About Manana Tandashwili

Prof. Dr. Manana Tandaschwili is a Professor of Caucasian Linguistics at Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Empirical Linguistics, and Head of the Department of Caucasiology. She is an internationally recognized scholar whose work bridges classical Caucasian studies and digital humanities, making her a pioneer in the application of digital technologies to Kartvelian linguistics. Her research integrates corpus linguistics, documentary linguistics, and digital methods to advance the study of Caucasian languages.

Academic Background & Career

PhD in Linguistics
Affiliation: Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Empirical Linguistics
Position: Professor; Head of Department of Caucasiology

Prof. Tandaschwili combines academic leadership with innovative teaching approaches, including eLearning and digital lecture formats, and has played a key role in fostering academic exchange between Georgian and German scholarly communities.

Research & Academic Interests

Her research focuses on:

Digital Kartvelology and Digital Rustvelology
Corpus linguistics and electronic language documentation
Documentary linguistics
Digital humanities
Structural features of Caucasian languages (ergativity, case typology, negation, modality)

She has initiated and led numerous international research projects, many funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, and founded the first Digital Humanities Summer School in Georgia in 2012.

Professional Recognition

In recognition of her contribution to research, teaching, and international academic exchange, Prof. Tandaschwili was named an Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi in 2011.

Professional Identifiers 

ORCID: 0009-0005-7812-9124

Contact Information

Email: tandaschwili@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Address: Campus Westend – SKW 4B.133, Rostocker Str. 2, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Personal Website: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/154447252/Apl__Prof__Dr__Manana_Tandaschwili