Center of History and Cultural Anthropology
Institute for African Studies of The Russian Academy of Sciences
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Seminars

The Program of Scientific Seminar “Culture and Society”

SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2024

February
Shubin V.G. On the Eve of the General Elections in South Africa: New Political Players

March
Bondarenko D.M. Neotraditionalism and Nation Building in Post-colonial Africa

April
Bryndina V.N. Christians of Zanzibar and Pemba: History and Current Situation

June
Anastasia A. Banshchikova, Valentina N. Bryndina. Pemba Island: Photo Tour of Swahili Medieval and Portuguese Modern Era Sites and Monuments.
Shubin V.G. Results of Election - 2024 in South Africa.

September
Ivanchenko O.V. The Formation of the Tanzanian Nation in the Context of Ethno-Racial Stratification: Field Study Results

October
Tatarovskaya I.G. African Mythology
Khokholkova N.E. “Black Consciousness”: From Conceptualization to Activism

November
Zherlitsina N.A. The Status of African Migrants in France.
Usacheva V.V. Mass Media in South Africa: History of Formation and Features of Functioning

December
Gribanova V.V. Islam in South Africa: are there Trends towards Radicalization?


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.


SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2022

February
Banschikova A.A. Askaris, Arabs, Africans: People of Tanganyika through the Eyes of German Colonial Photographers and Illustrators.

March
Khokholkova N.E. Postcolonial Approach in African Studies: Approval, Criticism, and Alternatives

April
Gribanova V.V. Trends in the Development of Islam in South Africa

May
Bryndina V.N. The Tippu-Tip's Image in European Travellers' Memoirs of the Second Half of the 19th Century

June
Zherlitsyna N.A. The Ottoman factor in Algeria's resistance to the French conquest in the 1830s

September
Bryndina V.N., Khokholkova N.E. Historical Memory of European Colonialism in Contemporary Tanzania: The 2021 Field Research Report

October
Ivanchenko O.V. 19th century slave trade in the memoirs of the British traveler R. Burton.

November
Shubin V.G. South Africa: a crisis of political leadership

December
Bondarenko D.M., Usacheva V.V., Khokholkova N.E. "Black Heritage": The Historical Role of Africans and Their Descendants in Cultural Memory of the USA. The Results of the Project.


SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2021

February
Gribanova V.V. The Anglo-Boer War in the Fates of Emigrants from the Russian Empire

March
Usacheva V.V. Modern African Diaspora in India

April
Banschikova A.A. Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam: Two Capitals of German East Africa on postcards and photos

May
Bryndina V.N. The Zanzibar National Archives: Review of sources on Colonial Period

June
Kavykin O.I. African Christians in Moscow

September
Khokholkova N.E. The Decolonization of Consciousness: From Cultural Nationalism to Afrotriumphalism

October
Shubin V.G., Turyanitsa D. Memories of South African ANC members about their studies in the Soviet Union
Ivanchenko O.V. The contribution of Arabs to the culture of Tanzania

November
Zherlitsyna N.A. On the history of the conquest of Algeria by France

December
Bondarenko D.M. The Historical and Cultural Context of Nation Building in Postcolonial Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda Compared



SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2020

February
Banschikova A.A. "Postcards, stamps, and coins of German East Africa: A Brief Review"

March
Shubin V.G. Is Ramaphosa South African Gorbachev?

April
Bryndina V.N. Evolution of Representation of Slavery in the 20th – 21st Centuries American Movies: Historical and Cultural Context

September
Khokholkova N.E. Historical Memory of Colonialism in Contemporary Tanzania
Ivanchenko O.V. The Role of African Chiefs in the 19th Century Arab Slave Trade in Tanganyika

October
Zherlitsyna N.A. On the history of the conquest of Algeria by France
Gribanova V.V. Sammy Marks - the uncrowned king of Transvaal. On the issue of the participation of subjects of the Russian Empire in the political and economic life of South Africa in the end of XIX - beginning of XX centures

November
Kavykin O.I. African Christians in Moscow: Second Season Field Research Results.
Bryndina V.N. Expedition to Zanzibar: experience in the National Archives

December
Bondarenko D.M., Khokholkova N.E., Usacheva V.V. “Black Heritage" in the Perception of Americans of Different Origins: Preliminary Results of the First Field Season



SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2019

February
Bondarenko D.M. «Old Believers in Uganda: a second season of field research»

March
Khokholkova N.E. «Modern Chronicles of Sub-Saharan African Cities»

April
Ivanchenko O.V. «Memories about 19th Century Slave Trade and Interethnical Relations in Modern Tanzania»

June
Shubin V.G. «Results of elections in South Africa»

September
Gribanova V.V. «Reform of Higher Education in South Africa: First Results»

October
Bryndina V.N. «The image of Africa in Britain in the second half of the 19th century (based on memoirs of travelers)».

