Anastasia A. Banshchikova

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow Centre for History and Cultural Anthropology
RSCI AuthorID: 554293
ORCID: 0000-0001-6130-3417
Researcher ID: E-6671-2018
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Contact info:
30/1 Spiridonovka St., 123001, Moscow, Russia
Tel.: +7 (499) 690-61-33
Fax: +7 (495) 697-19-54
E-mail: senet_m_ta@mail.ru

Personal status:
Born on March 8th, 1982 in Kurgan, USSR/Russia.

Education:
2004 – M.A. cum laude from the Department of Antiquities, Faculty of History, Moscow State University; Moscow, Russia.

Academic degree:
2010 – Ph.D. (World History) from Russian State University for the Humanities; Moscow, Russia.

Academic experience:
Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
2013 to present: Senior Research Fellow, Center of History and Cultural Anthropology;
2008-2013: Research Fellow, Center of History and Cultural Anthropology;
2004-2008: Junior Research Fellow, Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies.

Research interests:
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; Kiswahili.

Language competence:
European: English, French, German;
Ancient: Middle-Egyptian, Greek, Latin;
Others: Arabic, Swahili.

Participation in expeditions:
2006-2009 – Nigeria, Tanzania, Benin, Rwanda. Field research project "Image of Russia in Africa."
2018-2019 – Tanzania. Field research project "Historical Memory as a Factor of the Evolution of Social-Political Systems (Sub-Saharan Africa and Mesoamerica)."
2020-2024 – Tanzania. Field research project "Cultural Memory about 19th Century Arab Slave Trade and its Influence on Interethnic Relations in Modern-Day Tanzania."

Head of grants:
2020-2022 – Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant № 20-09-00361 "Cultural Memory about 19th Century Arab Slave Trade and its Influence on Interethnic Relations in Modern-Day Tanzania."
2022-2023 – Russian Science Foundation, grant № 22-28-00734 "Two Colonizations of Tanganyika: Attitude of German Colonial Officers and European Travelers towards Local Arab and Arab-Swahili Elite (based on written and visual sources)."

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs:

1. With Valentina N. Bryndina & Oxana V. Ivanchenko. Between Chains and Books: Historical Memory of the 19th Century Arab-Swahili Slave Trade in Insular and Mainland Tanzania. Moscow: Institute for African Studies, 2024. ISBN 978-5-6052752-2-0. In Russian.

2. A.A. Banshchikova. Crucial Periods in Ancient Egyptian Historical Tradition and Consciousness. Moscow: LENAND (URSS), 2015. ISBN 978-5-9710-1511-6. In Russian.

3. A.A. Banshchikova. The Images of Women in Ancient Egyptian Literature. Moscow: LIBROKOM (URSS), 2009. 2nd ed.: Moscow: LENAND (URSS), 2014. ISBN 978-5-397-00042-0. In Russian.

Articles, book chapters, and abstracts in English:

1. With Valentina N. Bryndina & Oksana V. Ivanchenko. Perception of Geographical Destinations of 19th Century Arab-Swahili Slave Trade among Tanzanian Mainlanders, Zanzibari Residents and Indigenous Zanzibaris // Zamani: А Journal of African Historical Studies. In print.

2. With Oksana V. Ivanchenko. Abolition of the 19th Century Arab Slave Trade in the Current Views of Christian and Muslim Afro-Tanzanians // Anthropos. 2023. No. 118 (2). P. 433-442. DOI: 10.5771/0257-9774-2023-2-433.

3. Julius Nyerere, Comprehension of Slavery, and Nation Building: Some Notes on Popular Consciousness in Modern Tanzania // Journal of the Institute for African Studies. 2023. №4 (65). С. 122-130. DOI: 10.31132/2412-5717-2023-65-4-122-130.

4. Visual Colonization: Social Hierarchies in Postcards, Photographs and Sketches of German East Africa // Social Evolution and History. 2022. Vol. 21 No. 2. P. 108-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76924-6_2.

