Irina Ivanovna Filatova (born May 20, 1947 , Murmansk ) is one of the leading Soviet and Russian historians - Africanists , professor , doctor of historical sciences . The author of six books and more than 200 scientific articles.
| Irina Ivanovna Filatova | |
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 Irina Ivanovna Filatova | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Murmansk , USSR |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | African studies |
| Place of work | High School of Economics |
| Alma mater | Institute of Oriental Languages |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Historical Sciences |
| Academic title | Professor |
| supervisor | Davidson, Apollon Borisovich |
| Known as | Russian Africanist historian |
| Awards and prizes | In 2014, the book The Hidden Thread. Russia and South Africa in the Soviet Era (co-authored with AB Davidson) won the Reht Malan Prize in South Africa as the best book of the year in the category of non-fiction. |
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Biography
In 1965 she entered, and in 1970 graduated from the Institute of Oriental Languages at the Moscow State University. MV Lomonosov specialty "Orientalist-historian, referent-translator", specialization "History of Africa". In 1970-1973 she studied in graduate school at the same institute, having defended her thesis in 1973 on the topic “White minority in colonial and independent Kenya . Transformation of the role of white settlers in socio-economic and political life ” . In 1973–1992 she taught at the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University, in 1989–1992 she was the head of the department of African studies. In 1987 she defended her doctoral thesis "The social transformation of the African population of Kenya: problems of the general and the particular . " Since 1992 - Professor.
In 1992-1999 - Professor and Head. Department of History, University of Durban-Westvile ( South Africa ), in 2000-2002 - Director of the School of Social Sciences and the development of the same university. Since 2002 - Honored Professor of the University of Durban-Westvil, then the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Since 2004 - Professor of National Research University - Higher School of Economics (Moscow) [1] .
Social activities
In 1989-1992. - Member of the Council of Africa for the Committee of Soviet Women . In 1990-1992. - Member of the Board of the Committee of Solidarity of Asian and African countries In 1994-1998 - Member of the Administrative Council of the Center for Russian Studies at the University of Cape Town ( Cape Town , South Africa). In 1992-1994 - member of the editorial board of the Slavic almanac ( University of Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa). In 2000–2012, he was a member of the editorial board of the journal Africa Insight (Institute for Africa, Pretoria , South Africa). In 2003–2007, he was a member of the editorial board of the Council of the Humanities Publishing House (Cape Town, South Africa). From 2010 to present - Member of the Board of the Journal of Twentieth Century Communism (University of Manchester)
Awards and prizes
- Reht Malan Award (South Africa) for the book Russia and South Africa in the Soviet Era, in 2014, named the best book of the year in the category of non-fiction [2] .
- 2005–2007 - Ford Foundation (USA) grant from the Jack Simons project of an intellectual's biography.
- Distinguished Professor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa) (2002).
- 1995–1997 - grant from the National Foundation for the Humanities (USA), The Comintern and South Africa project: a documentary history (co-authored with A. B. Davidson , V. P. Gorodnov and S. Jones).
- 1992 - 9th Fellow Bradlow Fellow, South African Institute of International Relations.
- 1990-1991 - Fellow of the South African Studies Program, Yale University , USA.
Scientific publications
Books
- The Hidden hread. Russia and South Africa in the Soviet Era (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Johannesburg and Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2013, 553 p. [3]
- I. Filatova, A. Davidson. Russia and South Africa: Building Bridges / Higher School of Economics. - M .: HSE Publishing House, 2012. - 496 p. - 600 copies - ISBN 978-5-7598-0917-3 .
- Davidson, A. B. , Filatov, I. I. Russia and South Africa: Three Centuries of Relationships / Higher School of Economics. - M .: Publ. House HSE, 2010. - 332 p. - 650 copies - ISBN 978-5-7598-0720-9 .
- The Russians and the Anglo-Boer War. 1899-1902 (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1998, 287 p.
- Filatova I.I. People of the Green Hills of Africa between the past and the present: Colonial Transformation of African Societies of Kenya / In-t of Asia and Africa at Moscow State University. - M .: Science . Ed. firm "Vost. Lit. ”, 1992. - 233 p. - ISBN 5-02-017439-4 .
- Filatov I.I. History of Kenya in the new and modern times . - M .: Science . The main editors of Eastern literature, 1985. - 380, [8] with. - (History of African countries). - 1850 copies
Edited by
- South Africa and the Communist International: a documentary history (1919-1939) , vols. 1, 2 (jointly with A. B. Davidson , V. P. Gorodnov and S. Jones). Frank Cass, London, 2003.