November
Banschikova A.A. «Arab Slave Trade in Tanzania and the Role of Europeans in its Abolition: Second Season Field Research Results»

December
Tatarovskaya I.G. «Legends and myths about the origin of griots»



SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2018

February
Bondarenko D.M. «Expedition to the Old Believers in Uganda: First Results»

March
Kavykin O.I. «Anthropology of Africa: new objects of research»

April
Banshchikova A.A. «AIDS, Ebola and Malaria in the Mirror of African Social Advertising»

May
Ivanchenko O.V. «Women's Self-Help Groups in the Modern Urban Communities of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania»

September
Shubin V.G. «Elections in Zimbabwe 2018: analysis of results»

October
Tatarovskaya I.G. «Origin and development of the lingala language»

November
Gribanova V.V. «Student and youth organizations in South Africa present day »

December
Zherlitsyn N.A. «Arab Media after the «Arab Spring»»


SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2017

April
Shubin V.G. “Political Crisis in the RSA. Causes and Consequences”

May
Banshchikova A.A. «Information about “Coptic Books” in the Medieval Arab Anonym “L'abrégé des merveilles”»

September
Ivanchenko O.V. Why do Dar es Salaam Citizens Take Part in Mutual Help Groups?

October
Gribanova V.V. "Student Protests, National Higher Education Commission and Prospects for the Introduction of Free Higher Education in South Africa”

November
Tatarovskaya I.G. “Griots - Rhapsodists of West Africa”

December
Kavykin O.I. “Anthropological Research in Africa. The New Objects of Inquiry”


SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2016

April
Panov A.A. “Burundi’s Political Crisis in 2015 in the Context of Resolution of the Conflict in the Great Lakes Region”

May
Kavykin O.I. “Anthropological Research in Africa. The New objects of Inquiry”

September
Ivanchenko O.V. “Foundations of trust in mutual-help groups in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania”

October
Gribanova V.V. "Fees must fall"-a new page of student protests in South Africa: a year later

November
Tatarovskaya I.G. “Totemism in African mythology”.

December
Zherlitsyina N.A. “Orthodox Greek community in Tunisia under the auspices of the Russian Empire”.


SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2015

February
Bondarenko D.M. “Historical memory about slave-trade and colonialism as a factor of reciprocal perceptions between Afro-Americans and modern migrants from Africa to the US”

March
Panov A.A. “Rebellion of honest people: the end of the era of Blaise Compaore’s reign in Burkina Faso”

April
Kazankov A.A. “The origin of Mongoloids and their settlement in Southeast Asia”

May
Ivanchenko O.V. “Mutual assistance groups among the city citizens of modern Dar-es-Salam, questionnaire results”.

June
Sidorova G.M. “Who is responsible for the destabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?”

September
Banshchikova A.A. “Monotheist-pharaoh in the Arab tradition on ancient Egypt”

October
Kavikin O.I. “Ethnic identity in modern Nigeria”

November
Tatarovskaya I.G. “Symbolic character of African mythology”.

December
Zherlitsyina N.A. “Orthodox Greek community in Tunisia under the auspices of the Russian Empire”.




SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2014

January
Kazankov A. “Ancient Indo-European peoples’ migrations”

February
Panov A. “Nomothetic and ideographic approaches to the study of the contemporary history of Rwanda”.

March
Banshchikova A. “Medieval Arab ideas about ancient Egypt”

April
Tatarovskaya I. “Symbol as one of the forms of cognition in African culture”

June
Bondarenko D.M. “Communality as the basis of sociocultural tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa”

September
Zherlitsyina N. “The Soviet press about Tunisia in 1950-1970s”

October
Pakin A. “Africans in Spain: historical essay”

November
Demintseva E. “Migration of African elites to France”

December
Ivanchenko O., Zelenova D., Krychinskiy V. “The practice of mutual aid in the African city. The urban communities of DaresSalaam (Tanzania) and Johannesburg (South Africa)”




SEMINAR SCHEDULE for 2013

January
Pakin A.V. “African Diaspora in Venezuela and Columbia”.

February
Kazakov A.A. “Paleolithic protomythology”

March
Zherlitcyina N.A. “The USSR and Tunisian Republic: problems of mutual perception at the initial stage of relations”.

April
Usatcheva V.V. “Racist discourse in the USSR”

May
Demintseva E.B. “African students in the USSR in 1960-1980s”.

September
Tatarovskaya I.G. “Animal World in the mythological consciousness of the people of Tropical and South Africa”