5. With Valentina N. Bryndina & Oksana V. Ivanchenko. The sultan of Zanzibar, Tippu Tip and Local Chiefs: Key Figures of the 19th Century Arab-Swahili Slave Trade in European Written Sources and the Views of Modern Tanzanians. International Conference "Leadership and Power in Africa in the Past and the Present: Studies in Russia, Tanzania and Beyond", Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1-4 March 2022. Book of Abstracts. Moscow: IAS RAS, 2022. P. 33. ISBN 978-5-91298-274-3.

6. With Dmitri M. Bondarenko & Oxana V. Ivanchenko. Whose State? Whose Nation? Representations of the History of the Arab Slave Trade and Nation-Building in Tanzania. In: Arne S. Steinforth and Sabine Klocke-Daffa (eds.). Challenging Authorities: Ethnographies of Legitimacy and Power in Eastern and Southern Africa. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. P. 29-62. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76924-6_2.

7. With Oxana V. Ivanchenko. Historical Memory of the 19th-Century Arab Slave Trade in Modern-Day Tanzania: Between Family Trauma and State-Planted Tolerance. In: D.M. Bondarenko and M.L. Butovskaya (eds.). The Omnipresent Past. Historical Anthropology of Africa and African Diaspora. Moscow: LRC Publishing House, 2019. P. 23-45. ISBN 978-5-907177-76-1.

8. With Oxana V. Ivanchenko. Historical Memory of the 19th-Century Arab Slave Trade in Modern-Day Tanzania: Between Family Trauma and State-Planted Tolerance. In: State-Building in Africa: Prospects and Challenges. 1st Social Scientists’ Conference, Dar es Salaam, March 4th-7th, 2019. Book of Abstracts. P. 51. ISBN 978-9976-5502-0-7.

9. With Oxana V. Ivanchenko. Urbanization and Mutual Help Groups: Contribution to Nation-Building in Tanzania // Social Evolution and History. March 2018. Vol. 17. No 1. P. 34-59. https://doi.org/10.30884/seh/2018.01.03.

10. On Some Attempts to Search Egyptian National Roots in "Pharaonic" Times in Egyptian Social Thought of 1920es – 1930es. In: A.M. Vasiliev (ed.). Africa in the Changing World Development Paradigm. 12th Conference for Africanists. Book of Abstracts. Moscow, 2011. P. 73.

11. The Change of "Another One" in Course of Interregional Integration: Emerging of Ancient Near-Eastern Oikumene and the Image of Asian Women in Egyptian Literature. In: Z. Huang (ed.). The 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. July 27-31, 2009, Kunming, China. Paper Abstracts. Vol. 1. Kunming: Chinese Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 2009. P. 228-229.

12. Literature Compensation of the Weakened King’s Power during the Crucial Periods of Ancient Egyptian History. In: Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations. Book of Abstracts. Moscow, 2009. P. 85.

13. The Topos of Amalecite Supremacy over Egypt in Arab Historical Tradition (I mill. A.D.). Buletinul Cercurilor Stiintifice Studentesti. 2008. № 14. P. 39-45.

14. With Alexandre A. Nemirovsky. "Absolute" Near-Eastern Monarchies of the Late Bronse Age: Some Aspects in Comparison. In: D.M. Bondarenko, A.A. Nemirovsky (eds.). The Ruler and His Subjects: Socio-Cultural Norms and Boundaries of Personal Power. Moscow, 2008. P. 15-36.

15. The Image of the King in Ancient Egyptian Literature: from Axial Background Functions till Fully-Engaged Object of Action. In: L.E. Grinin, D.D. Beliaev, A.V. Korotayev (eds.). Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations: Ancient and Medieval Cultures. Moscow, 2008. P. 3-8.

16. Magic vs Act of Providence: Egyptians and Judeans at the Face of Foreign Enemies in the Arab Literature. Buletinul Cercurilor Stiintifice Studentesti. 2007. № 13. P. 59-63.

17. Review on Meskell, Lynn. 2002. Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt. Social Anthropology. 2006. Vol. 14. Part 2. P. 288-289.

18. Woman in Ancient Egypt: Evolution of Personal and Social Position. Social Evolution and History. 2006. V. 5. № 1. P. 109-125.

19. The Image of the King in Ancient Egyptian Literature: From Axial Background Functions till Fully-Engaged Object of Action. In: Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations. Book of Abstracts. Moscow, 2006. P. 140-141.