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The Program of Scientific Seminar “Culture and Society” 2026

Centre for History and Cultural Anthropology

The Program of Scientific Seminar “Culture and Society”

SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2026

March
Neklessa A.I. Architecture of Change: A Postcolonial Workshop
Lazutina A.E. French colonial policy in Algeria in the 1860s: the idea of an «Arab Kingdom» by Napoleon III

April
Nesterova E.S. The RSA’s opposition political parties’ role in the activities of the provincial legislatures.

May
Bryndina V.N., Ivanchenko O.V., Khokholkova N.E. «Peaceful Tanzanian» vs. «Proud Zanzibari»: Towards the Question of National Identity (According to the Outcomes of 2025 Field Research)

June
Shubin V.G. South Africa's current foreign policy

September
Lapushkina A.O. Between colonialism and mission: the transformation of Avatime society under the influence of the Bremen missionaries (1895–1914).

October
Rudas T.S. The Сulture of Traditional Hunters in West African Countries

November
Morozov E.V. Pyotr Viktorovich Shchusev (1871-1934) – explorer of Ethiopia and the sources of the Nile
Usacheva V.V. Mass Media in South Africa: History of Formation and Features of Functioning

December
Bryndina V.N. Universities' Mission to Central Africa on Pemba during the Leadership of Sir John Key (1897–1904) based on Archival Materials