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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Centre of Information and International Relations

Head of the Centre

Natalia I. BONDAR
https://www.elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=918024

inter.inafr@mail.ru

The main fields of the Centre's Studies:

• Organisational work in the preparation and conduct of international and national scientific conferences.
• Conclusion of cooperation agreements with Russian and foreign research centres.
• Establishment and maintenance of contacts with Russian and foreign media.
• Liaising with Russian public organisations.
• Enabling the participation of the IAS in activities aimed at promoting scientific knowledge about Africa.
• Support and content management of the Institute's website.
• Publishing the Institute's quarterly newsletter in Russian and English.
• Distribution of the Institute's publications in foreign and national centres for African Studies, including through book exchange

The Centre's Research Fellows:

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«Asia and Africa today»

Maxim Grishenkin and Tamara Andreeva took part in the discussion, 'The African Region in BRICS: Goals and Prospects”.

The delegation of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the XIII All-Russian Congress of Councils of Young Scientists and Student Scientific Societies

Participation of the Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Ceremony Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Patrice Lumumba's Birth

2025 June 25, 2025 Report by Dr. A.A. Banshchikova within the framework of the scientific seminar “Culture and Society”

6-7 October 2026 International Scientific Conference "Missionaries and christian churches in Africa: colonial context and contemporary discourse"

Interview with the Director of the Institute for African Studies: Modern Colonialism, Africa’s Cultural Code, and Russia-Africa Partnership

"Uchenye zapiski Instituta Afriki RAN" № 2 (71) 2025

Director of the Institute for African Studies Irina Abramova Moderated Two Sessions at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

The Institute for African Studies Joins the “Russian-African Network University” Consortium

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The Institute for African Studies (IAS)

Field work

Conference

Publishing activities

Doctoral Studies Department

The Council of Young Researchers

Library

Centre of Information and International Relations