Alexander Dolin
- Alexander Dolin has been at HSE University since 2017.
Education and Degrees
- 1978
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Philology
- 1971
Degree in Japanese Language and Literature
Lomonosov Moscow State University In 1992 the degree was converted by the academic council of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies into Ph.D.
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Achievements and awards
2017 Awarded Professor Emeritus honorary title from Akita international University for the valuable contribution to the foundation and development of the school.
2016 Awarded a honorary medal from the Russian Union of Writers "For the Promotion of International Cultural Contacts".
2015 Awarded a honorary Bunin's medal from the Russian Union of Writers "For the Dedication to Classic Traditions".
1995 Prize of All Japan Association of Literary Translation (branch of the UNESCO World Association) "An Outstanding Contibution to Culture" for the translation of the classical poetic anthology The Kokinshu (10 c.)
Membership in the scientific societies and creative associations
Russian Union of Writers (Moscow branch)
Masters of Literary Translation Guild (Russia)
International PEN Club (Russian branch)
European Association of Japan Studies
Russian Association of Japan Studies
International Association of Japan Studies (Japan)
Japanesese Society of Comparative Literature Studies
Russian Union of Martial Arts (expert committee)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical and Economic History of Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical and Economic History of Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика"; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Main Directions of Socio-Political, Economic and Historico-Cultural Processes in the East" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical and Economic History of Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Cultural Development and Art of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика"; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Teachings of the East (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Main Directions of Socio-Political, Economic and Historico-Cultural Processes in the East" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Social Anthropology of the East (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical and Economic History of Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Cultural Development in Asia (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Social Anthropology of the East (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical History of East and South-East Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Delievering courses of lectures in various universities of Europe, USA and Austalia during the period 1992-2017.
The last invitation within "Erasmus Mundis" program of cooperation with the non-European universities:
February 2017 - University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
A course of lectures on contemporary Japanese culture.
Publications7
- Book Dolin A. AUTUMN FIELDS. Akita haiku to the world. (a bilingual anthology) translated, edited and compiled by Alexander Dolin in collaboration with Hidenori Hiruta. / Пер. с яп.: A. Dolin.; сост.: A. Dolin.; Ed. by A. Dolin. Akita city : Akita International University, Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Cooperation Press, 2016.
- Book Dolin A. Alexander Dolin. The Bronze Age of Japanese Poetry: the surge of modern verse in the Meiji - Taisho - early Showa period.. Akita city : Akita International University Press, 2015.
- Chapter Dolin A. Modernist Gendaishi Poetry on the Postwar Crossroad., in: Akita International University Global Review 2015, Vol. 7. Akita city : Akita International University Press, 2015. P. 59-90.
- Book Dolin A. THE FADING GOLDEN AGE OF JAPANESE POETRY. Tanka and haiku of the Meiji-Taisho-Showa period. Akita city : Akita International University Press, 2015.
- Book Dolin A. The Silver Age of Japanese Poetry: Romanticism and Symbolism. Akita International University Press, 2014.
- Book Ishii Rogetsu. Selected Haiku. (trilingual Japanese-English-Russian collection) / Пер. с яп.: A. Dolin.; сост.: A. Dolin.; Ed. by A. Dolin. AIU University Press, 2013.
- Book Dolin A. Kempo — die Kunst des Kampfes (Ostasiatische Kampfsportarten: Geschichte und Philosophie). Berlin : Sportverlag, 1989.
