Founded in 2009, “Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies” is a peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal published in four issues per year and committed to foster original, independent, accurate and comprehensive professional research in Asian and African Studies. The Journal accepts scholarly articles, book reviews and reports on various academic activities in the field.
The main objective of the Journal is to create an open intellectual forum for leading experts and specialist researchers in the areas of Asian and African studies both in Russia and abroad.
The publication is aimed at specialist Asian and African scholars, and should likewise be interesting to researchers studying typology problems in the spheres of Arts and Humanities.
The Journal is included in the list of the leading refereed academic journals and periodicals recommended by the Higher Attestation Committee at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, assigned for publication of the key results of doctoral dissertations (including the both Russian doctoral degrees: the PhD and the Doctor of History).
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