Giorgi Sosiashvili is an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Member of Parliament of Georgia and an invited professor at Iv. At Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, a board member at the National Committee for the History of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia and the scientific committee for the study of the Georgian villages of the Patriarchate of Georgia, the Chairman of the Permanent Conference of Rectors of Regional Universities of Georgia. Research fields: Issues of historical geography of Shida Kartli; Distinguished noble families of Georgia; Russia’s colonial policy in the Caucasus; Principalities of Kartli; European travelers in Georgia; Georgian-Ossetian relations. His works have been translated and published in: English, Russian, Turkish, German, Polish, Azerbaijani, Ossetian and Armenian languages. Email: giorgisosiashvili@gmail.com ORCID:0000-0002-2406-8662 

I am working for the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University as an Academic
Researcher and Lecturer since 2006. In 2014 defended my Doctorate thesis at the
KTU Manas.
The main subjects that I teach at the University are History of Islam, Islamic
Culture and the First Muslim Turkic States, Numismatics, Epigraphy and
Paleography of Central Asia.
I am an co-author of the book “Monuments of inscriptions on the stone of
Kyrgyzstan. - Bishkek, 2008” and author of number of articles on the topics such
as Islamization of Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia in the Middle Ages and Islamic
inscriptions.

Prof. asoc. Dr. Edmond Hoxha is a full professor at Polytechnic University of Tirana
(PUT), Faculty of Geology and Mine. He received the PhD degree on “Geosciences and
Environment” on PUT. He studied also on leadership on Harvard University, USA. He has huge
experience working with Government of Albania and International institutions like World
Bank, European Union etc. During 2009-2013, he was Deputy Minister of European Integration
of Albania. He is founder of Albanian Centre of Excellence, National Mining Surveyors
association, and publisher of Scientific Journal “Albanian Excellence”. He is member of
Eurosciences; International Association of Sciences, Technology and Development; World
Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Technology; International Society for Mines Surveying.
His research interests are focused on GIS, Mine modelling, Environmental protection, Cultural
and Natural heritage and Project Management. (Email: edmond.hoxha@fgjm.edu.al)

1981 Samsun doğumluyum. İlk, orta ve lise eğitimimi Samsun'da tamamladım. 2002 yılında Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo, Televizyon ve Sinema bölümünden lisans diplomamı aldım. Mezun olduktan hemen sonra yaklaşık 1 yıl Kanal D'de program departmanında görev aldım. Sabah Sabah Seda Sayan, Beyaz Show, Sahrap Soysal'la Mutfakta Keyif gibi programlarda yapım ve yönetim yardımcılığı görevleri üstlendim. Akdeniz Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım Anabilim Dalı'nda yüksek lisans ve İletişim Anabilim Dalı'nda doktora eğitimimi tamamladım. 2016 yılı Ocak ayından beri Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo, Televizyon ve Sinema Bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmaktayım. 

Aleksandre Mgebrishvili, has a PhD in Philology, currently serves as a rector and professor at Gori State University. He is the author of 25 monographs and about 100 academic publications
mostly focusing on Georgian-Ossetian relations. His research focuses on conflict and peace studies related to Shida Kartli area, in particular to the genesis of the Georgian-Ossetain relations and
respectively the conflict itself. Email: aleqsandre.m@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0002-4275-2417 

Viktor Trajanovski studied Ethnology and Anthropology, at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, (Macedonia). He did his doctorate on the topic “Ethnological and Anthropological Study of the Bektashi Dervish Order in Macedonia - Doctrine and Practice”. He works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology in Skopje where he gives lectures on Visual Anthropology, Ethnography and Field Research, Anthropology of Islam and Christianity, Anthropology of religious communities in Macedonia. His research interests include: Islam and Sufi orders, Anthropology of religion, Anthropology of magic.