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

  • Dmitri M. Bondarenko
    Ph.D., D.Sc., Full Professor, Center Curator
    RSCI AuthorID: 107062
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 9890-2414
    Scopus ID: 35614061500
    Researcher ID: P-3372-2015
      Socio-Cultural transformations theory; political anthropology;
      preindustrial societies;
      contemporary problems of intercultural interaction (ethno-racial and religious aspects);
      migrations and diasporas;
      cultures and history of Africa south of the Sahara

  • Vladimir G. Shubin
    D.Sc., Professor, Ph.D. (Honoris Causa), University of the Western Cape (South Africa).
    RSCI AuthorID: 484042
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 2456-7153
    Scopus ID: 57191093546
    Researcher ID: T-2509-2017
      The recent history of Southern African countries.
      Relations of the USSR/Russia and other leading world nations with African states.
      Politics and practice of the international social democracy.

  • Natalia A. Zherlitsyna
    Deputy Director, Ph.D. (Hist.), Researcher Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 626004
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 7742-5520
    Scopus ID: 572 027 86 350
    Researcher ID: A-5835-2017
      History of Tunisia;
      Russian-Tunisian relations in the 18th-20th centuries

  • Valentina V. Gribanova
    Ph.D., Center Chair
    RSCI AuthorID: 303133
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 4841-0622
      Modern and contemporary history of South Africa;
      Education and Southern Africa's cultures

  • Anastasia A. Banshchikova
    Ph.D., Senior Researcher Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 554293
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 8072-6914
    Scopus ID: 57216357452
    Researcher ID: E-6671-2018
      women in Ancient Egypt;
      cultural anthropology of Ancient Egypt;
      perception of Ancient Egypt in medieval Arab sources;
      historical memory of the slave trade and colonialism in modern Tanzania;
      German colonial legacy in modern Tanzania;
      Tanganyika’ colonial photography and postcards;
      history of Bagamoyo.

  • Irina G. Tatarovskaya
    Ph.D., Senior Researcher Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 755636
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 6037-8310
      Cultures and mythologies of the Congo Basin peoples;
      African folklore

  • Veronica V. Usacheva
    Ph.D., Senior Researcher Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 458088
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 6401-8079
    Researcher ID: AGN-8698-2022
      Media studies;
      Relations between mass media, state and society;
      informational globalization; multicultural societies;
      xenophobia, tolerance/intolerance attitudes in mass media;
      cross-cultural communication;
      image of Africa and Africans: mass media and mass culture aspects.

  • Nadezhda E. Khokholkova
    Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 741118
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 2569-3655
    ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5165-1925
    Scopus ID: 57193257052
    Researcher ID: ABE-6953-2020
      Intellectual history of Africa and African Diasporas;
      History of Afrocentric movement;
      Cultural identity and historical memory;
      Decolonial and postcolonial studies.

  • Oxana V. Ivanchenko
    M.A., Junior Researcher Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 751985
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 9233-8119
    Scopus ID: 57216353195
    Researcher ID: M-3016-2018
      Sub-Saharan Africa;
      urban anthropology;
      mutual help groups;
      informal settlements;
      ethnic identity;
      ethnocultural processes in Tanzania;
      uswahilini;
      slave trade;
      historical memory.

  • Valentina N. Bryndina
    Junior Researcher Fellow
    RSCI AuthorID: 1009645
    SPIN (РИНЦ ID): 1866-3797
    Scopus ID: 57217164677
      History of Christianity in Tanzania
      Muslim-Christian relations in Zanzibar
      Interconfessional relations in modern Tanzania
      Historical memory of the slave trade in modern Tanzania