Chunakova Olga M.

Academic degree:

• Doctor of Sciences (Philology) (the theme “Pahlavi Zoroastrian Literature. Typological Analysis”), 1998.

Education:

• 1968-1974. Leningrad State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Iranian Philology.
• 1974-1977. Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Sciences, Graduate School, Candidate of Sciences (History) (supervisor Doctor of Historical Sciences A.G. Perikhanian).
• September 2014. Internship in Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities, Turfan Studies (supervisor Prof. D. Durkin-Meisterernst).

Sphere of scientific interests:

• Iranian historical linguistics
• Middle Persian (Pahlavi) language and literature
• Middle Persian (Manichaean), Parthian, Sogdian
• Manichaean literature

Working languages:

• Russian
• English
• German
• French
• Persian

Publications: more than 50, including monographs 7, tutorials 3

Courses taught:

• Theoretical and historical grammar of Persian
• Middle Persian
• Old Persian