MARINA A. REDINA-THOMAS
Date of birth: September, 14, 1986
Gender: female
Phone: +7-962-688-2133
E-mail: mar.redina@gmail.com
Mailing Address
129 apt., 72, build.3, Leninsky prospect
Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 198332
Education
PhD Dates: October, 2010 – present (expected graduation date is October,
2016)
University Name: Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Dissertation: “Provincial Administration in Kassite Babylonia in the
end of XIV – beginning of XIII centuries B.C. (on the Material of Nippur
Documents)”.
Advisor: Dr. Muhammad A. Dandamaev
Fulbright Pre-Academic Program
Dates: August 3-26, 2012
University name: Center of English as Second Language (CESL),
University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA
Degree awarded: Certificate of English as a Second Language
M.A. Dates: September, 2007 – June, 2009
University Name Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of the English Language
Principal
subjects/occupational
skills
covered:
Intercultural
communication, general linguistics, translating theory and practice, teaching
methods
Degree Awarded: Master of Arts in Cultural Linguistics and
Translation
Dates: September, 2003 – June, 2007
University Name: Saint-Petersburg State University, Faculty of
Oriental Studies, Department of the Ancient Near East
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Ancient Near Eastern
languages (Akkadian, Sumerian, Ancient Hebrew) theory and practice, history,
religion and culture of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean, World’s and
Russian history, English, German and Arabic languages theory and practice
Degree awarded: Bachelor of Arts in Oriental and African Studies
(Assyriology)
B.A.
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Honors and
Awards
Fulbright Visiting Research Student
Dates: August, 2012 – May, 2013
Name and type of organization: University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology, Babylonian Section, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Conducting research on the
PhD thesis, copying and translating of Kassite cuneiform texts.
Work Experience Dates: September, 2013 – present
Occupation or position held: Teacher
Main activities and responsibilities: Teaching kids/teenagers history and
archaeology of the Ancient Near East and basics of Akkadian language
Name and address of employer: Department of Archaeology, Anichkov
Lyceum. 39, Nevskiy prospect, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191011.
Dates: July, 2009 – present
Occupation or position held: Research assistant
Main activities and responsibilities: PhD thesis researching, article and
document translations, digital cataloguing of the Igor M. Diakonoff Memorial
Library, digitizing the Institute’s Serindian Manuscript Collection, supporting
in organizing conferences
Name and address of employer: Department of the Ancient Near East,
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences, 18
Dvortsovaya nab., Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate), Arabic
Personal skills
and competences (basic), Akkadian (professional use), Sumerian (professional use), Biblical
Hebrew (professional use)
Computer skills and competences: Proficient dealing with Windows
8/7/Vista/XP, MS Office applications, Adobe applications, experienced Internet
user
Personal interests: foosball, reading, cooking
Personal qualities: responsibility, strong time management skills, enthusiasm,
good communicative skills
Publications
Journal Publications
1. Aspects of Administrative and Economic Activity of Nippur
GU2.EN.NA (on the Material of Kassite Documents of 14-13 cent.
B.C.) // Journal of Ancient History, 2014 (in print).
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2. Ways of Verification Kassite Administrative and Law Documents //
Jewish and Biblical Studies, 2014 (in print).
3. Conference of the Department of Ancient Near East, IOM RAS, on Dr.
Muhammad A. Dandamaev 85th Anniversary // The Written Monuments
of the Orient, № 19, 2013 (in print).
4. Researching El-Amarna Archives as a Source on Kassite Babylonia
History // XXIV International Scholar Conference “Source Study and
Historiography of Asia and Africa”, 10-12 April, 2007. Materials and
Papers. Saint-Petersburg, 2007. Pp.231-233.
