Oleg I. Kavykin


E-mail: atrociter@mail.ru

Academic degrees and titles:
2006: Ph.D. (Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology) from Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
1999: MA (History and Theory of Culture, Education) from Russian State University for the Humanities, School of Cultures and Arts, Chair of History and Theory of Culture, Moscow, Russia.

Language competence:
Fluent: Russian, English; Limited knowledge: Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek.

Academic experience:
Date: March 2015 to present. Employer: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Position: Senior Research Fellow.
Date: June 2014 to March 2015. Employer: Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Position: Head of Group for Internal Monitoring.
Date: Мarch 2014 to May 2014. Employer: Territorial Center for Social Service “Bibirevo”, Moscow, Russia. Position: Sociologist.
Date: February 2001 to September 2012. Employer: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Positions: Senior Research Fellow (November 2006 – September 2012), Research Fellow (April 2006 – November 2006), Junior Research Fellow (February 2001 – April 2006).

Teaching experience:
Date: September 2012 to September 2013. Employer: Sholokhov Moscow State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia. Course: Internet for Public Activities. Positions: Associate Professor.
Date: September 2007 – October 2010. Employer: Center of Social Anthropology of Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia. Courses: Cultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology. Positions: Associate Professor.
Date: 2000. Employer: School # 332, Moscow, Russia. Courses: Ancient History, Mediaeval History, Modern History, Social sciences, Latin.

Other responsibilities:
Date: from 2001 to 2009. Field: Biannual International Conference “Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations”. Responsibility: Member of Organizing Committee.
Date: 2009. Field: “Social Anthropology of Contemporary Russian Cities: Researching and Training” Project (State Contract 02.740.11.0352). Employer: Center of Social Anthropology of Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia / N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Scholarly associations membership:
March 2004 – December 2008; 2016. Association: European Association of Social Anthropologists. Status: Full member.

Academic trips abroad
(Fieldwork, Scholarships, Conferences, Guest Lectures, etc.):
Dates and countries: 2004: Austria; 2005: Tanzania; 2006: Nigeria, Great Britain; 2007: Tanzania; 2008: Benin; 2010: Zambia.

Main professional awards:
Date: 2008. Award: Institute for African Studies; first prize for the best Institute’s publication for young scholars (for the monograph Neo-pagans’ Identity in Contemporary Russia Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2007).

Publications: (those in English are bolded):
I. Monograph:
Neo-pagans’ Identity in Contemporary Russia (Rodnovery. Samoidentifikatsja neojazychnikov v sovremennoj Rossii). Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2007. 232 P.

II. Thesis Official Summary:
Russian Neo-pagans’ Construction of Ethnic Identity (Konstruirovanie etnicheskoj identichnosti v srede russkikh neojazychnikov). Ph.D. thesis official summary. Moscow, Kompanija Sputnik+, 2006. 24 P.

