Smertin, Yuri Grigoryevich

Born on September 6, 1947 in Riga . ^[one]

In 1974 he graduated from the historical and philological faculty of the University of Friendship of Peoples . ^{[1] [2]}

In 1977 - graduate school of the Institute of Africa, Academy of Sciences of the USSR . ^[one]

In 1978 he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor . ^[one]

In 1992, at the Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow State University, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences on the topic "The ideology of national liberation in British West Africa (30s - early 60s of the 20th century)." ^[one]

In 1992 he was awarded the academic title of professor . ^[one]

Professor of the Department of the History of the Ancient World and Middle Ages of Kuban State University . He taught courses: the history of the countries of Asia and Africa in the Middle Ages; spiritual culture of the peoples of Asia and Africa; latest theories of the historical process.

At present, he is a professor at the Department of Foreign Regional Studies and Diplomacy of the Kuban State University . ^[2]

In 1993, he became one of the founders of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the Institute of Economics, Law and Natural Sciences, which studies, among others, the Korean language, as well as the history, culture, economics, and law of Korea in the framework of the specialty " regional studies". ^[one]

Since 1995 - Head of the Department of Eastern Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, Law and Humanities . He teaches history and culture of East Asian countries in the Middle Ages; religious philosopher. the basics of Buddhism. ^{[1] [3]}

In 1995, he underwent a six-month internship at Jilin University . ^[one]

In 2000, he completed a six-month internship at Gyeongbuk National University . ^[one]

Field of scientific interests: the culture of Korea and China in the medieval period. Member of XXXVII Int. Congress of Orientalists (Moscow, 2004), vseros. and international scientific conferences in Yekaterinburg (1998), Tyumen (2000), Seoul (2000), Blagoveshchensk (2002), Armavir (2002), St. Petersburg (2003), including reports on Korean studies. 10 works on Korean studies have been published. ^[one]

The author of more than 50 scientific and educational works. ^[3]

Monographs

• Smertin Yu. G. History of medieval tropical Africa. - 1976.
• Smertin Yu. G. Chinese classical poetry in the context of language, history and culture. - 1999.
• Smertin Yu. G. The Muslim world: times of the Prophet and caliphs. - 2003.
• Smertin Yu. G., Kirei N.I. Islam in the countries of Asia and Africa. - 2007.
• Smertin Yu. G. Phenomena of the Culture of China and Korea: Selected Articles. - Institute of Economics, Law and Humanities , 2007. - 367 p. - ISBN 978-5-94888-035-8 .
• Smertin Yu. G. Medieval Iran: History, Religion, Culture. - 2007.

Tutorials

• Smertin Yu. G. Islamic civilization: formation and prosperity (VII-XI centuries): a training manual. - Krasnodar: Publishing house of KubSU . - 346 p. - ISBN 9785820905599 .
• Smertin Yu. G. The Muslim World: Times of the Prophet and Caliphs: Textbook. - Krasnodar: Institute of Economics, Law and Humanities , 2003. - 264 p.

Articles

• Smertin Yu. G. Esoteric tradition in Korean Buddhism // World of the East. - 2001. - S. p. 85–94. .
• Smertin Yu. G. Kisen: Marginal Women of Traditional Korea // Problems of World History. - 2001.
• Smertin Yu. G. Korean hahwe mask theater: celebration of everyday life // Materials of the conference "Problems of everyday life: lifestyle, consciousness, study methodology." - 2002.
• Smertin Yu. G. Korean Shamanism: Kut and Mudan // Problems of World History. - 2002.
• Smertin Yu. G. Christianity in Korea: Suffered Faith // World of the East. - 2002. - S. 32–44 .
• Smertin Yu. G. Korean hahwe mask theater: inversion of social values ​​// Grani. - 2002.
• Smertin Yu. G. Korean shamanism: the past in the present // World of the East. - 2003. - S. 66–76 .
• Smertin Yu. G. Kisen: “flowers on the sidelines” // Problems of the Far East. - 2003, No. 2.
• Smertin Yu. G. Khyang: Ancient Korean poetry // World of the East. - 2004 .-- S. 119–134 .
• Smertin Yu. G. Korean Taoism // Problems of World History .. - 2004.
• Smertin Yu. G. Japanese neobuddism: political practice and the global project // Historical, philosophical, political and legal sciences, cultural studies and art history. Questions of theory and practice . - “Publishing house of Literacy”, 2012. - No. 8-1 . - S. 190—194 . - ISSN 1997-292X . Archived on November 5, 2013.
• Smertin Yu. G. The cult of power in China and the challenges of popular religious culture // Historical, philosophical, political and legal sciences, cultural studies and art history. Questions of theory and practice . - Tambov: “Publishing House of Literacy”, 2012. - No. 7 (21) in the 3rd part of Part II. . - S. 147-151 . - ISSN 1997-292X . Archived on November 7, 2013.
• Smertin Yu. G. Pirates of the East Asian seas: private business and big politics // Theory and practice of social development . - Krasnodar: Publishing house "HORS", 2012. - No. 4 . - S. 182-185 . - ISSN 1815-4964 . (inaccessible link)

• Achagu A.V. et al. African Studies and Oriental Studies at the Kuban State University // Peoples of Asia and Africa . - 1988. - No. 4 . - S. 137–139 .
• Kirey N.I. Oriental Studies in Krasnodar (1970–2000) in the Mirror of the History and Traditions of Russian Orientalism // World of the East. - Krasnodar, 2001 .-- S. 11, 12–13, 15, 18.
• Kontsevich L.R. Russian Korean Studies at the Present Stage // Russian Korean Studies. Almanac / Vol. 3. - M. , 2003 .-- S. 41.