George (Brian) HEWITT

PhD; FBA 1997; Professor of Caucasian Languages, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, a fellow of the British Academy and the honorary consul for Abkhazia to the UK.
He has lived on and off in Abkhazia for over 30 years and publishes regularly on the history, languages and politics of the Caucasus.




HEWITT, Prof. (Brian) George
PhD; FBA 1997; Professor of Caucasian Languages, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, since 1996; b 11 Nov. 1949; s of late Thomas Douglas Hewitt and Joan (n?e Cousins); m 1976, Zaira Kiazimovna Khiba; two d. Educ: Doncaster Grammar Sch. for Boys; St John's Coll., Cambridge (Open Henry Arthur Thomas Schol. in Classics, 1969-1972; John Stewart of Rannoch University Schol. and College Graves Prize, 1971; BA 1972; Warr Classical Studentship, 1972-73; Dipl in Linguistics, 1973; MA 1976; PhD 1982). British Council Exchange Postgraduate Student in Tbilisi (Soviet Georgia), 1975-76 and 1979-80. Marjory Wardrop Scholar for Georgian Studies, 1978-81. Lectr in Linguistics, Hull Univ., 1981-88; Lectr in Linguistics and Caucasian Langs, 1988-92, Reader in Caucasian Langs, 1992-96, SOAS. Member, Editorial Board: Revue des Etudes G?orgiennes et Caucasiennes, 1985-; Central Asian Survey, 1993-. Mem. Council, Philological Soc., 1985-90; First Pres., Societas Caucasologica Europaea, 1986-88 and 1988-90. Hon. Rep. for Republic of Abkhazia in UK, 1993-. Hon. Mem., International Circassian Academy of Sciences, 1997-; Abkhazian Academy of Sciences, 1997-; Abkhazian Order of Fame and Glory, 2004. Mem. Bd of Managers, Marjory Wardrop Fund, Oxford, 1983-. Publications: Lingua Descriptive Studies 2: Abkhaz, 1979; Typology of Subordination in Georgian and Abkhaz, 1987; (ed and contrib) Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus 2: North West Caucasus, 1989; (ed and contrib) Caucasian Perspectives, 1992; (ed, and contrib, with David Bennett and Thea Bynon) Subject, Voice and Ergativity: Selected Essays, 1995; Georgian: a learner's grammar, 1995; Georgian: a structural reference grammar, 1995; A Georgian Reader, 1996; (with Zaira Khiba) Abkhaz Newspaper Reader (with supplements), 1998; (ed and contrib) The Abkhazians: A Handbook, 1998; The Languages of the Caucasus: scope for study and survival (Inaugural Lecture), 1998; Introduction to the Study of the Languages of the Caucasus, 2004; Abkhaz Folk-tales, 2004; articles on Caucasian languages and politics in various encyclop?dias, Central Asian Survey, Bedi Kartlisa, Revue des Etudes G?orgiennes et Caucasiennes. Recreations: classical music, growing fuchsias. Address: Department of Near and Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG. T: (020) 7898 4332. e-mail: gh2@soas.ac.uk




  • 2010. Georgia's fine, lofty, useless strategy


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  • 2009. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a year on



  • 2009. South Ossetia and Georgia’s aggressive state-integrationism



  • 2009. Abkhazia and Georgia: Time for Reassessment



  • 2009. George Hewitt Replies for Interview



  • 2009. December-petition from Georgian Academics: a Reply



  • 2008. The Georgian-Abkhazian conflict: Why Independence for Abkhazia is the best solution



  • 2008. Georgia: a danger to itself and Transcaucasian stability



  • 2008. Letter to "Independent"



  • 2008. On the Historical Symbolism of the State Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia



  • 2008. Georgia’s Trilogy of Tragedies or A Reply to David L.Phillips



  • 2008. Who Were the First Inhabitants of the Upper K'odor Valley?



  • 2008. Abkhazia and South Ossetia: heart of conflict, key to solution



  • 2008. Andersen vs Hewitt



  • 2006. Minorities within Minorities: the cases of Georgia and Abkhazia and the awkward position of the Mingrelians



  • 1999. Reply to Nodar Broladze



  • 1999. The Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict by Nodar Broladze



  • 1998. New Georgian-Abkhazian Confrontation



  • 1996. Whoever loses homeland loses all (Abkhazian proverb)



  • 1994. Presentation to THE DEFENCE COMMITTE



  • 1993. Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership History and Documents



  • 1989. An Open Letter to the Georgian People





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