Lecture series on the Asian and African studies at SPbU

The free lecture series will introduce the history and current research of the various departments of the Faculty of Asian and African Studies at St Petersburg University.

In Russian language. Requires registration.

Programme

16 January

"The Faculty of African and Asian Studies of St Petersburg University and a Career in Asian Studies". Alexey Rodionov (Professor, Department of Chinese Philology, St Petersburg University)

23 January

"The History of Studying Africa and African Languages at Leningrad State University/St Petersburg University". Alexander Zheltov (Professor, Head of the Department of African Studies, St Petersburg University)

30 January

"Iranian Studies and Iranian Languages". Mikhail Pelevin (Professor, Head of the Department of Iranian Philology, St Petersburg University)

6 February

"The History of the Organisation of Caucasus Studies at St Petersburg University". Diana Kiknadze (Senior Lecturer, Department of Central Asia and the Caucasus, St Petersburg University)

13 February

"Languages of South-East Asia and Their Study at St Petersburg University". Sergey Dmitrenko (Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Philology of South-East Asia, St Petersburg University)

20 February

"Japanese Studies at St Petersburg University (History and Current State)". Liala Khronopulo (Associate Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, St Petersburg University) 

27 February

"Near Eastern Studies Within the Walls of St Petersburg University". Igor Gerasimov (Professor, Department of the History of Near Eastern Countries, St Petersburg University) 

6 March

"On Hebraic Studies in the 21st Century". Maria Alekseyeva (Senior Lecturer, Department of Semitology and Hebraic Studies, St Petersburg University)

13 March

"The History of Turkic Studies at St Petersburg University". Nikolay Telitsin (PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, St Petersburg University)

20 March

"Indology in the Modern World". Anna Chelnokova (Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Indian Philology, St Petersburg University)

27 March

"Far Eastern Studies in St Petersburg: History and Present Day". Vladimir Kolotov (Professor, Head of the Department of the History of Far Eastern Countries, St Petersburg University)

3 April

"What Do Egyptologists Do?". Natalya Makeyeva (Senior Lecturer, Department of Ancient East, St Petersburg University)

10 April

"Arabic Studies at St Petersburg University from the Beginning to the Present Day". Oleg Redkin (Doctor of Philology, Professor, St Petersburg University) 

17 April

"St Petersburg University — the Historical Centre of Mongolian Studies in Russia". Maria Petrova (Associate Professor, Department of Mongolian and Tibetan Studies)

24 April

"Korean Studies in St Petersburg". Nina Finko (Assistant, Department of Korean Studies, St Petersburg University)

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