Biography

Levan Mateshvili is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering Economics, Media Technologies and Social Sciences of Georgian Technical University. He has taught at GTU since 2004, has headed a department since 2022 and has been a member of the Academic Council since 2023. His research interests are the history of early Christianity, the history of the Georgian Church, the Christianisation of Georgia and the teaching of religious subjects.

Education

• Georgian Technical University, 1996
• Tbilisi Theological Academy – Master’s degree, 2006
• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University – doctoral studies (history of culture), 2009
• St. Tikhon’s University (Russia) – doctoral studies, 2015
• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University – doctoral studies (education sciences), 2017

Scientific degree and rank

• Doctor of History (2009)
• Doctor of Theology (2015)
• Doctor of Education Sciences (2017)

Work experience

• 2004–2014 – Georgian Technical University, Theology Centre, lecturer
• Since 2005 – Tbilisi Theological Academy, lecturer
• 2014–2017 – Georgian Technical University, associate professor
• 2017–2021 – Georgian Technical University, Theology Centre, professor
• Since 2021 – Georgian Technical University, professor
• Since 2022 – Georgian Technical University, head of department
• Since 2023 – member of the Academic Council of Georgian Technical University