On July 23, 2020 the members of the Center of History and Cultural Anthropology of the Institute for African Studies took part in the 16th EASA Biennial Conference “EASA2020: New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe”.

Laboratory of Oriental and African Studies of the Department of World History of P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University and Center for History and Cultural Anthropology

March
Shubin V.G. Is Ramaphosa South African Gorbachev?

April
Bryndina V.N. Evolution of Representation of Slavery in the 20th – 21st Centuries American Movies: Historical and Cultural Context

Yaroslavl, P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology

From 5 to 19 of November 2019 Research Fellow Dr. Nadezhda Khokholkova and a student from Russian State University for the Humanities Mariia Sergeeva conducted field research in Tanzania, supported by Russian Scientific Foundation (project №18-18-00454 "Historical Memory as the Evolutional Factor of Socio-Political Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Mesoamerica"). The study focused on the historical memory of the slave trade and colonialism.

From November 20 to November 24, 2019 Principal Research Fellow of the Centre ofr History and Cultural Anthropology Prof. Vladimir Shubin was in Maputo to participate in the Symposium on the topic "Mozambique’s foreign policy and diplomacy: from the origin to to the present." At this symposium, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Joaquim Chissano, who served as president of this country in 1986-2004, he was invited as an honored guest along with former presidents of neighboring countries of Mozambique.

On October 1, 2019, the round table "New Trends in African Studies: Historical, Anthropological, and Gender Aspects" was held at the Institute for African studies. The event was organized by the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology in cooperation with the Center for Sociological and Political Sciences. The round table was arranged to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Institute for African Studies and the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Group of Gender Studies.

Russian Scientific Foundation "Historical Memory as the Evolutional Factor of Socio-Political Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Mesoamerica")