang Chikovani was the kindest person and a true gentleman. He was an exceptional husband, the most loving father, and the greatest human being. He will be truly missed by his colleagues and friends and his loved ones.