On March 31, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Moscow time) the scientific seminar «Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence in the History of Algeria: From the Idea of the 'Arab Kingdom' by Napoleon III to the Support of the ANDR for Anti-Colonial Movements in Southern Africa» will take place.

Centre for History and Cultural Anthropology

Anastasia A. Banshchikova, 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"
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Dmitri M. Bondarenko.
Moscow: Institute for African Studies, RAS, 2025. - 296 p.
ISBN 978-5-91298-325-2

Anastasia A. Banshchikova. Visual Colonization: Objects, Plots and Composition of Postcards Presenting German East Africa.
Editor-in-Chief: PhD in History V.V. Gribanova
Moscow: Institute for African Studies, RAS, 2025. - 444 с.
ISBN 978-5-91298-323-8.
In Russian and English.

On November 25 at 12:00 PM, as part of the Culture and Society seminar at the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology, a report entitled “The Dynamics of Electoral Processes in the Republic of Mozambique 2014–2024: Global and Local Trends” was presented by Anton Kupalov-Yaropolk, a junior research fellow at the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology.

On October 23-25, 2025, the VII Firsova Readings were held at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University). Nadezhda Khokholkova, a Senior Research Fellow, took part in this international scientific and practical conference.

On October 16-17, 2025, the International academic conference "Russia between East and West: Civilizational Confrontation or Dialogue?", organized by the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held in Moscow.

Senior Researcher of the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology Evgenii Morozov spoke at the XXI International Congress "Blishchenko Readings": "International Law - a Means of Ensuring Peace and Trust at the Peoples" in the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. The event was attended by about 400 specialists in the field of international law from Russia and 30 foreign countries.