III. Articles and Abstracts:
1. Pre-Islamic and pre-Christian beliefs in Sub-Saharan Africa: impact on social and political Institutions // EASA2016. Anthropological legacies and human futures. 14th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. Department of Human Science for Education ‘Riccardo Massa’ Department of Sociology and Social Research University of Milano-Bicocca. 20-23 July, 2016. P. 171. http://easaonline.org/downloads/conferences/easa2016/easa2016_programme.pdf
2. New Religious Movements in Contemporary Nigeria // "Asia and Africa today". № 5. 2016. P. 64 – 69.
3. “Witch-hunt" in the West Africa as a Manifestation of Gender-based Violence // Violence and Terrorism. The Gender Dimension. Moscow. The Institute for African Studies Press,2016. P. 35 – 43.
4. Traditional Political Institutions in Contemporary Zambia –In: Values and Senses, No. 3 (43). Moscow. 2016. P. 130–131.
5. Neo-Paganism in Russia and Sub-Saharan Africa as a Way of Identities’ Construction –In: Values and Senses, No. 5 (21). Moscow. 2012. P. 167– 176.
6. On the Complimentary Identities in Sub-Saharan Africa - In: Russia and Africa. Problems of the National-State Identity. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press, 2012. P. 30 - 47.
7. Problems of the National Identity in the Russian Neo-Heathens' Ideology - In: Russia and Africa. Problems of the National-State Identity. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press, 2012. P. 174 - 205.
8. Old and New Religious Traditions in the System of the Zambian Traditional Rulers’ Power Legitimization - In: Religious Experience of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Peoples. Psychological and Socio-cultural Aspects. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press, 2012. P. 169 - 189.
9. Transformation of the Zambian Traditional Rulers’ Power Legitimization. In A.M. Vassiliev (ed.). 12th Conference of Africanists. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press, 2011. P. 224 – 225.
10. Voodoo – In.: Africa. Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Moscow, 2010. P. 647 – 648.
11. Celestial Church of Christ – In.: Africa. Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Moscow, 2010. P. 443 – 444.
12. Hierarchical Principles of some Forums in RU-NET– In.: Fifth International Conference “Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations”. Abstracts. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press & Russian State University for the Humanities, 2009. P. 96.
13. Fourth International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS (Moscow, June 13–16, 2006) – In.: African Studies in Russia. Yearbook 2003 – 2007 Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2009. P. 264–270. (With Anastasia A. Banschikova).
14. Hierarchy and Power in the Sphere of Anthropology of Cyberspace (Panel Proposal) – In.: Fifth International Conference “Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations”. Abstracts. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press & Russian State University for the Humanities, 2009. P. 94. (With Dr. Alexei .G. Loutskiy).
15. Coverage of Religious Milieu as a Factor Influencing on the Russia’s Image in the Tropical Africa. – In.: International Conference “Actual Problems of the Political Perception of Russia”. 17–19 November, 2009. Panel 5A. Panel 5B. Moscow: Publishing House “Hit Media”, Ltd. (by the order of the Moscow State University), 2009. P. 3–4.
16. Attitude of African Tanzanians toward Tanzanians of European Origin. – In.: 11th Conference of Africanists. Africa’s Development: Possibilities and Constraints. Moscow, 22 – 24 May, 2008. Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2008. P. 198.
17. The Concept of Social Class in Ideologies of Russian Neo-pagans. – In: Experiencing Diversity and Mutuality. Book of Abstracts. 10th Biennial EASA Conference. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 2008. P. 512
18. Some Factors Influencing on the Russia’s Image in the Tropical Africa. – In.: Human, Society and Civilization in Africa. History and Contemporaneity. Book of Abstracts. 7th All-Russian Conference “The School of Young Africanists”. Moscow, 26 – 27 November, 2008. Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2008. P. 142 – 144.
