Biography:
Professor, Doctor of Science
Chief research fellow
Center for African Studies in the Department of Regional Studies,
Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences
e-mail: alex.balezin@yandex.ru
Education
1970-1975 - Oriental College of Moscow Lomonossow University, Department of African History and the Swahili language.
Specialist’s degree in history in 1975 with a dissertation on Ugandan national historiography.
1975-1978 - Institute of World History of the then USSR Academy of Sciences, post-graduate student.
1980 - Ph.D. with the dissertation on transformation of traditional institutions in Uganda under colonialism.
1994 - second doctoral (Dr. of Science) degree with the dissertation on the history of German settlers’ community in SWA/Namibia since 1862 to 1990.
Positions
1980 – present day : junior researcher, researcher, senior researcher, leading researcher, main researcher - Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences1990-2012 : part-time associate professor, professor - Oriental College of Moscow Lomonossow University
2010 – present day: part-time professor, State University of Humanities at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Main Publications
- African Rulers and Chiefs in Uganda . Evolution of Traditional Rulers under Colonialism). 1862-1962. Moscow, 1986, 276 p.- in Russian.
- Civilizers in the country of savages? Formation and Evolution of German Settlers’ Community in SWA/Namibia). 1814-1990. Moscow, 1996, 282 p. - in Russian
- Archival Sources in Swahili on Modern and Contemporary history of Africa in German Archives. Moscow, 2002, 69 p. – in Russian and Swahili.
- Through Africa in search of Russia. Traveler’s notes of a Historian. Moscow, 2004 and 2012, 146 p. - in Russian
- Modern and contemporary History of Tropical and Southern Africa . Moscow, 2008, 272 p. - in Russian
- Black Africa and Europe: some aspects of encounter of cultures under colonial rule. Moscow, 2015, 220 p. - in Russian
- Black Africa: past and Present. Moscow, 2016, 688 p. Editor-in-chief and author of 12 paragraphs. - in Russian
- Modern and Contemporary History of Namibia. Together with A.V.Pritvorov and S.A.Slipchenko. Moscow, 1993, 255 p. - in Russian.
- At the Great African Lakes. Monarchs and Presidents of Uganda. Moscow, 1989, 208 p. - in Russian.(English translation prepared for print in Africa)
About 200 articles on African history, Soviet and Russian historiography of Africa and Soviet-African relations.
Balezin Alexander Sc.
| Birth date: | 18 December 1952 |