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The Institute for African Studies (IAS)

IAS is a research body incorporated in and
funded by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
The Institute has been conducting
research on historical, socio-economic,
ethno-cultural and political problems
of all independent African nations.

Field work

Field work has always been one
of the brightest components of the
activities of the Institute for African Studies.
In the 1960s these expeditions became
a regular activity of the Institute.
The key feature of all field research
in African countries has been their integrated nature.

Conference

Conferences are a major part of
activities of the Institute. They brighten
up the routine, provide new impetus
to the research, open up new fields
of study and expand the boundaries
of research activities.

Publishing activities

The Institute for African Studies carries
out its publishing activities by publishing books,
pamphlets and articles relevant to the problems
of Africa, the Arab East, Russia and the CIS.
There is the Editing and Publishing Department
and a Printing shop at the Institute.

Doctoral Studies Department

The Institute’s Doctoral Studies Department
is an independent structural unit, which deals
with the training of scholarly experts in the problems
of Africa. For the last half century the Institute had
more than 462 Ph.D. students and 32 Doctor of Science
fellows who successfully defended their thesis.
Among them 139 persons were foreign citizens.

The Council of Young Researchers

The Council of Young Researchers
was recreated in 2009 with the object
of uniting the young researchers,
expressing their interests, saving
scientific potential and overcoming
negative tendency of the generation gap.

Library

The library of the Institute for African Studies is the only
comprehensive collection of scientific and reference literature
on Africa in the Russian Federation and CIS countries.
The library makes a branch of the RAS Institute of Scientific Information
on Social Sciences (ISISS). Its stock numbers about 120 thousand
of library items: books, pamphlets, dissertations and periodicals in Russian
and foreign languages covering the problems of Africa and the Arab East.

April 2, 2025 Presentation by Khokholkova Nadezhda and Ivanchenko Oxana within the Framework of the Research Seminar "Culture and Society"

Publication date: 4.04.2025

On April 2, 2025, during the“Culture and Society” at the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology, Dr. Nadezhda Khokholkova and Ms. Oxana Ivanchenko delivered a presentation titled “Tanzanian National Identity Symbols: Findings from the 2024 Field Research".

The presentation focused on reviewing and analyzing the outcomes of the preliminary processing of materials gathered during the expedition held in Arusha, Tanzania, from November 5 to 16, 2024. The study was realized with support of the Russian Science Foundation (Project # 23-18-01091, https://rscf.ru/en/project/23-18-01091/). In their report, the authors detailed the fundamental characteristics involved in the formation of the Tanzanian nation, emphasizing the symbolic aspects of its national identity and culture.

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April 2, 2025 Presentation by Khokholkova Nadezhda and Ivanchenko Oxana within the Framework of the Research Seminar "Culture and Society"

«Asia and Africa today»

Meeting between the Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya

April 12, 2025 Participation of E.V. Morozov at the XXI International Congress "Blishchenko Readings"

April 10-11, 2025 International Scientific Conference “Colonial, Neo-colonial and Post-colonial Policies of the West in Historical Retrospect”

April 16, 2025. Research Seminar “Women in South Africa: Gender, Economy and Power”

Namibia: Inauguration of Nandi-Ndaitwah