19. On Popularity of Traditional Healers in Contemporary Tanzanian Cities . – In.: Human, Society and Civilization in Africa. History and Contemporaneity. Book of Abstracts. 7th All-Russian Conference “The School of Young Africanists”. Moscow, 26 – 27 November, 2008. Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2008. P. 44-50.
20. Expedition of Institute for African Studies in the Republic of Benin. – In: New Russian Humanitarian Researches. Published: 19.11.2008. http://www.nrgumis.ru/articles/article_full.php?aid=84 (With Anastasia A. Banschikova, Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko).
21. Russian Expedition in the United Republic of Tanzania. – In: Vostok (Oriens), No. 5. Moscow. 2008. P. 154–155. (With Anastasia A. Banschikova, Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko).
22. Russian Neo-Pagans’ Writings as Adaptations of Slavic Heritage’s Fragments to Ideological Trends in the Contemporary World. - In: 9th SIEF (Societe Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore) Congress "Transcending 'European Heritages': Liberating the Ethnological Imagination". Handbook / Ed. by Regina Bendix. Londonderry: University of Ulster, 2008. P. 48
23. Mganga in a City. Traditional Conceptions in the Multicultural Society of Tanzania. – In: Interracial and Interethnic Relations in Contemporary Tanzania. Works of Russian Complex Expedition in the United Republic of Tanzania. Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2008. P. 122 – 137.
24. Expedition of Institute for African Studies in the United Republic of Tanzania. – In: New Russian Humanitarian Researches. Published: 13.05.2008. http://www.nrgumis.ru/articles/article_full.php?aid=74 (With Anastasia A. Banschikova, Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko).
25. Information on Religious Life as a Factor Influencing on the Image of Russia in Nigeria. – In.: African Collection. 2007. St.-Petersburg. 2008. P. 155 – 165.
26. Russian Expedition in Nigeria. – In: Vostok (Oriens), No. 2. Moscow. 2007. P. 137–138. (With Anastasia A. Banschikova, Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko and Dr. Ekaterina B. Demintseva).
27. Russian Expedition in Nigeria. – In: New Russian Humanitarian Researches. Published: 06.07.2007.http://www.nrgumis.ru/articles/article_full.php?aid=59&binn_rubrik_pl_ne... (With Anastasia A. Banschikova and Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko).
28. Education as a Factor of Establishment of Tolerance in a Society in Circumstances of Globalization. – In.: History and Contemporaneity. Moscow. 2007. #2. P. 154 – 186. (With Dr. Dmitry M. Bondarenko, Dr. Igor V. Sledzevskiy, Dr. Ekaterina B. Demintseva and Dr. Darya A. Khaltourina).
29. Doom of Christianity in Contemporary Russia in the Context of Processes of Globalization. – In: New Russian Humanitarian Researches. Published: 06.06.2007. http://www.nrgumis.ru/articles/article_full.php?aid=63&binn_rubrik_pl_ar... (With Dr. Dmitry M. Bondarenko, Dr. Tatiana V. Evgenyeva and Dr. Larisa A. Andreyeva).
30. Phenomena of Traditional Culture in Tanzanian Cities and their Correlations with Ethnic and Confessional Tolerance. – In: New Russian Humanitarian Researches. Published: 06.06.2007. http://www.nrgumis.ru/articles/article_full.php?aid=49
31. Aspect of Gender in Russian Neo-paganism. – In.: Man and Woman. Vol. 2. Evolution of Attitudes. Moscow, Inst. for Afr. Stud. Press, 2007. P. 310 – 331.
32. Transitions, Transformations and Interactions of Hierarchical Structures and Social Nets in the Late 20th – Early 21th Centuries (Panel Proposal). – In: Fourth International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS (Moscow, June 13-16, 2006). Abstracts. Moscow 2006. P. 150. (With Dr. Alexei .G. Loutskiy)
33. Friendship and Tolerant Attitude of African Tanzanians toward Tanzanian Immigrant Minorities. – In: Fourth International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS (Moscow, June 13-16, 2006). Abstracts. Moscow 2006. P. 155.
34. Fourth International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS (Moscow, June 13-16, 2006). – In: Social Evolution & History, Vol. 5 No. 2. Volgograd. 2006. P. 148–155. (With Anastasia A. Banschikova).
35. Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations. – In: Vostok (Oriens), No. 6. Moscow. 2006. P. 150–153. (With Anastasia A. Banschikova ).
