Leri Tavadze holds PhD in History. He is Assistant Professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University from 2012 to present. Dr. Tavadze is a Lecturer at San Diego State University (California, USA) Georgia faculty from 2015 onwards. His research interests are: Late Antiquity and Medieval history of Georgia, Georgian-Byzantine political and institutional relations, Eastern Roman zone of integration, medieval political thought, world-systems and various issues of political and social history.