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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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«Asia and Africa today»

«Asia and Africa today» Journal is a monthly academic socially and politically oriented magazine and the only periodical in Russia fully devoted to the current matters of the Asian and African countries. The Journal displays research papers, correspondence, interviews and other materials on international relations, political, economical and social processes in these continents.
Among the authors there are leading Orientalists and Africanists from Russia as well as foreign public figures and politicians, writers, cultural workers, international journalists.

The major events in science like international conferences, symposiums, academic exchanges, research expeditions, etc. are covered on the pages of the Journal. There are also related literature reviews, information on exhibitions, documentaries and fiction, readers’ letters.

The Journal is in the list of periodicals recommended by the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles for publications of those pursuing doctoral degrees.

The Journal is being circulated by subscription and cannot be bought in retail.

Apart from the «Rospechat» offices (index 70009), the subscription can be taken out at the Editorial office at the reduced rate.

A limited number of previously published issues of the Journal also can be bought at the Editorial office.

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