Gerasimov Igor V.

Personal information: 

Name: Igor V. Gerasimov
Date of birth: 20 January 1964
Place of birth: St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality: Russian

Education:

• Sept. 1981-June 1987 St. Petersburg University, The Department of Oriental Studies (St. Petersburg State University)

Specialization:

• History and politics of Arabian countries, Islamic History, Literature.
• Studied Modern Arabic Literature, History and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Arabic, English, Hebrew, French.

Field experience:

• Sept. 1984 – July 1985 The Institute for teaching Arabic for foreigners  Damascus, Syria)
• Specialization: Arabic language, Literature
• St. Petersburg University 1985-1987
• Master’s Degree in Oriental Studies 1987
• Dec. 1987-Dec. 1990, St. Petersburg University, The Faculty of Journalism, Graduate School.
• August 2013 Sudan (visiting of Darfur)
• January-February 2014 Sudan (visiting Sennar, Wad Madani, 6 Cataract)

Specialization:

• Foreign journalism.
• December 1994 Ph.D. in Linguistics ( The Literature of foreign peoples of Asia and Africa) and Ph.D. in Journalism,
• June 2013 Doctor in History. 

Employment:

• January 1991 – January 1997 Teaching assistant of the faculty of Journalism
• Since January 1997 senior – lecturer of the Faculty of Journalism 
• Since Sept. 1996 – May 1998 part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Oriental Studies
• Since October 1998 – January 2000 half-time lecturer in the Faculty of Oriental Studies
• Since 2002 - Associate professor of the Department of Arabic Studies ( Faculty of the Oriental Studies) 
• Since 2009 – Associate professor of the Department of History of the Near East

Responsibilities:

• lectured The History of Arabic Press, Grammar of Arabic.

Languages:

• Fluent in Russian, Arabic, English.
• Working knowledge of French, Hebrew.

Membership:

• Member ( Secretary) of the Center of African Studies ( St. Petersburg State University), 
• Member of Association of Humanitarian Relations with the Arabian countries.