- African Studies in the 20th Century: Time, Interpretations, People. (together with A. S. Balezin and G. V. Tsypkin). Moscow, Institute of General History, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002.
- Aspects of Development: Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities (with M. Goodhals, S. Lich and B. White). Alternation (Durban), Vol. 7, N 2, 2000.
- Russia in the Contemporary World. Proceedings of the international conference (with A. B. Davidson ). Cape Town University, Center for Russian Studies and Phoenix Publishing, 1995.
- History of Tropical and South Africa, 1918-1988 (with A. B. Davidson ). Moscow, Science, 1989.
Main articles and book chapters
- "The Lasting Legacy: The Soviet Theory of the National-Democratic Revolution and South Africa." South African Historical Journal. Special Issue: the ANC at 100. Vol. 64, No.3, September 2012. P. 507-537.
- “What color is the South African Rainbow? The ANC's Racial Transformation. Transformation. Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa. No 75, 2011. P. 23-35.
- “African statehood or African renaissance. The paradox of abnormality or the normality of the paradox? A. L. Ryabinin, ed. State sovereignty vs right to self-determination. M .: Izd. House of the State University Higher School of Economics, 2011. P. 74-112.
- “What color is a South African miracle?” The National Democratic Revolution and National Relations in South Africa at the End of the 20th - the Beginning of the 21st Century ”(co-authored by A. B. Davidson ). On Sat A. B. Davidson, ed. Pax Africana: the continent and the diaspora in search of themselves. Moscow, Publishing House of the Higher School of Economics, 2009, p. 141-214.
- “Historical layers of Afrocentrism” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). On Sat A. B. Davidson, ed. Pax Africana: the continent and the diaspora in search of themselves. Moscow, Publishing House of the Higher School of Economics, 2009, p. 6-40.
- “National policy and national relations in South Africa after 1994” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). On Sat A.M. Vasilyev, ed. Modern Africa: the metamorphosis of political power. Moscow, Oriental Literature Publishing Company, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2009, p. 377-445.
- “The Long Track: the Soviet Theory of the National Liberation Movement and South Africa”. On Sat A. L. Ryabinin, ed. The imperial question is the national answer. Moscow: Ed. House GUVSHE, 2009, p. 237-263.
- “South Africa after Apartheid” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). World economy and international relations, Moscow, no. 11, 2008, p. 77-87.
- “National ideology and political struggle in South Africa after 1994” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). New and recent history, Moscow, no. 1, 2008, p. 100-109.
- “From the Zulus to the Kazakhs, Long-standing contacts of Russia and South Africa” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). East (Orient), Moscow, no. 1, 2008, p. 121-129.
- South Africa's Soviet Connection. History Compass, London: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2008, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 389-403.
- “Russia and South Africa. Early mutual representations ”(co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Historical Notes (RAS), no. 10 (128), Moscow: "Science", 2007, p. 303-343.
- “Anti-Colonialism in Soviet African Studies (1920s-1960)”. On Sat PT Zeleza, ed. The Study of Africa. Volume II. Global and Transnational Engagements. Dakar: CODESRIA, 2007, p. 203–234.
- “Is Afrocentrism a Relic of the Past or a Sign of the Future?” (Co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). On Sat: L. V. Vasilyev, ed. We and they. Conformity and the image of the "other." Collection of articles on xenophobia. Moscow: University Book House Publishing House, 2007, p. 134-164.
- “To the Other End of the Earth: Russia and South Africa in the 17th and 18th Centuries” (co-authored by A. B. Davidson ). In Sat: M. Matusevich, ed. Three Centuries of Encounters. Trenton (New Jersey): Africa World Press Incorporated, 2007, from 201–218.
- “Russia and the South Africa at Twelve Century: five episodes” (co-authored by A. B. Davidson). In: I. Snyman, I. Liebenberg, G. van der Westhuizen, M. Roos, eds. A Century is a Short Time. New Perspectives on the Anglo-Boer War. Publishing house Nexus, Johannesburg / Pretoria, 2005, p. 348-376.
- “The Concept of Ethnic Consolidation in Soviet African Studies in the 1950s”. On Sat Formation of African African studies. 1920-1960. Moscow, Science, 2003, p. 336-348.
- "Soviet concepts of anti-colonialism in Africa." On Sat Formation of African African studies. 1920-1960. Moscow, Science, 2003, p. 295–335.
- “African State versus African Renaissance? A Historical Survey of the State in Africa. ” On Sat: E. Maloka, ed. A United States of Africa? Pretoria: Africa Institute Publishers, 2001, p. 65-91.
