Popova, I.
| English Phonetics | Irina Fyodorovna Popova |
|---|---|
| Sort Name | Popova, Irina |
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Biographical Information
Irina Fyodorovna Popova is Head of the Department of Manuscripts and Documents at the IOM RAS, Professor, Doctor of Sciences (equiv. Habilitation) - History, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 1983, graduated from the Oriental Faculty of the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) State University with a degree in History of China. In 1986, completed postgraduate studies at the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences) under the guidance of Professor A.S. Martynov.
In 1986, joined the staff of the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a Junior Researcher; in 1997–2003, worked as a Researcher and Academic Secretary of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS.
Since April 10, 2003 – Director of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS (in 2007–2009 – Director-Organizer of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
1988 – Ph.D. Thesis subject: “Rules for Emperors" (Di fan) by Tang Taizong as a Source on the Chinese Political Thought of the Early 7th Century”.
2000 – Dr. of Hist. Thesis subject: “The Theory of the State Rulership in the Early Tang China”.
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2019).
Member of the Council for Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation (2020).
Professor at St. Petersburg State University, Honorary Professor of Lanzhou University, Ningxia University, Shandong University, Peoples’ University of China (Beijing), Shaanxi Normal University (Xi’an), Honorary Doctor of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of China.
The main fields of research: history and historiography of China; political ideology, governance, administrative system and military policy of Medieval China; Dunhuang Studies; textual criticism; history of Oriental Studies; bibliography.
Author of more than 200 academic works, including 9 monographs (5 of them are collective); editor of 19 collected works; Editor-in-Chief of academic periodicals: “Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka” (in Russian), “Strany i narody Vostoka” (“Countries and Peoples of the Orient”), “Written Monuments of the Orient” (English version); Deputy Chair of the Editorial Board of the academic series “Pamiatniki pismennosti Vostoka” (“Written Monuments in the Oriental Scripts”). Member of the editorial boards of Russian and foreign academic periodicals, including “Turfan Studies” (“Tulufan yanju”, China), “Study of the Documents in the Chinese Minorities Scripts” (“Minzu guji yanju”, China), “Studia Orientalia Slovaca” (Comenius University, Bratislava), etc. (Source Accessed Apr 12, 2022)
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