Zdanevich Alexander S.

Education:

• 2001-2004: PhD Programme in Asian and African Literatures, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU. PhD Thesis: “History of the development of political and social processes in Southern Africa (the end of the XVII - the first third of the XIX centuries)” (2004, supervisors Prof. A.A.Zhukov/Prof. A. B. Davidson).
• 1999-2001: M.A. in History and Culture, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St.Petersburg State University. M.A. Dissertation: “The cultural and political influence of the British on the process of the formation of Afrikaner society (the end of the XVII - the first third of the XIX century)”.
• 1995-1999: B.A. in History, St.Petersburg State University. Diploma: “The main stages in the formation of Afrikaner society in the context of British socio-political transformations (late XVII — early XIX centuries)”

Professional positions:

• Current Senior Lecturer, Department of African Studies, St.Petersburg State University
• 2012-2015: Director of the Russian-Tanzanian Centre of Science and Culture (RTCC, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania)
  Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation (cross-cultural relations (Russia-Tanzania))
• 2005- 2012: Head of the Department of Supplementary Educational Programs, Saint-Petersburg State University (SPbSU)
• 2001-2012: Senior Lecturer/Associate prof., Department of African Studies, St.Petersburg State University

Professional activities:

• Head of the Scientific Commission of the Faculty of Foreign Languages (SPbSU)

Languages:

• Russian (native),
• Swahili (fluent),
• English (fluent),
• Afrikaans (reading)

Research interests:

• History and culture of sub-Saharan Africa (south-east of the continent),
• Social & political processes in African countries.

Teaching:

Courses taught:

• Swahili language
• History of Africa
• Society, politics & economy of the African countries (present times)

Experimental workshops:

Expeditionary activities for the collection and classification of African art objects for private and museum collections within the framework of the “Africa inside” project:

• The Republic of the Congo (2004),
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004),
• People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2005),
• United Republic of Tanzania (2007; 2012-2015).

Publications: 

• “Strategic conflict in the Republic of Rwanda (1990-1994): History and prospects of settlement” Collected Works of the XXV Scientific Conference on Historiography and Source Studies of Asian and African Countries, St. Petersburg., 2009.