The 8th All-Russian Research and Practical Conference "The Bigiev Readings" has been held at St Petersburg University. This year, its focus is "The Islamic Heritage of Russia: Revival and Renewal". The event was timed to coincide with the celebrations marking the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgarians. The Bigiev Readings were organised by: the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation; St Petersburg University; and Moscow Islamic Institute, with the assistance from the Fund for Support of Islamic Culture, Science and Education; the Medina Publishing House; and the SAFMAR Foundation. A welcoming message from Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation,…

The Department of Japanology of Saint Petersburg State University invites you to participate in the International Conference "Japan: Civilization, Cultural History, Language" to be held on the 14th and 15th of October 2022. The following sections are planned: linguistics and literature; history and culture; economics and politics. Location: Department of Japanology, Saint Petersburg State University (199034, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya emb., Build. 11). Working languages of the conference: Russian, Japanese, English. Format of participation: As for now, it is scheduled that the conference would be held in person live format. Though, due to the pandemic limitations, it could be transformed into…

St Petersburg University has held the 2nd International Conference ‘Issues of the History and Culture of Sudan: Ancient, Modern, and New Times’. The conference brought together experts from: the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts at the Russian Academy of Sciences; the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences; the State Hermitage Museum; Russia’s leading universities; and independent researchers. The University is committed to improving the breadth and depth of international engagement and collaboration in education and diplomacy with Sudan, said Sergey Andryushin, Deputy Rector for International Affairs. Much has been done, as he said. The University signed an…

Saint Petersburg State University and Nanjing University cordially welcome paper proposals for the 10th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”, dedicated to the 1250th anniversary of outstanding Chinese man of letters Bo Juyi (772-846). The conference will be held on June 30 – July 2, 2022 in Saint Petersburg and will include the following panels: Bo Juyi and his contribution to Chinese literature (poetry and essays, literary ties, translation into foreign languages). New tasks in the study of classical Chinese literature in the age of globalization and informatization. The trends in Chinese literature of XX and XXI centuries. Far…

St Petersburg University has opened an international conference ‘Modernising Korea: Past and Present’. The conference is supported by the Academy of Korean Studies. The event was held online. The conference brought together experts from leading educational and research centres, including St Petersburg University, the University of Oslo, Chung Ang University, Far Eastern Federal University, Stockholm University, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, the Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Community Culture Foundation of North-East Asia, and Lomonosov Moscow State University to name but a few. The event is held within the framework of the grant AKS-2016-OLU-2250002 of the Academy of Korean Studies. Sergey Andryushin, Deputy Rector of St Petersburg University, addressed his welcoming speech to the…

An international academic conference dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Southeast Asian studies at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies has been held at St Petersburg University. The unique online forum brought together about 50 experts in Southeast Asian studies. They discussed: the synchrony and diachrony of languages; literature and oral tradition; politics and economics; modern development and traditional culture; and the ancient and modern history of Southeast Asian nations. The conference was opened by Professor Mikhail Piotrovsky, who is a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, General Director of the State Hermitage Museum, and the Dean…

The XXXI International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa: “Russia and the East. Сommemorating Centennial of Political and Cultural Ties" The 31st biennial International Congress on Source Study and Historiography of Asian and African Countries will be held at Saint Petersburg State University from June 23, 2021 to June 25, 2021. This Congress will be dedicated to the Centennial anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Middle and Far Eastern countries to be celebrated in 2020 and 2021. The main topic related presentations about the historical milestones of diplomatic relations between Russia…

The Department of Japanology of Saint Petersburg State University invites you to participate in the International conference “Japan XXI Nova: Era and Century” to be held on the 9th and 10th of October 2020. Due to the current situation, we suppose the symposium includes personal attendance as well as a variety of on-line report by means of Skype etc. Conference Panels: Linguistics and Literature; History and Culture; Economics and Politics. Location: Department of Japanology, Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg, 199034, Universitetskaya emb., Build. 11). Working languages of the conference: Russian, Japanese, English. Applications and Materials accept: till July 31,…

St. Petersburg State University (the Department of Oriental Studies) invites scholars to join the International conference on the 65th Anniversary of Southeast Asia languages studies in our country that will take place on 15-16 September 2020, at the SPbSU in St-Petersburg, Russia. Calls For Papers The systematic studies of mainland and island Southeast Asia indigenous peoples and culture, teaching languages of this region that started in 1955 at the Leningrad State University, led to the appearance of now well-known scientific school, that organically fit into the tradition of oriental studies in St. Petersburg. The format of the upcoming conference includes…

Saint Petersburg State University and Nanjing University cordially welcome paper proposals for the 9th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”, dedicated to the 380th anniversary of outstanding Chinese man of letters Pu Songling (1640-1715). The conference will be held on August 29-31, 2020 in Saint Petersburg and will include the following panels: Pu Songling and his contribution to Chinese literature; New tasks in the study of classical Chinese literature in the age of globalization and informatization; The trends in Chinese literature of XX and XXI centuries; Far Eastern literatures in Russia & Russian literature in the Far Eastern & South-East…

Dear colleagues, The Organizing Committee has decided to establish a new series of selected peer-reviewed full papers of the Congress. Consequently, we are going to publish Proceedings of the XXX Congress (2019), with a number of selected full papers; besides, a volume of the previous Congress (2017) papers is going to be published. Those who wish to publish their full papers, not exceeded 7000 words, of 2019 and 2017 Congresses should send the title of the proposed paper to the Organizing Committee by 5 August 2019; the full text of the paper of the XXX Congress (2019) should be sent by 20 September 2019; the full text of…

The XXX International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa: On the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Academician Vasily V. Barthold (1869-1930). Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St. Petersburg State University, 19-21 June, 2019 Conference panels: “The Book in Oriental History and Culture”: On the Occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Oriental Collection at the University of St Petersburg. Historiography and Source Studies of the Arab Countries. Historiography and Source Studies of Turkey. Iranian Studies: “In memoriam of Ivan M. Steblin-Kamensky (1945-2018)”. Historiography and Source Studies of the Caucasus. Historiography and Source Studies of…

 The International Conference "Christianity and Christians in the East" Dedicated to the 100 Anniversary of the Member of the Russian Academy Professor Mikhail N. Bogolyubov (1918-2010) to be held at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies St Petersburg State University November 2-3, 2018   Main objectives of the conference: Organization of an interdisciplinary international forum on History, Current Situation and Prospects of Christianity and Christian communities in Asia and Africa.   Conference panels: Christianity in the Middle East and North Africa. Christianity in East, Southeast and South Asia. Christianity in Africa. Round table discussion: “History, Current Situation and Future…

In keeping with the tradition of the biennials convened since 1990 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Conference focuses on the remarkable far-reaching parallelism in syntactic and semantic structures of the languages of the Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa, which can be explained neither by genealogical affinity, nor by areal factors. Linguistic Fields: Typology, General Linguistics, Universal Grammar, Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa Working languages – Russian and English. E-mail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.