Zaal Andronikashvili is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies (ZfL) in Berlin. His research focuses on narratology and the interface between small/minor literature(s) and world literature. Further areas of study include cultural semantics, political theology, and Soviet/post-Soviet cultural history, with an emphasis on Georgia in the wider Caucasus and Black Sea region. Alongside his academic work, Andronikashvili has published essays on Georgian politics and culture.