Постников Алексей Владимирович

Curriculum Vitae

ALEXEI POSTNIKOV

Address:
Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Moscow 103012, Staropansky 1/5, Russia
Telephone:
(priv) (+7 495) 9782557
(off) (7 495)938 6011, 938 6008
Fax:
(off) (+7 495) 938 6008, 938 6022
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Born:
March 28, 1939, Moscow
Citizenship:
Russian Federation

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Academic Degrees:
2001  Full Professor: Speciality “History of science and technology (Geography)”
1996
Academician:  Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
1992  Corresponding Member: Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
1989


Doctor of Cartography: Moscow Institute of  Engineers of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography (now – Moscow State University of Geodesy  and Cartography).
1972
Ph.D. in Technology (Cartography): Moscow Institute of  Engineers of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography.
1965
M. Sci. (Cartography): Moscow Institute of  Engineers of Geodesy, Air Surveying and Cartography

 

Professional Employment:
since 2004
Director: Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of the History of Science and Technology named after S.I. Vavilov,  Moscow.
1996 - 2004
Deputy Director:  Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of the History of Science and Technology named after S.I. Vavilov,  Moscow.
since 1990
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.
1980 - 1989
Leading Scientific Research Fellow: USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Moscow.
1977 - 1980
Science Secretary: USSR Academy of Sciences, The Moscow Branch of  the USSR Geographical Society, Moscow.  
1974 - 1976
Science Secretary of the Organization Committee: The 8th International Cartographic Conference of International Cartocraphic Assosiation. Moscow, 1976.
1974 - 1977
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.  
1972 - 1974
Junior Research Fellow: Institute of the History of the USSR (USSR Academy of Sciences). Moscow.   
1967 - 1972
Editor and author:  Historical Maps for the Soviet Atlas of World History and Atlas of the History of the USSR

 

Societies and Committees:
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.
1997
Honorary Member, International Representative of  the Hakluyt Society (London)
1992
Member of Presidium Russian Geographical Society, Vice-president of the Moscow Branch of RGS.
1994
Full Member of the Constant Commission on the History of Cartography International Cartographic Association.

 

Awards and Fellowships:
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)
1997
Visiting Professor, Center of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Sapporo
1996 (June-August)
The British Academy, London, United Kingdom. Visiting Professor (two months)
1996 (May-June)
The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden, Visiting Professor (two weeks).
1993 - 1994
The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library, Chicago, USA. Long-term Fellow (eleven months)
1990 - 1991
The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library, Chicago. USA. Short-term Fellow (three months) 
1990 - 1991
The Office for the Map History, AGS Collection, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. USA.  Short-term Fellow (three months)