Internet Publications
1. Goals of the Researching Cuneiform Texts // Goals and Tasks in Researching
Oriental Texts. Young Scholars Council Meeting on 30.11.2011
(http://orientalstudies.ru/rus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2
951&Itemid=48)
2. Genres of Mesopotamian Literature // Genres of Oriental Literature. Young
Scholars Council Meeting on 04.05.2011
(http://orientalstudies.ru/rus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2
847&Itemid=48)
3. The Problem of Multilingualism in Mesopotamia // Problems of
Multilingualism in Oriental Literature. Young Scholars Council Meeting on
09.02.2011
(http://orientalstudies.ru/rus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2
798&Itemid=48)
4. The Problem of Authorship of Ancient Mesopotamian Texts // Text and the
Problems of Authorship. Young Scholars Council Meeting on 13.09.2010
(http://orientalstudies.ru/rus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2
691&Itemid=48)
5. The Ways of Dating Cuneiform Texts // Young Scholars Council Meeting on
23.06.2010
(http://orientalstudies.ru/rus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2
630&Itemid=48)
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Conference
papers
1. Kassite archive from Nippur: documents and seal impressions // 3rd
Annual Conference “Jewish and Biblical Studies”. Saint-Petersburg
Insitute of Jewish Studies, Saint-Petersburg, 17 December, 2013.
2. Early archaeological investigations at Nippur, Iraq: history of
recovering Nippur archives // Annual Conference of IOM RAS
“Written Oriental Heritage as the Base for Classical Oriental Studies.
On the 195th Anniversary (1818 – 2013) of Asiatic Museum – Institute
of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences”. IOM RAS,
Saint-Petersburg, 2-4 December, 2013.
3. Features of Babylonian documents circulation on the example of the
Kassite archive from Nippur // Ethnocultural Contacts and Interactions
on the Ancient Near East and Central Asia in V-I mill. B.C. Department
of the Ancient Near East, Saint-Petersburg State University, SaintPetersburg, 3 December, 2013.
4. Sealed Documents from the archive of šandabakku in Kassite Nippur //
Conference of the Department of Ancient Near East, IOM RAS, on Dr.
Muhammad A. Dandamaev 85th Anniversary. IOM RAS, SaintPetersburg, 4 October, 2013.
5. Administrative documents from Nippur dated to the Kassite period //
XXVII International Scholar Conference “Source Study and
Historiography of Asia and Africa. Traditionalism and Revolutionism at
Orient”. Department of Oriental Studies, Saint-Petersburg State
University, Saint-Petersburg, 24-26 April, 2013.
6. Administrative staff in Kassite Nippur (on the material of Nippur
archives) // IV Conference on the Memory of Dr. Igor M. Diakonoff.
Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow. 12-13 January, 2012.
7. About one administrative document of the Kassite period // Annual
Conference of IOM RAS “Written Oriental Heritage as the Base for
Classical Oriental Studies”. IOM RAS, Saint-Petersburg, 5-7
December, 2011.
8. Kassite Administrative Documents: Traditional and Innovative Aspects
// 57e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale. Rome, Italy, Universita
di Roma, 4-8 July 2011.
9. On the question of Bīt PN in Kassite economic documents //Annual
Conference of IOM RAS “Written Oriental Heritage as the Base for
Classical Oriental Studies”. IOM RAS, Saint-Petersburg, 2-3
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December, 2010.
10. Bīt PN in Kassite administrative texts // Conference on History and
Philology of the Ancient Near East. Department of Oriental Studies,
Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, 15 November,
2010.
11. Administrative and economic management in Kassite Babylonia (on
material of Nippur cuneiform documents) // III Conference on the
Memory of Dr. Igor M. Diakonoff. State Hermitage Museum, SaintPetersburg. 12 January, 2010.
12. On the pecularities of Kassite state management system // Annual
Conference of IOM RAS “Written Oriental Heritage as the Base for
Classical Oriental Studies”. IOM RAS, Saint-Petersburg, 15-17
December, 2009.
13. Researching El-Amarna Archives as a Source on Kassite Babylonia
History // XXIV International Scholar Conference “Source Study and
Historiography of Asia and Africa”, 10-12 April, 2007.
Affiliations
Member of the International Association of Assyriologists (IAA), Leiden,
Netherlands
Member of the Council of Young Scholars, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts,
Russian Academy of Sciences (IOM RAS), Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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