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The Program of Scientific Seminar “Culture and Society” 2023

The Program of Scientific Seminar “Culture and Society”

SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2023

January
Shubin V.G. «Mistake of the President» (on the current political situation in South Africa)

February
Strovsky M.D. Black and white story. Chess as a social lift in Togo. An essay by the leader of the national team on the tenth anniversary of the work of the Chess Federation of the Togolese Republic

March
Bondarenko D.M. Black Legacy": The Historical Role of Africans and Their Descendants in US Cultural Memory. Preliminary results of the study
Usacheva V.V. «Attacks on monuments»: rethinking of heritage in context of BLM movement

April
Ivanchenko O.V. Remembering the chiefs of Tanganyika: Arab-Swahili slave trade and contamination of discourses of slavery and colonialism in modern Tanzania

May
Tatarovskaya I.G. Myth Philosopheme (on the example of the myths of the people of Tropical Africa)

June
Bryndina V.N. Christians of Zanzibar: History and Current State

September
Ponomarеv I.V. The roots of unipolarity: Europe as the most advanced civilization and ultimate value in Victorian anthropology

October
Khokholkova N.E. Decolonization of Cultural Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Goals, Methods, Practices

November
Banshchikova A.A. Two Colonizations of Tanganyika: Attitude of German Colonial Officers towards Local Arab and Arab-Swahili Elite (based on written and visual sources)
Gribanova V.V. Trends in the Development of Islam in South Africa

December
Zherlitsina N.A. EU policy to curb illegal migration from African countries.