16 – 18 April 2025
The 33rd biennial International Congress on Source Study and Historiography of Asia and Africa will be held at Saint Petersburg University from 16 – 18 April 2025.


Conference panels:
- The Book in Oriental History and Culture.
- International Session on Arabic Studies: Historiography and Source Studies of the Arab Countries (organized together with Yerevan State University).
- Iranian and Afghan Studies.
- Turkic Studies: “XXV Professor Ivanov’s Readings” (History, Culture, Literature, Language of Turkic Peoples).
- Historiography and Source Studies of the Caucasus and Central Asia.
- Kurdish Studies.
- «Academician Vasily V. Struve’s Section»: Historiography and Source Studies of the Ancient Near East.
- Round table discussion: “Historiography and Source Studies of Islam in Russia”.
- Round table discussion: “Documents and other sources of the Middle East historical and cultural heritage (XVIII – early XX CC.)
- Round table discussion: “Russia and the East: the current state of the Arch of Instability on the Rim of Eurasia and North Africa”.
- Round table discussion: “Traditionalism in the modern states of Asia and Africa”.
- Round table discussion: “Asian Intellectual History through ideas and persons”.
- Workshop of Young Scholars in Asian and African Studies.
- Historiography and Source Studies of Southeast Asia.
- Historiography and Source Studies of India.
- Historiography and Source Studies of China.
- Historiography and Source Studies of Japan.
- Historiography and Source Studies of Korea.
- Historiography and Source Studies of Mongolia, Tibet and Buddhism.
- African Studies: “In memoriam of D.A. Olderogge”.
- Literatures of Asia and Africa.
- Languages of Asia and Africa.
Link for online access: https://zoom.us/j/97860055184?pwd=IRxiMUt8PyL6Fi5g6B47LmmdL9DFmJ.1
Conference ID: 978 6005 5184
Password: 362890
In the ‘Session halls’you should select the relevant ‘hall’ according to the number of your Section.
Should you have any query please contact the Organizing Committee of the Congress:
Aadministrative questions:
faas.congress@gmail.com (Angelika Pobedonostseva)
Invitations, visa support, accommodation:
faas.congress.visa@yandex.ru (Anastasia Borisova)
Abstracts/ Proceedings publication:
confvost@gmail.com (Alexander Matveev)
Tel./fax: (+7812) 328-77-32.