CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Alexandra Arkadievna Kim

Personal: date of birth 10/11/1952; divorced, two children

Professional Address: Russia, 634041, Tomsk, Komsomolski Avenue 75

Tomsk State Pedagogical University (TSPU)

Tel. (382-2) 52-17-93. E-mail: kim@tspu.edu.ru

AlexandraKim@hotmail.com

Work Experience:

1991 - 1995 Director of Laboratory of Siberian Languages,TSPU

since 1997 Head of Linguistic Department, TSPU.

Interests: languages and cultures of indigenous people of Siberia

Activities: Field work at the places of inhabitance of indigenous peoples of Siberia (9 expeditions: Selkups, Khanty, Evenki from 1971 till 1995), of Canada (2 expeditions: Cree, 1995,1996).

Conference participation (the most important):

The VII International Conference "Hunters and Gatherers in Modern Context", Moscow, Russia, 1993; International Conference on the history of Preuralic Peoples, Sombathely, Hungary, 1993; International Workshop "Languages and Cultures of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia", Hamburg, Germany, 1994; The VIII FU Congress, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1995; International Conference "Sociolinguistic Problems in Various Regions of the World", Moscow,1996; 16-th International Congress of Linguists, Paris, 1997; 4-th International Conference of the Society for Shamanic Research, Chantilly, France, 1997; International Symposium "Bicultural Education in the North", Halle, Germany, 1997; 31-st Meeting of Sociatas Linguistica Europea, St Andrews, Scottland, August 1998; Introductory Worcshop "The Use of Linguistic Methods and Theories in Study of Nothern Religions", Oslo, Norway, Sept. 1998.

Professional qualification: 1988 - Candidate thesis "The expression of the category of possessivity in Selkup dialekts",Tartu, Estonia;

1999 - Doktor thesis "Selkup cult lexicon as ethnolinguistic source: the problem of the reconstruction of the world picture", Ioshkar-Ola, Mari El (Russia);

1994 - Participation in the Program "Research and Training for Reform" (AUCC, Canada); 1994 - Participatipation in the German Refresher-Courses, Hamburg, Germany.

Other information: Organisation of 6 International linguistic expeditions to Siberian Indigenous Peoples (with participation of colleagues from Hungary, Germany, Canada, Gr. Brit.);

Organisation of 3 International Seminars in Tomsk with participation of colleagues from Hungary, Germany, Poland, Japan.