Key Facts

• 2018-05-18     During the plenary session of the Georgian Association for American Studies, Vasil Kacharava, President of GAAS and Professor at Tbilisi State University, proposed the establishment of new think tanks by American Studies postgraduates to advance the field in the region

• 2018-07-14     The BRAMS Institute was founded by Professor Dr Maia Nadare, following the resolution passed during the plenary session at Tbilisi State University on 18 May 2018

• 2018-07-14     A Google account was created for the BRAMS Institute

• 2018-07-15     The peer-reviewed academic quarterly, BRAMS, was established

• 2018-08-02     The domain name brams.ge was registered for the BRAMS Institute by the founder

• 2018-08-28     The official website of the BRAMS Institute, brams.ge, was launched

• 2019-05-26     The BRAMS Institute Press published the first book in the BRAMS Library series

• 2019-05-27     Professor Dr Maia Nadare designed the BRAMS Institute logo

• 2019-06-04     The BRAMS Institute logo was incorporated into all official documentation

• 2019-06-14     The BRAMS Institute logo was incorporated into all official documentation 

• 2020-01-10     The BRAMS Institute was registered as a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity (#405372626) by the LEPL National Agency of Public Registry at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia

• 2020-01-12     The BRAMS Institute seal was created

• 2020-01-15     The name and logo of the BRAMS Institute were copyrighted at Sakpatenti

• 2020-01-30     The print version of the academic journal BRAMS was registered (ISSN 2667-9299)

• 2020-02-08     The first issue of the BRAMS Journal was published

• 2020-08-06     Germany was added to the list of countries of research interest

• 2020-08-31     The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport of Georgia granted permission to use Borjgali in the BRAMS Institute logo

• 2021-02-04     The registration of the BRAMS Institute name and logo was finalised (#33617) by Sakpatenti

• 2021-07-25     Iceland was added to the list of countries of research interest

• 2022-02-22     Hungary was added to the list of countries of research interest

• 2022-10-12     Türkiye was added to the list of countries of research interest

• 2023-08-28     Italy and the Vatican City were added to the list of countries of research interest

• 2024-02-22     The digital version of the academic journal BRAMS was registered (eISSN 2960-9348)

• 2024-03-20     The BRAMS Studio was founded

• 2024-10-30     The YouTube channel BRAMS Media was registered

• 2025-04-13     The YouTube channel BRAMS Georgia was registered