CV Education. 1988-1993 Saint-Petersburg State University, Faculty of Asian and African studies, Specilaist Degree. 1993 Jarmuk University (Jordan) 2009 Saint-Petersburg State University, Faculty of Asian and African studies, PhD. Professional Experience 2006-2014 Saint-Petersburg State University, Faculty of Asian and African studies 2014 HSE Campus in St. Petersburg Department of Asian and African Studies Professional development and scientific training University of Helsinki Freie Universität Berlin Center for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Publications (in Englich) 1. M.Iliushina A Journey to St Petersburg: On the fate of the manuscript Kitab rihlat al-shsita’ wa-l-saif by Muhammd al-Husaini // Studia Orientalia, 2013. — № 114. — P. 421-425 2. Ilyushina M. “Nisab al-djarakisa”, a Manuscript of the Arabic Collection, the Asian and African Section of the St. Petersburg State University Scientific Library (On Genealogy of Egyptian Mamluks). // 25th Congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI) Naples, September 8 – 12, 2010 Islam and Globalisation. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Abstracts. — Naples, — 2010. — P. 7 3. Iliushina M. Manuscripts dated to the Mamluk period in the collection of St.-Petersburg State University Library // 27th Congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants. Helsinki: Tammerprint Oy, 2014. 106 p. P. 40. 4. Iliushina M. Ottoman Patterns in Mamluk Culture in Egypt (16th - 18th centuries) // St.Petersburg Annual of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 2. 2013. Pp. 53-62. 5. Iliushina M. Circassian Mamluks’ Origins as a Subject of Myth-Making (According to the Materials of Arabic Sources from 15th and 17th c.) // St.Petersburg Annual of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 3. 2014. Pp. 67-77.