36. Traditional Culture and the Conception of Nation in Contemporary Tanzanian Cities. – In: 9th EASA Biennial Conference ‘Europe and the World’. 18th–21st September 2006. Bristol, UK. P. 54.
37. Third International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS. – In: Social Evolution & History, Vol. 4 No. 1, March 2005. Volgograd. 2005. P. 189–199. (with Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko) .
38. HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS. – In: Vostok (Oriens), No. 6. Moscow. 2005. P. 151–155. (with Professor (Dr.) Dmitry M. Bondarenko).
39. Mythological Images of “Blood” and “Soil” of the Ideology of “Rodnoverie”. – In: IUAES Inter-Congress 2005. Pardubice, Czech Republic. 29 August – 3 September. Book of Abstracts and Programme. Editor: Petr Skalnik. Pardubice: University Printer, 2005. P. 35 – 36.
40. Traditionalists’ Attitude to Liberal Principles. – In: “New Russia”. Power, Society, Government in the Context of Liberal Values. Materials of International Conference. Moscow, Russian State University for Humanities Press.2004. P. 51–56.
41. Ecological and Ethnic Aspects of Russian Neo-Paganism. – In: Third International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS. Abstracts. Moscow 2004. P. 46 – 47.
42. Images of the “Our” and “Their” in the Russian Monarchists-Legitimists’ Mythology. – In: Radical Xenophobia and Political Extremism at the Post-Soviet Space. Moscow 2004. P. 199 – 222.
43. Political and Philosophical Aspects of Russian Neo-Paganism. – In: Radical Xenophobia and Political Extremism at the Post-Soviet Space. Moscow 2004. P. 77–105.
44. Rodnoverie (as a New Religious Movement in Contemporary Russia). – In: Social sciences and Contemporaneous Time (ONS), No. 3. Moscow. 2004. P. 102–110.
45. Russian Monarchists-Legitimists’ Mythology. – In: Person. Culture. Society. Vol. 5. Special Issue 1-2. Moscow. 2003. P. 338 – 346.
46. Political Dimension of Russian Neo-Pagans’ Weltanschauung. – In: “New” Russia: Politics and Culture in the Contemporary Dimension/ Materials of Scientific Conference of Institutions of Higher Education January 17, 2003. Moscow, Russian State University for Humanities Press. 2003. P. 134 – 135 (See also World Wide Web: http:– In: liber.rsuh.ru/Conf/New-Russia/kavikin.htm)
47. Neo-Pagans. Traditionalists’ Dispute in the Internet. – In: Bulletin of the Net of Ethnological Monitoring. # 51. September – October. Editors V.A. Tishkov and E.I. Filippova. Moscow, 2003. P. 53-54.
48. Neo-Pagans of Moscow in November and December of 2003. – In: Bulletin of the Net of Ethnological Monitoring. # 51. September – October. Editors V.A. Tishkov and E.I. Filippova. Moscow, 2003. P. 52-53.
49. Russian Neo-Pagans’ Ethnic and Confessional Identity. – In: Mythology and Religion in Ethnic Group’s System of Culture. Materials of Second Ethnological Readings of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, 2003. P.38-40.
50. A Principle of the Sobornost’ in Contemporaneous Monarchists-Legitimists’ Programs. Political aspect of Religious and Philosophical Idea. – In: Religion in Russia (A special project of the Russian Journal). Published: 02/07/2002; World Wide Web: http:– In: religion.russ.ru/society/20020207-kavikin.html
51. Chivalrous Attributes as Means of Forming of Russian Nobility’s self-consciousness in the 18th Century. – In: Contemporary Humanities in the Interpretations of New Generation of Researchers: Problems, Researches, and Decisions. Materials of All-Russian Conference of Institutions of Higher Education for Young Scholars. Moscow, Russian State University for Humanities Press. 2002. P. 65–66.
52. The Influence of the Legal Status of Russian Nobility on Political Development of the Russian Empire in the 18th and early 19th Centuries. – In: Second International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS (St Petersburg, July 4-7, 2002). Abstracts. Moscow 2002. P. 62–63.
53. Mythology of Russian Neo-Paganism as Reaction to Globalization. – In: Second International Conference HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS (St Petersburg, July 4-7, 2002). Abstracts. Moscow 2002. P. 196.

IV Edited Volumes:
1. Fifth International Conference “Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations”. Abstracts. Moscow: Institute for African Studies Press & Russian State University for the Humanities, 2009. 320 P. (in co-operation).
IV Edited Volumes: