Doctor of Philosophy; Full Professor; she has received numerous international grants; over the past 10 years she has received a scholarship, an award from the Georgian National Academy of Sciences; a grant from the Merab Mamardashvili Seminars (Soros Foundation); financing from the Budapest Central European University,  the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, the Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Saarland University Program in Hellenic Studies, Princeton University; the British Academy for Scientific activities.  She has presented her papers at 30 international conferences and is the author of four books, a number of publications and 14 courses of lectures.