- "Democracy vs State: The African Dilemma". In Proc .: H. Solomon, I. Liebenberg, ed. Consolidation of Democracy in Africa. A View from the South. Ashgate, Aldershot, et al. ., 2000, p. 11-44.
- “The Boer War and Russia” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). New and recent history, Moscow, N 1, 2000, p. 31-50.
- “Russian Sources on the Anglo-Boer War” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). SA Archives Journal, Johannesburg, Vol. 41, 1999/2000, p. 56-63.
- “Indoctrination or Scholarship? University of the East of the Soviet Union, 1923—1937 ". Paedagogica Historica. International Journal of the History of Education, Brussels, vol. XXXV (1999), N 1, p. 41-66.
- “Seeking the Secrets of War. Russian Military Observers at the South African War. 1899-1902 "(co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Kleio, Pretoria, N XXX (1998), p. 45-63.
- “Soviet Concepts of Ethnicity. Interpretations of a Dogma. ”Theoria, Durban, N 90, December 1997, p. 93-120.
- “Russia and South Africa a Hundred Years Ago.” (Co-authored with A. B. Davidson ) South African Historical Journal, N 37 (November 1997), p. 21-47.
- “South African Society: Soviet Perspectives - 1917 to the mid 1950s” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). AlterNation, Durban, Vol. 4, N 1, 1997, p. 84-92.
- “African History: A View from behind the Kremlin Wall” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). In Sat: S. McGrath, Ch. Jedrej, K. King and J. Thompson (Ed.). Rethinking African History. Center of African Studies. Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, 1997, p. 45-69.
- “The South African War and the Russian Public” (co-authored by A. B. Davidson ). AlterNation, Durban, Vol. 4, N 2, 1997, p. 81-102.
- “The Rainbow against the African Sky or the African Hegemony in a Muti-Cultural Context?” Transformation, Durban, N 34, 1997, p. 47-56.
- “Russian Doctors and Nurses in the South African War, 1899-1902” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Historia, Pretoria, Vol. 42, N 1, 1997, p. 49-60.
- “History through the Prism of Identity: interpretation at the crossroads.” In: R. Morrell (ed.). Political Economy and Identities in KwaZulu-Natal. Historical and Social Perspectives. Indicator Press, Durban. 1996, p. 7-14.
- “The Russian Boer General” (co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Historia, Pretoria, Vol. 40, N 2, 1995, p. 20-38.
- "The Awkward Issue: Some Comments on the South African Debate on Nation Building and Ethnicity". In: N. Rhoodie and I. Liebenberg, (ed.). Democratic Nation-Building in South Africa. HSRC Publishers, Pretoria, 1994, p. 52-59.
- “Early Contacts between Russia and South Africa.” (Co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). Slavic Almanach. A Year Book of the South African Society for Slavic, Central and East European Studies. Johannesburg, Vol. 1, 1992, p. 66-93.
- “Some Thoughts on Soviet South African Studies under the Stagnation and Perestroika,” International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1992), p. 15-23.
- “Sub-Saharan Africa. The main problems of modern history "(co-authored with A. B. Davidson ). In: History of Tropical and South Africa, 1918-1988. Moscow, 1989, p. 3-63.
- "South Africa as a Seal for the South African Problem." Institute of Democratic Law for South Africa. Occasional Papers, N 14, b. (Cape Town), 1988.
- “Die Enststehung einer nationalen geschichtsschreibung in den Landern Ostafrikas” (co-authored with VE Ovchinnikov). In: Philosophie der Eroberer und Koloniale Wirklichkeit. Ostafrika 1884–1918. Berlin 1981.
- “Historical science in the countries of East Africa” (co-authored with V. Ye. Ovchinnikov and A. S. Balezin). In: Historical science in African countries, Moscow, 1979, p. 155-207.
- “At the foot of Kilimanjaro. Africa Hemingway. East Almanac, vol. 6. Moscow, 1978, 23 p.
- "Documents of the Pan-African Movement." Races and Peoples, Vol. 7, Moscow, 1977.
- "Kenya Settlement Community and British Colonial Politics." Q: Tropical Africa. Problems of history. Moscow, 1973, 53 p.
Notes
- ↑ Biographical information
- Ina Irina Filatova & Apollon Davidson | South Africa Russia Dialogue Forum
- ↑ Chris Saunders. Book Review: The Hidden Thread. Russia and South Africa in the Soviet Era. - Africa Spectrum, Vol 48, No 3. GIGA German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany, 2013