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The research topics cover a wide range of issues, including the study of the cultures of the peoples of the East in aspects that require reference to sources, methodology, and methods characteristic of cultural anthropology, social anthropology, political anthropology, historical anthropology, archeology, and other relevant disciplines and subdisciplines.
The Department’s activities focus on doing fieldwork, developing a comprehensive historical and sociocultural approach based on the understanding of anthropology as a fundamentally historical discipline, and corresponding modern methods for studying the societies and cultures of the peoples of the East in various eras.
Presentation "The Royal Tamgas of the Bosporus: pro et contra"On April 7, 2025, the meeting of the seminar "Ex Oriente lux" was held at the Department of Anthropology of the East. At it, Leading Research Fellow, Prof. Evgeny Vdovchenkov spoke about tamgas - the signs of family and clan affiliation that appeared in Europe in the Sarmatian era. |
Islam and Oral Historical Traditions of MaliOn March 24, 2025, the Department of Anthropology of the East held a regular seminar "Ex Oriente lux", at which Leading Research Fellow, Prof. Petr Kutsenkov presented his new article on the connection between Islam and pre-Islamic cultures in West Africa. |
Presentation "The Transformation of the Artistic Tradition in the Ornamentation of African Red-lacquer Ware as a Reflection of Socio-political Changes in Society in the I-IV Centuries CE"On February 24, 2025, the first meeting of the seminar "Ex Oriente lux" of the Department of Anthropology of the East was held. |
A new department has been created under the leadership of Dmitri Bondarenko, Ph.D., D.Sc. (General History and Anthropology), Corresponding Member (History) and Professor (Global Problems and International Relations) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Department of Anthropology of the East at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences! |
Dmitri M. Bondarenko
Associate member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. of History, Professor, RAS Professor
Chief Researcher
E-mail: oav@ivran.ru