The XXIX International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa «ASIA AND AFRICA: THEIR HERITAGE AND MODERNITY»

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The St Petersburg State University is holding the conference ‘The XXIX International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa «ASIA AND AFRICA: THEIR HERITAGE AND MODERNITY»‘ from 21-23 June 2017. The Call for Papers is open until 1 February 2017.

The planned Panels are:

  1. Historiography and Source Studies of the Middle East.
  2. Historiography and Source Studies of Iran and Afghanistan.
  3. Historiography and Source Studies of the Caucasus.
  4. Historiography and Source Studies of Central Asia. Nomads of Eurasia.
    Nomads of Eurasia.
  5. Historiography and Source Studies of India and Southeast Asia.
  6. Historiography and Source Studies of China.
    Round table discussion: “Legacy and Modernity in China”.
  7. Historiography and Source Studies of Japan.
  8. Historiography and Source Studies of Korea.
  9. Historiography and Source Studies of Mongolia, Tibet and Buddhism.
  10. African Studies – “In memoriam of D.A.Olderogge”.
  11. Historiography and Source Studies of the Ancient Orient.
  12. Languages of Asia and Africa.
  13. Literatures of Asia and Africa.
  14. Historiography and Source Studies of Islam in Russia.
  15. Round table discussion: “Middle East as a Major Centre of “The Arch of Instability on the Rim of Eurasia and North Africa”.
  16. Round table discussion: “Mountain Societies: Traditions and Modernity”.
  17. Round table discussion: “Problems of Gender Studies in the East”.
  18. Round table discussion: “Traditionalism and Orient”.
  19. Round table discussion: “Christianity in Asia and Africa”.
  20. Round table discussion: “History of the Oriental Studies in Russia: the 200th Anniversary of the Establishment of Asiatic Museum in St Petersburg”.
  21. Workshop of Young Scholars in Asian and African Studies – 2017.