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Nikolay Dyakov

Address: Universitetskaya Emb., 11, 199034, St.Petersburg, Russia.

Telephone: +7 (812) 328-77-32

E-mail: nick-d@mail.ru

Date & place of birth: 18.06.1953, Leningrad (St.Petersburg), Russia.

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Degree:

  • Cand.of History (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, 1980)
  • Doctor of History (University of St.Petersburg, 1995).

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Position:

Professor (1996), Chair, Department of Middle East History, University of St.Petersburg (1990).

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Education:

  • Faculty of Oriental Studies, Leningrad/St.Petersburg State University (1970-1976).
  • Post-graduate Studies : St.Petersburg State University (1976-1979); University of Algiers (1979).

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Languages: Russian, Arabic, English, French.

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Fields of Research & Teaching Competence : History; Geography; Ethnology; Culture & Religion in the Middle East & North Africa.

Scientific Supervision: 15 PhD (Candidates in History) Dissertations, Postgraduates from Russia, Iraq, Palestine, Turkey, etc.

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Field Experience:

Iraq (1974-1975); Algeria (1979); Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan (1980); Tunisia (1983); Morocco (1985-1988, 2011, 2012); Syria (1990); Egypt (1990, 2008, 2009, 2012), Turkey (1990, 2009, 2012); Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine (1997); Saudi Arabia (1999, 2011), etc.

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Participation :

Conferences, Workshops on Political, Cultural, Religious History of the Arab World (Moscow, St.Petersburg, Tbilisi, Kazan, Ufa, etc. 1980-2012).

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International Congresses & Forums on Arab and Muslim Culture & History :

Muhammad V University, Rabat, 1987, 2011, 2012; “Arab Culture in Spain”, Damascus, 1990; “Muslims in the Caucasus and in Central Asia”, Paris, 1994; Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies’ International Conference. Univ. of Joensuu, Finland, 1995; Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Tampere, Finland, 1996; Conference on Russian-Arabian Relations. Manama, Bahrain, 1997; The 35th ICANAS. Budapest, 1997; International Conference: “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 100 Years”, Ryadh, 1999; “Russia and the Arab World” Annual Conferences. St.Petersburg, 1992-2002; Congresses of Russian Orientalists, Kazan, 1999, 2012; British Society for Middle Eastern Studies’, BRISMES-2001 Conference, Univ. of Edinburgh; Universities of Arkansas and St.Petersburg Summer Workshops: “Middle Eastern Studies in Russia and in USA”. 2001, 2002; “The Arabic Studies at the Western Universities”, SOAS-ALECSO International Workshop, Univ. of London, 2008; Congresses of the European Union for Arabic and Islamic Studies (UEAI): St.Petersburg-1994, Halle-1998, Leipzig-2008, Naples-2010, Basel-2012.

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Publications : 5 books, over 150 articles, reviews etc.

Books :

  1. The Young Algerians and Anticolonial Movement in Algeria in Late 19th-Early 20th C. Moscow, 1985. 190 P.
  2. Morocco: History, Culture, Religion. St.Petersburg, 1993.
  3. Russia, West and Muslim East in Colonial Epoch. St.Petersburg, 1996. (Co-author.).
  4. The Muslim Maghrib. Sherifs, Tarikats, Marabuts in the Medieval and Modern History of North Africa. St.Petersburg, 2008.
  5. Russia and the East. 3 eds.: St.Petersburg, 2000, 2002, 2011. (Co-author.)

Selected List of Articles (In Russian):

  1. Ibn Zayyat’s “At-Tashawwuf” and the Moroccan Hagiography in the 11th-13th CC. – Historiography of Asia and Africa.N13, Leningrad,1990. (In Russian).
  2. The Arab West in the Works of St.Petersburg’s Scholars. – An-Nafidha. N3. Damascus, 1991. (In Arabic).
  3. Les confréries religieuses du Maghreb et du Caucase du Nord comme facteur ethno-social a l’époque de l’expansion étrangère.- Ethnic Encounter and Culture Change. Bergen, 1997. (In French).
  4. Arabia at the Turn of a New Age: Documents From the Historical Archives of St.Petersburg. – Conference on «The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 100 Years». Ryadh, 1999. (In English).
  5. The History of the ’Iyalat of Algiers in the “Mirror” of  Hamdan ben Othman Khodja. St.Petersburg, 2000. (In Russian).
  6. Russia and the Arab Maghrib (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia). – Russia and the East. St.Petersburg, 2000, 2002, 2011. (In Russian).
  7. Al-Andalus y el Iraq: Viajes e intercambios culturales durante los siglos X-XIII. (На исп.) // Entre Oriente y Occidente. Ciudades y viajeros en la edad media. Universidad de Granada. 2005. (In Spanish).
  8. Documents on the History of the Russian-Arabian Relations in the 19th – 1st Half of the 20th C. // Al-Watheekah. Historical Documents Center. The Kingdom of Bahrain. No.52. July 2007/ Gomada II, 1428 H. (In English).
  9. Sheikh at-Tantawi (1810-1861) – Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of St.Petersburg and His Collection of Manuscripts. // 24th Congress of the UEAI. Leipzig, Sept.24-28, 2008. (In English).
  10. Ahmad Zaki Pasha – a “Sheikh of Arabism” and his letters from Al-Andalus (1893). // Abstracts.  25th Congress of the UEAI, Naples, 2010. (In English).
  11. “Kitab ar-Rihla” in the age of “an-Nahda”: Egyptian Scholars on Europe and Russia in the 19th C. (R.Tahtawi, M.Tantawi, A.Zaki) // Visions of Homeland in Modern Arabic Literature. Georg-August Univ. of Goettingen, 2011. (In English).
  12. Islamic Mysticism in Northern Africa: Spiritual Legacy of Shadhiliya. // 26th Congress. Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI 26). Univ.of Basel, Sept. 12-16, 2012.  (In English).