We cordially invite you to another lecture in the StředověC JinaX series, in which Nikola Landers will take us high into the mountains of the Georgian region of Svaneti.

In the mountainous region of Georgia called Svaneti, in the remote community of Ushguli, there is a small but charming object, referred to by researchers as a liturgical chalice. Art historians have not paid much attention to it so far, for two main reasons: its visual language is completely different from anything else preserved from the past, and the extreme remoteness of the Svaneti region, combined with the difficulty of penetrating this “corner of the world” full of cultural monuments, has rather discouraged researchers. Who would travel to the very “end of the world” for a small silver artifact such as the Ushguli chalice? In this lecture, we will therefore focus on existing theories about its origin, open up the question of its function, and try to look at it from new perspectives. Together, we will uncover the extraordinary cultural wealth hidden in this unusual object.

📅 Thursday, November 13, at 7:00 p.m.
📍Hans Belting Library, ground floor of the K building of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (Veveří 470/28, 602 00-Brno)

You can also watch the lecture online on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/@center_recent/streams

The lecture will be held in Czech.

We look forward to seeing you!

The lecture is part of the Contexts of Humanity project by energeia o.p.s.