LIAGAN was articulated to study (a) the fiction of the authors where the question of anti-Semitism was discussed as well as (b) less known or forgotten authors or works ever published since the years 1930-1944. So doing, the research has developed an entirely new and relevant extent as these texts have not been approached from the perspective of the figure of the Jew they outline, or from that of the denunciation of the persecution of the Jews. Secondly, the Project emphasized the literature of emigration in the years 1930-1940s, in particular Georgian writers who found themselves forced into exile in France, that was never been studded before, precisely from the point of view of their socio-political and literary implication into the phenomenon such as nationalism, Nazism, anti-Sémitism that swept Europe in 1930s.
In this perspective, the major socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project consists in dissemination of the above study results through (1) publications (available already/shortly in open access), (2) interventions at the international conferences and (3) seminars for students and wider public in France, Germany, Belgium, Georgia, Austria, Spain; (4) organization of 2 international conferences dedicated to the issues of the persecutions/exile/Jews permitted to implicate 10 members of the host unit Eur’Orbem and gather researchers from France, USA, Israel, Georgia, Belgium. As for the public implication, more than 100 persons (students, professors, external attendees interested in the subject coming especially for the event from other cities of France) attended the conference and participated in debates. Two-day conference video recording already available in golden open access as well as the publication of conference proceedings (one in press, other – in preparation) both as a book and shortly published online in open access contributes/shall contribute to provide thus wider societal implications. The impact of the grant on the researcher’s career was very significant: it permitted to the researcher to become a full Professor since autumn 2016. The realization of the Project allowed as well the implementation of a new course/seminar at the home Institution (Ilia State University, Georgia) : “Literature in exile: the figure of outcast, émigré, Jew”.
