23 November 2021
The National Museum orginaises a lecture on “The Arabic Studies in Russia: Past and Present”
The National Museum represented by the Learning Centre organised a lecture titled “The Arabic Studies in Russia: Past and Present” On Tuesday November 23 2021, presented by Professor Igor Gerasimov, a lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern History at Saint Petersburg State University in the Russian Federation.
The lecture included a number of topics, including, the features of the development of the Russian society taking into account its multinational and multi-religious nature, as well as the need to study Islam as one of the main elements of a multi-denominational state. The lecturer referred to the history of the development of oriental studies in Russia since the eighteenth century (Academy of Sciences, Kunstkamera, Asian Museum) and educational institutions where the Arabic language and the history of the Middle East are taught, he highlighted on the modern centers of the study of Arabic in Russia.