Conferences
- 2023
ХХV конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Тематическое деление сезонных циклов хайку
Вторая конференция «Искусство Востока и Восток в искусстве» (Москва). Presentation: Поэзия хайку во Франции как одна из граней «японизма»
XVI Ежегодная конференция Ассоциации японоведов (Москва). Presentation: Испанская ипостась японских хайку
Международная Научная конференция «Маяковский 2023» (Москва). Presentation: Маяковский и Япония
- 2022История и культура Японии (Москва). Presentation: Традиция кухи на примере хайку Исии Рогэцу
- 2021Международная конференция «Эпиграфика Востока» (Москва). Presentation: Памятные стелы как средство сохранения культурного наследия Японии
- История и культура Японии (Москва). Presentation: Хайку в Мексике
- 2020Межуниверситетская конференция «Социальное дистанцирование и самоизоляция на Востоке: традиции и современность» (Москва). Presentation: Социальное дистанцирование в Японии
- 2019Международная конференция ИСТОРИЯ И КУЛЬТУРА ЯПОНИИ - XIX (Москва). Presentation: Мемориальные стелы и поэтическая эпиграфика Японии
- Международная конференция «Проблемы реформ высшего образования» (Турин). Presentation: Building a Model Liberal Arts University: Japanese Experience
- III International Budo-Conference “Education of personality and self-development: martial arts traditions and contemporary science” (Одинцово). Presentation: Ethical foundations of traditional martial arts
- 2018Международный круглый стол «Значение малой родины в русском и японском национальном сознании» (Москва). Presentation: Малая родина в японской поэзии
- 201618-я конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Haiku as a Part of French Poetic Tradition
- 201517-я конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Teaching haiku Composition at a Japanese University
- 2013VI International Congress “ Sports, Human, Health” (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Oriental Martial Arts in the Age of Globalization
- 2011Focus Asia Orientalists Congress (Калькутта). Presentation: Rabindranath Tagor and Japan
- Боевые искусства и cпортивные единоборства: состояние и перспективы развития (Хабаровск). Presentation: Наследие боевых искусств в глобализирующемся мире
- 2010Philosophy and Literature (По, Франция). Presentation: Philosophical Background of Russian Messianic Poetry in the Early XX c.
- The First World Martial Arts Games (“Martial Arts Olympics”, symposium on Martial Arts) (Пекин). Presentation: The Legacy of Far Eastern Martial Arts
- Peace and Order against Challenge and Revolt. Presentation: The Challenge of Japanese Romanticists
- 2009International Seminar “Translation and Adaptation” (Дарем, Великобритания). Presentation: Translations of Classical Japanese Poetry in the West – Problems and Solutions
- 2008Annual international symposium on Japanese Literature - panel “Saito Mokichi and his Poetic World” (Ямагата). Presentation: 斉藤茂吉の写生論 (The Concept of Shasei in the Poetry by Saito Mokichi)
- Free Access to the Past (Амстердам). Presentation: The Legend of 47 Loyal Retainers in Japanese Literary Tradition
- 2006Rethinking the Past: Intellectuals and their Role in History (Сидней). Presentation: Intellectuals in Search of Salvation
- Reading Spiritualities (Ланкастер). Presentation: The Sacred Writings of East-Asian Religions in the Context of Comparative Cultural Studies
- International Crossroads Symposium (Эври, Франция). Presentation: French Influence in New and Modern Japanese Literature and Painting
- Language, Imaginary and Literary Text (Брага, Португалия). Presentation: Moral Force of Russian Classics
- 2005International Conference at Akita International University (Акита ). Presentation: Building an Innovative University for the Globalized World
Editorial board membership
2007- c/t As a member of the Management and Acacadeic Affairs Committee of the interuniversity Research Center for the Studies of Japanese Literature (Kokubungaku kenkyu shiryokan) - a member of the editorial board of "Kokubunken nyuzu" academic journal.
2017 - c/t Head of the iInternational Collaboration Department at the editorial board of the international literary and research journal "Wild Flowers" (issued by the Russian Union of Writers, "Russia-Japan" Society and Akita International Haiku Network)..
2002 - 2008 Head coordinator of the global project launched by the Japan Culture Agency Japanese Literature Publication and Promotion ( JLPP) covering countries with population speaking English, French, German and Russian). Over 100 books by the Japanese authors of the X c. were selected, reviewed and published in Russia.
2007: Member of the Editorial Board (Как член Правления Межуниверситетского Центра изучения японской литературы (Кокубунгаку кэнкю сирёкан, Токио) являюсь членом редколлегии журнала "Кокубункэн ньюзу".), Кокубункэн ньюзу (Kokubunk'y nyuzu).
Grants
MAJOR GRATS
2006 Grant of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Scence for the publication iin Russia of the History of New Japanese Poetry in 4 volumes.
1992 Grant of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for shooting and release of the TV documentary series for Channel 1 "Japan - many Ways to the Temple".
1990-91 Grant of The Japan Foundation for the academic research in Japan,
Employment history
January 2018 - c/t HSE professor
April 2017 - c/t Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
senior research fellow (part time)
April 2004 - March 2017 Akita International University (Japan ) professor
April 1992-March 2004 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Japan)
associate professor, then full professor
June 1971 - March 1992 Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, junior, then senior research fellow.
1993-1996 (part time) columnist at the major Japanese newspaper "Sankei shimbun" ("Forum of Cultures" column).