Faculty of Humanities

A paper by Galin Tikhanov in "Primerjalna Knjizevnost"

The paper "The Post-Romantic Syndrome: Reflections on Work, Wealth, and Trade from Adam Müller to Ernst Jünger" by Galin Tikhanov, chief research fellow of IGITI, was published in the 39th volume of "Primerjalna Knjizevnost" journal of 2016.

Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities

February 01, 2017

Pion Gaybaryan on Philosophy and Success

Philosophical Anthropology alumna and the founder of the anti-café Kocherga, Pion Gaibaryan, talks about how to build an ideological business and create a comfortable environment for ‘nerds.’ She also discusses why philosophy cannot be just a kitchen table conversation and how reading Kurt Gödel under the sun can treat depression.

January 31, 2017

Seth Bernstein “Victims, Traitors, Refugees: The Social Reception of Soviet Repatriates after World War II”

On January 26 Seth Bernstein gave a presentation “Victims, Traitors, Refugees: The Social Reception of Soviet Repatriates after World War II” at the scholarly seminar of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences.

Research & Expertise professors discussions research projects Reporting an event repatriation social history World War II

January 28, 2017

Russia, Belgium and France: Exploring Cultural and Literary Relations

Svetlana Cecovic, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Humanities (School of Philology), came to the Higher School of Economics with the aim of working in an international environment, which she had become accustomed to during her PhD studies at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

Research & Expertise international faculty cultural studies

January 23, 2017

HSE Philology Student Speaks at Oxford

Giving a presentation at a research conference, especially in a different city, and all the more so in a different country, is an important event in the life of any philology student. Viktoria Buyanovskaya, third-year HSE philology student, told us about her presentation at the University of Oxford.

Education students international conferences

January 20, 2017

Rethinking Dickens in the light of Osip Mandelstam’s case

New article by Elena Penskaya, the head of the School of Philolohy, in the Italian academic journal "Enthymema".

Research & Expertise professors publications School of Philological Studies

January 17, 2017

Mandelstam Centre: 2016 Results

2016 marked 125 years since the birth of Osip Mandelstam. Pavel Polian (Nerler), Director of the Mandelstam Centre, summarized the results of its years’ work

Research & Expertise Osip Mandelstam

January 13, 2017

A New Paper by Kirill Levinson

Kirill Levinson, leading research fellow of IGITI, has published a new working paper "Changing Historical Cultures, Changing Appraisals of Baltic Germans’ Place in Latvia’s History" (141/HUM/2016) in the "Humanities" series.

December 31, 2016

A New Paper by Kirill Levinson

Kirill Levinson, leading research fellow of IGITI, has published a new working paper "Changing Historical Cultures, Changing Appraisals of Baltic Germans’ Place in Latvia’s History" (141/HUM/2016) in the "Humanities" series.

Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities

December 31, 2016

A New Paper by Elena Vishlenkova

The paper "The State of Health: Balancing Power, Resources, and Expertise and the Birth of the Medical Profession in the Russian Empire" by Elena Vishlenova, deputy director of IGITI, has been published in the 3rd issue of "Ab Imperio" of 2016. The paper focuses on shaping medical profession in Russia, which took place in the first third of the nineteenth century.

December 28, 2016

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