Dzhandosova Zarine A.

Education

• 2000: Refresher course, Pedagogical University (Daneshgah-e Tarbiyat-e Mudarres), Tehran, Iran.
• 1998: Candidate of History Dissertation: "The 1^st Volume of Siraj at-Tawarikh as a Source on the History of Afghanistan in the 1^st half of the 19^th century", supervisor Prof. Oleg Akimushkin.
• 1987–1990: Post-graduate course, Institute of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg branch, Russian Academy of Science.
• 1986–1987: Post-graduate practice course, Faculty of History, Kazakh State University.
• 1980–1985: Specialist in Oriental Studies and History (Afghan Studies), St. Petersburg State University; Degree Diploma: "The Typology of Nomadism in Afghanistan".

Professional positions:

• Current: Associate Professor, Department of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• 2012–2014: Senior Researcher, Department of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• 1998–2012: Associate Professor, Department of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• 1997–1998: Senior Lecturer, Department of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• 1996–1998: Lecturer, Department of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• 1985–1986: Lecturer, Preparatory Faculty, Kazakh State University

Languages:

• Russian (native),
• Persian (+Dari, Tajik) (fluent),
• English (fluent),
• French (reading),
• German (reading),
• Spanish (reading),
• Pashto (reading),
• Kazakh (reading).

Research interests:

• History of Afghanistan,
• Central Asia and Iran,
• Ethnic History of Afghanistan and Central Asia,
• History of Culture of Central Asia,
• Afghanistan and India,
• Literature,
• Translation Studies.

Teaching:

Courses taught:

• Persian
• Tajik
• History of Central Asia
• Geography of Central Asia
• Ethnic Map of Central Asia
• "The Big Game" in Central Asia
• States and Economics of Central Asia
• Translation of Persian historical texts

Publications: more than 60, including:

Tutorials:

• Geography of Central Asia. Tutorial. SPbSU, 2005. (in Russian).

Articles:

• Shah Zaman — the Last Emperor of Afghanistan. — in: Countries and Peoples of Orient. XXX. Central Asia. Hindu Kush. St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 1999. pp. 263-279. (in Russian).
• The Afghan Pages of the Great Diamond’s History. — in: Herald of St. Petersburg State University. Ser. 2. No. 2. SPb., 1999. P. 106-110 (in Russian).
  Kazakhs: Some Results of Russification. — in:  Shidny svit. Kiiv, 1999. № 1-2. Pp. 140-154. (in Russian)
• The Truth of Nauryz: General and Special Features in the Calendar Spring Holiday of the Iranians and Turks. — in:  Tughan Olke — Native Land. Historical and Archive Magazine. Almaty, 2004. № 2,3 (4-5). Pp. 101-108. (in Russian).
• The Custom of Intercession in Afghanistan at the Turn of the 18^th and 19^th centuries. — in: Oriental Writings 2 (3). Autumn-Winter, 2005. Pp. 125-133. (in Russian).
• Reconciliation in the Afghan Political Tradition (First Quarter of the 19^th century). — in: Aggression and Peaceful Coexistence: Universal Mechanisms of Control of Social Tension in Man (ed. M. L. Butovskaya). Moscow: Academic World, 2006. pp. 246-256. (in Russian).
• Mother’s Anger and Sister’s Sorrow: Theme of “Motherland” in Modern Tajik Poetry. — in: Iran-Nameh. Almaty, 2007. No. 3. P. 154-161 (in Russian).
  The Reflection of Social Changes in the Wedding Rituals of Kazakhs // Rahmat-Nameh. SPb, 2008. P. 97. 116 (in Russian).
• Post-Modernism in the Central Asian Literatures. — in: Post-Modernism in the Literatures of Asia and Africa. Essays. SPbSU, 2010. P. 260-303. (in Russian).
  The campaign of Abu-l-Khair, the son of Qasim-khan, against the Safavids (based on the data of the ‘’Ālam-ārā-ye Shah Ismā’il ‘). — in:  Otan Tarihi — National History. Academic Magazine. Almaty, 2014. 2 (66). Pp. 5-13. (In co-authorship with N. Atygaev). (in Russian).
• The Country’s Name: History of the Macro-toponym “Qazaqstan / Kazakhstan”. — in: “The Problems of Studies of the Cultural Heritage of peoples of Kazakhstan and Central Asia: Toponymy, Epigraphy, Art. Almaty, 2014. P. 10-25 (in co-authorship with IV Erofeeva). (in Russian).
• Ten Turkestans: Ten Different Meanings of One Toponym. — in: “The Problems of Studies of the Cultural Heritage of peoples of Kazakhstan and Central Asia: Toponymy, Epigraphy, Art. Almaty, 2014 pp. 56-65 (in Russian).