VIII International Siberian Historical Forum will be held in Krasnoyarsk from September 21 to 23, 2021. It is the largest science event beyond the Urals. The Forum 2021 will be dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Yenisey Province and will become the first event dedicated to the celebration. Also, the Forum is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

The forum invites historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, restoration architects, art historians, culturologists, employees of archives and museums, religious scholars, teachers and local lore experts, representatives of state authorities, public and science associations. The application deadline is August 1, 2021. All applications can be provided on the official website of the event.

Traditionally, Siberian Historical Forum will be devoted to the History of material and spiritual cultures, history of Siberia in the context of world and Russian history. The program of the Forum also includes the scientific section “Role of the Russian Geographical Society in the study of North and Central Asia” which is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

Historians and specialists in social sciences will discuss the current state of historical science, issues of studying regional history and historical knowledge. Experts will present their articles on the study, preservation, and popularization of the historical and cultural heritage of Siberia. According to the decision of the Organizing Committee, the forum will be held both offline with some speakers presenting online. The venue of the Forum is the Siberian Federal University.

Note, that the satellite event of the Siberian Historical Forum will be the Congress of local lore experts. The Congress will be held one day before the Forum in the SibFU, on September 20, 2021. Registration of the Congress participants is held on the website of the Siberian Historical Forum till July 1. Organizers of the VIII Siberian Historical Forum are the Governor and the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Russian Geographical Society, Siberian Federal University, Yenisey Siberia Development Corporation. Partners of the Forum are branches of the Russian Academy of Science.

Let us remind you that the I Siberian Historical Forum was held in 2013. The previous Forum was dedicated to the role of the Yenisey Siberia in the history of Russia and the 400th anniversary of Yeniseysk and was held in 2019.

Additional information on the VIII Siberian Historical Forum is available on the website sibhistory.ru