• History of Africa from ancient times to the present;
• History and contemporary state of the Russian-African relations;
• Traditional and contemporary African cultures;
• Intercultural interaction in Africa from ancient times to the present;
• Theory of socio-cultural and socio-political processes from ancient times to the present;
• Non-Western cultures and globalization: The anthropological aspects;
• Ethno- and Socio-cultural processes in contemporary Africa and the world;
• Migrations; non-African diasporas in Africa and African diasporas in the world;
• Religions and religious interaction in contemporary Africa and the world;
• Ethno-cultural and religious tolerance and xenophobia;
• Political culture, psychology, and mythology;
• Gender studies.

For the academic interests of particular researchers please see the “Researchers” section.