Persons

Pankov
Igor A.

PhD in History

IOS RAS » Department of Anthropology of the East » senior researcher

Scientific Interests

Anthropology of Islam/Sufism, History and ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia, Islamic studies, applied anthropology.

Education

2016-2019 Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera) RAS, Ph.D. Anthropology and Ethnology.
Ph.D. thesis: "The cult of Yusuf Hamadani in Central Asian Islam as a sociocultural phenomenon." Supervisor - S. Abashin.
2012-2015 Russian States University for the Humanities, M.A., Anthropology and Ethnology.
1985-1992 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, B.Eng./M.Eng.

Fieldwork:

1914-2024 – Russia (Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Caucasus), Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Caucasus, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Turkey, Jordan, Vietnam.

Administrative Position

Curator of the Research Area “Tasawwuf in the Modern World”, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera) RAS.
President of the non-profit foundation for the development of scientific and cultural projects "Al Maqam" (NF "Al Maqam"). The Foundation holds the annual festival of oriental art (DAIRAFEST), which organizes traditional music concerts, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and other events that promote culture and promote the ideas of preserving the cultural traditions of the peoples of the East.

Main publications

  1. Pankov I. А. The cult of saints in Islam: the social space of the mazar // Bulletin of the R. Series “History. Philology. Culturology. Orientalism. 2018. No. 9 (42). Pp. 139–154.
  2. Pankov I. А. The Daira for everybody: ritual of the Comorian sufi orders and nowadays // Scientific almanac “Traditional culture”. 2018. Vol. 19. No. 3. Pp. 91–99.
  3. Pankov I., Bustanov A. Transregional history of a muslim family: Oral and written testimonies on the descendants of Muhammad Sharif al-Bulghari // Manuscripta Orientalia. International journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. 2018. Vol. 24, № 1. Pp. 20–25.
  4. Pankov I. Social Status and Religious Role of Muhammad Sharif al Bulghari’s Descendants in Contemporary Uzbekistan // Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia / edited by Egdunas Racius and Galina M.Yemelianova. London. 2022. Pp. 227-246.
  5. Pankov I. Khorezm “tropics”: anthropology of Ullu-pir’s shrine // Siberian historical research. 2022. No 3. Pp. 48–75.
  6. Pankov I. “Pilgrimage to the West”: Sufism, Globalization and Conversion to Islam // Sufism after USSA / edited by I. Pankov, S. Abashin, A. Knysh. Moscow-St.Petersburg, 2022. Pp.334-363.
  7. Pankov I. Legends about the desecration of shrines as an element of mazar’s sacred space structure / Scholarly almanac “Traditional culture”. 2020. Vol. 21 № 2. Pp. 150-161.
  8. Pankov I. Eshon-bobo and his descendants: a sacred status and religious role of the Ishan dynasty / Kunstkamera. 2023. Vol. 1(19).
  9. Pankov I. Anthropology of Religious Organization. A Case of the Ihlas Mosque’s Parish in Tatarstan” / Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov’ v Rossii i za rubezhom. 2023. Vol. 41(3–4). Pp.449–490.
  10. Pankov I. Travel notes for a leader: an apology for organizational ethnography // Management today / Ed. V. Kolchanov. IMISP. SPb. 2024. Pp.100-117.