
ALEXEI POSTNIKOV
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Address:
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Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Moscow 103012, Staropansky 1/5, Russia
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Telephone:
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(priv) (+7 495) 9782557
(off) (7 495)938 6011, 938 6008 |
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Fax:
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(off) (+7 495) 938 6008, 938 6022
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E-mail:
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Born:
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March 28, 1939, Moscow
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Citizenship:
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Russian Federation
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| 2001 | Full Professor: Speciality “History of science and technology (Geography)” |
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1996
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Academician: Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
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| 1992 | Corresponding Member: Russian Academy of Natural Sciences |
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1989
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Doctor of Cartography: Moscow Institute of Engineers of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography (now – Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography).
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1972
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Ph.D. in Technology (Cartography): Moscow Institute of Engineers of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography.
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1965
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M. Sci. (Cartography): Moscow Institute of Engineers of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography
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since 2004
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Director: Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of the History of Science and Technology named after S.I. Vavilov, Moscow.
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1996 - 2004
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Deputy Director: Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of the History of Science and Technology named after S.I. Vavilov, Moscow.
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since 1990
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Chief of the Department: the History of Earth Sciences (former Dept. of Geology and Geography), USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Moscow.
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1980 - 1989
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Leading Scientific Research Fellow: USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Moscow.
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1977 - 1980
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Science Secretary: USSR Academy of Sciences, The Moscow Branch of the USSR Geographical Society, Moscow.
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1974 - 1976
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Science Secretary of the Organization Committee: The 8th International Cartographic Conference of International Cartocraphic Assosiation. Moscow, 1976.
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1974 - 1977
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Senior Scientific Research Fellow: Central Scientific Research Institute of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography (Chief Administration of Geodesy and Cartography of the USSR Soviet of Ministers), Moscow.
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1972 - 1974
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Junior Research Fellow: Institute of the History of the USSR (USSR Academy of Sciences). Moscow.
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1967 - 1972
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Editor and author: Historical Maps for the Soviet Atlas of World History and Atlas of the History of the USSR
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| since 2007 | Indispensable member of the International Journal for the History of Cartography IMAGO MUNDI Board of Directors (London) |
| 1994–2007 | International Representative of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for the History of Cartography IMAGO MUNDI (London). |
| 1990–1994 | Corresponding Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for the History of Cartography IMAGO MUNDI (London). |
| since 2005 | Assessor, International Union of the History of Science and Technology. |
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1997
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Honorary Member, International Representative of the Hakluyt Society (London)
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1992
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Member of Presidium Russian Geographical Society, Vice-president of the Moscow Branch of RGS. |
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1994
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Full Member of the Constant Commission on the History of Cartography International Cartographic Association.
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| 2007 (December– | The British Academy, London. United Kingdom. Visiting Professor |
| 1998–1999 | Center of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Sapporo. Japan. Visiting Professor (ten months) |
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1997
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Visiting Professor, Center of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Sapporo
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1996 (June-August)
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The British Academy, London, United Kingdom. Visiting Professor (two months)
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1996 (May-June)
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The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden, Visiting Professor (two weeks).
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1993 - 1994
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The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library, Chicago, USA. Long-term Fellow (eleven months)
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1990 - 1991
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The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library, Chicago. USA. Short-term Fellow (three months)
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1990 - 1991
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The Office for the Map History, AGS Collection, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. USA. Short-term Fellow (three months)
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