Nino Kvirikadze is a Georgian literary scholar.
She holds a PhD in Philology and is an invited specialist in German Philology at Akaki Tsereteli State University.
Nino Kvirikadze’s scientific interests include:
German literature of the 19th century, German literature of the 20th century, theory and practice of translation, Intertextuality, structural-semantic analysis of literary texts, German Linguistics.
She is the author of over 70 scientific articles and the co-author of two textbooks.
a)2013 Irakli Tskhvediani, Lia Nozadze, Irina Shishinashvili, Nino Kvirikadze. Analysis of the literary text (Lecture course). Editor: Nanuli Kakauridze. Second edition. ISBN 978-9941-448-87-4. Kutaisi: ATSU Press; b) 2011 Author’s collective. History of the Western European Literature of the 1st Half of the 20th Century. Editor: Nanuli Kakauridze. ISBN 978-9941-432-25-5. Kutaisi: ATSU Press.
She is a member of several international professional organizations and associations: a) since 2001 Goethe Society in Weimar (Germany); b) since 2014 Thomas Mann Society Düsseldorf e.V. (Germany); c) GCLA Georgian Comparative Literature Association.
She holds several positions in peer-reviewed scientific journals with an impact factor:
Scholarly Journal “Language and Culture”. Scientific Papers. Chief Editor: Manana Mikadze. Foundation for Development of Art and Pedagogical Sciences. 2009 – 2024. Tbilisi: “Meridiani” Press, Kutaisi (member of Expert Review Board of the Journal, Head of the Board of Translators). Besides, she is a member of the Journal “Slavic Studies in a Foreign Environment”. № 3. Akaki Tsereteli State University, Department of Slavic Philology, full collective member of MAPRYAL. Кutaisi, 2013. ISSN 15112-09-53 (Editorial Board Member).
She has received several international grants:
a) October 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022 ErasmusPlusFunds grant (Doctorate) – Friedrich Schiller University, Germany; b) November 1, 2013 – August 31, 2014 Erasmus Mundus IANUS grant (Postdoctorate) -Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania; c) May – June 2004 Scholarship holder in Heidelberg as part of the partnership between the University of Kutaisi and the Institute for German as foreign language philology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany; d) May – June 2001 Grant from the Goethe Society in Weimar (Thomas Mann Lotte in Weimar), Germany.