{"id":15735,"date":"2026-01-26T12:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=15735"},"modified":"2026-01-28T00:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:58:13","slug":"civil-society-and-grassroots-mobilization-in-georgias-anti-authoritarian-struggles-talk-with-georgian-academic-and-activist-tamar-qeburia","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/event\/civil-society-and-grassroots-mobilization-in-georgias-anti-authoritarian-struggles-talk-with-georgian-academic-and-activist-tamar-qeburia\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Society and Grassroots Mobilization in Georgia\u2019s Anti-Authoritarian Struggles, talk with Georgian academic and activist Tamar Qeburia"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/event\/civil-society-and-grass-roots-mobilization-in-georgias-anti-authoritarian-struggles\/\">View More Info<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/01\/EETN-event-jan-29-2026-1024x1280.png\" alt=\"EETN Event Poster\" class=\"wp-image-15736\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/01\/EETN-event-jan-29-2026-1024x1280.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/01\/EETN-event-jan-29-2026-512x640.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/01\/EETN-event-jan-29-2026-320x400.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/01\/EETN-event-jan-29-2026-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/01\/EETN-event-jan-29-2026.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This talk will examine how bottom-up mobilization has transformed civil society&#8217;s political role and its relationship to grassroots struggles in contemporary Georgia. By analyzing recent anti-authoritarian struggles, Qeburia examines the contested and evolving political terrains where new traditions of democratic engagement and participation are being forged. Can established civil society organizations overcome their historical limitations and become genuine forces for democratic resistance &#8211; or do they remain constrained by their institutional positioning and relationship to donor-driven frameworks?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Tamar Qeburia, Research associate, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (Regensburg, Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, January 29th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time:&nbsp;<\/strong>11:30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Tory Building 446, Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is a hybrid event. 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