The Kartvelian studies () also referred as Kartvelology or Georgian studies is a field of humanities covering Kartvelian (Georgian) history, languages, religion and/or culture. In a narrower sense, the term usually refers to the research activities conducted on these problems outside Georgia. Luminaries of Kartvelian studies Georgian scholars Prince Teimuraz of Georgia (1782–1846) David Chubinashvili (1814–1891) Alexander Khakhanov (1864–1912) Ivane Javakhishvili (1876–1940) Korneli Kekelidze (1879–1962) Ilia Abuladze (1901–1968) Simon Kaukhchishvili (1895–1981) Giorgi Melikishvili (1918–2002) Irine Melikishvili (1943–2013) Georges Charachidzé (1930–2010) Merab Chukhua (born 1964) International scholars Jacob Georg Christian Adler (1756-1834) Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802–1880) Arthur Leist (1852–1927) John Oliver Wardrop (1864–1948) Marjory Wardrop (1869–1909) Robert Pierpont Blake (1886–1950) Gerhard Deeters (1892–1961) Georges Dumézil (1898–1986) William Edward David Allen (1901–1973) Hans Vogt (1909–1986) Gertrud Pätsch (1910-1994) Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997) Gérard Garitte (1914–1992) David Marshall Lang (1924–1991) Georgi Klimov (1928–1997) Michel Van Esbroeck (1934–2003) Heinz Fähnrich (born 1941) Kevin Tuite (born 1954) Donald Rayfield Brian George Hewitt (born 1949) Stephen H. Rapp Stephen F. Jones Constantine B. Lerner Mine Kadiroğlu Luigi Magarotto Bernard Outtier Farshid Delshad (born 1972) Jost Gippert Roland Bielmeier Michael Job Katharine Vivian (1917–2010) Hirotake Maeda Hayate Sotome Václav A. Černý Periodicals Bedi Kartlisa. Revue de Kartvélologie Georgica Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes External links Fund for Kartvelian Studies Khintibidze, Elguja (1996), Georgian Literature in European Scholarship. NATO Research Fellowships 1994-1996. European studies Cultural studies