Доклады Международного конгресса ИИСАА. Т. 1

Editorial Preface Доклады Международного конгресса по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки. Т. 1. 2020 21 African studies, mainly from the Russian Federation and neighbouring countries, up to approximately 500 scholars frommore than 30 countries all over the world. Hence, in 2015 the decision was taken to change the status of the Conference to the “Congress”. The Congress traditionally covers source studies and historiography of the Middle and Far East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, South and Southeast Asia, Africa and the Ancient Near East, as well as the development of Oriental literature and linguistics. Apart from the aforementioned academic topics, special attention is paid to the problems of the history of traditional societies and cultures in the East, the emergence and development of new “Eastern revolutions” and extremist movements, as well as potential scenarios for the current developments in various regions of Asia and Africa. Due to the growing importance of the Islamic factor, a section devoted to the history of Islam in Russia was introduced in the early 2010s. In the Congress framework, a book of Abstracts that included detailed synopses of the papers was published prior to starting the sessions. Allowing some 650 words for the abstract, this approach enabled the authors to provide a detailed synopsis of their papers, with the main points being discussed and major findings described in reasonable detail; a limited number of short papers were also included. For recent congresses, two-volume Abstracts, of more than 1000 pages were published. Full papers were not published due to the overwhelming task of publishing approximately 500 articles. However, at the last Congress of 2019, it was decided to establish a new series of “Proceedings” intended to publish selected Congress papers chosen by dedicated experts following the double-blind peer review. As a result, the first issue of the collected full papers has been prepared. It includes more than thirty articles on various problems of Asian and African studies that are based on the reports read at the XXXth Congress of 2019, as well as several papers from the previous congress. The publication of the Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa , with the selected peer- reviewed papers, will be continued after future Congresses. Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa , with the selected peer-reviewed papers, will continue to be published after each future Congress, being divided into three sections: I. African Studies; II. Middle East, Caucasus And Central Asia; and III. Far East, South and South-East Asia. An online digital version in periodical format will be published annually. The first two sections of the Proceedings—“African Studies” and “Middle East, Caucasus And Central Asia” — will appear as the first issue in the year of the Congress, while the third section — “Far East, South and South-East Asia” — will be published as the second issue in the following year. The complete Proceedings will be published biennially in book form in the year following the Congress. Nikolay N. Dyakov, Alexander S. Matveev