Valery Zusman
- Vice President: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod
- Professor: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod / Faculty of Humanities / School of Literature and Intercultural Communication
- Valery Zusman has been at HSE University since 2010.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
Lenin Moscow State Teacher Training Institute
Thesis Title: Artistic world of Franz Kafka
Thesis Title: Tieck and Shakesoeare
Dobrolyubov Gorky State Teacher Training Institute of Foreign Languages
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.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2023
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1From comics to graphic novels: the evolution of genres (based on Marvel comics and N. Gaiman’s novels)
- 2Poetics of Verses in "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien
- 3Poetics of German Intercultural Literature: Based on the Novel Works by Vladimir Vertlib, Olga Martynova, Yulia Rabinovich. Reception in Russia
Courses (2024/2025)
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Analyzing Stories, or What You Would Always Like to Know about Narrative Discourse (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of Western European and Russian Literary Studies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Key Texts of the German-Language Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Analyzing Stories, or What You Would Always Like to Know about Narrative Discourse (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Comparative Literature (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Comparativistics and Metacomparativistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Intercultural Communications (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Key Texts of the German-Language Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (literature of foreign countries) (Postgraduate course; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research seminar "Comparative and metacomparativistics" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Analyzing Stories, or What You Would Always Like to Know about Narrative Discourse (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Comparative Studies (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Comparativistics and Metacomparativistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 3 module)Rus
- Intercultural Communications (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Key Texts of the German-Language Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (literature of foreign countries) (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research seminar "Comparative and metacomparativistics" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research seminar "Comparative and metacomparativistics" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research seminar "Comparative and metacomparativistics" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Comparativistics and Metacomparativistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 3 module)Rus
- Key Texts of the German-Language Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Comparative Literature (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Comparativistics and Metacomparativistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 3 module)Rus
- Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Key Texts of the German-Language Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
Conferences
- 2024
XLI Международная научно-практическая конференция «Горьковские чтения» (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: Проект «Волжский текст в русской культуре». А.М. Горькому посвящается (НИУ ВШЭ совместно с Государственным музеем А.М. Горького)
- 2022
Литература в глобальном мире: поэтика, компаративистика, имагология. Комическое в литературе и искусстве (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: Комическое и лирическое в рассказе А. П Чехова «В Париж!»
XХ Съезд Российского союза германистов «ГЕРМАНИСТИКА: КОНТУРЫ, ДОМИНАНТЫ, ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ» (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: Проблемы междисциплинарности в современной отечественной германистике
Международная научно-практическая конференция, посвященная 60-летию присвоения университету имени В.Я. Брюсова (Ереван). Presentation: «СКРИПКА РОТШИЛЬДА» КАК СЮЖЕТ МИРОВОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ
- 2021
Международная научная конференция «Компаративные историко-филологические исследования в эпоху глобализации». Presentation: Концепция Гете "Weltliteratur" и становление компаративистики в эпоху глобализации
ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ НАУЧНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ «ТЕКСТЫ И КОНТЕКСТЫ: “ДОКТОР ФАУСТУС” Т. МАННА» (Москва). Presentation: Бетховен и Леверкюн как воплощение немецкой «Innerlichkeit» (на материале речи Т. Манна «Германия и немцы» (1945) и романа «Доктор Фаустус» (1947)
Ценности в литературе и искусстве. Presentation: Искусство и быт в рассказе Е.Н. Чирикова «Фауст» (1903)
Конференция по австрийской литературе (Москва). Presentation: КОНЦЕПТОСФЕРА КАК МОДЕЛЬ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО МИРА. АВСТРИЙСКИЕ КОНЦЕПТЫ «ВДУМЫВАТЬСЯ В ДРУГИХ» И «ЧЕЛОВЕК БЕЗ СВОЙСТВ»
Международный онлайн-воркшоп "Смена языков – смена перспектив? Многоязычие и многоголосие в современной межкультурной литературе". Presentation: Вильгельм фон Гумбольдт. Язык как культура
XIХ Съезд Российского союза германистов (Смоленск). Presentation: Музыкальность в литературе как воплощение принципа «diversity» (на материале творчества Т. Манна)
- 2020
«Симфония новейшей поэзии»: к 100-летию антологии «Сумерки человечества» (Москва). Presentation: Музыка и музыкальность в антологии «Сумерки человечества»
- 2019
Международная научно-практическая конференция "Языки и культуры: функционально- коммуникативный и лингво-прагматический аспекты" (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: Австрийский концепт МУЗЫКА/МУЗЫКАЛЬНОСТЬ: о диалогическом потенциале культуры
Современные проблемы компаративистики. Сессия 10. Поэтика мировой литературы (Москва). Presentation: Феномен "непереводимого" в контексте глобализации культутры
III Международный научно-образовательный форум "Языковая политика и лингвистическая безопасность" (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: "Языковая политика и лингвистическая безопасность в контексте локального и глобального"
VII Международная научная конференция "Нижегородский текст русской словесности как художественное постижение национальной ментальности" (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: Немецкое у Е.Н. Чирикова - Е.Н. Чириков в Германии. "Год 1903"
Im Spannungsfeld Goethes: литература и искусства в поле притяжения Гете (Москва). Presentation: Гений и место. Гете и собор в Страсбурге
XVII Съезд Российского союза германистов (Коломна). Presentation: "Прозрение на пороге смерти". К вопросу о жанровой доминанте в новеллистике Ф.Кафки.
- 2017
Die Kultur Europas - keine Vision?. Presentation: Manches beginnt nut der geographie
Международная конференция "Белые чтения" (Москва). Presentation: Термин "функция" в математике и гуманитарном знании
CHANCEN KULTURELLER NATZWERKE VII. Biennales Treffen der LeiterInnen und wissenschaftlichen BetreuerInnen von Osterreich-Bibliotheken im Ausland (Wien). Presentation: Zur Schriftenreihe der Osterreich-Bibliothek Niznyj Novgorod/Nischnij Novgorod
XV съезд Российского союза германистов Международный симпозиум Революция и эволюция в немецкоязычной литературе (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Газета "Prager Tagblatt" о русских революциях 1917 года
- 2016
Международная конференция "Белые чтения" (Москва). Presentation: Идеи компаративистики в трудах Б.И.Пуришева
- 2015
Symposion Elias Canetti und das Phaenomen der Masse (Вена). Presentation: Masse als Konzept der Kultur im Werk von Elias Canetti
XIII съезд Российского Союза Германистов (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: Метакомпаративистика и компаративистика. Metakomparatistik und Komparatistik.
- 2014
Белые чтения (Москва, РГГУ). Presentation: "Метакомпаративистика" в современном университетском курсе
2013: International Russian Literature Seminar: Comparative Studies (Seminario Internacional de Literatura Russa: Estudos Comparados) (São Paulo). Presentation: Comparative Linguistics as Comparative Conceptology
Education and art beyond borders: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Benin to the Russian Federation has visited HSE University in Nizhny Novgorod
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Benin to the Russian Federation, His Excellency Okunlola Biau Akambi Andre officially visited Nizhny Novgorod at the invitation of the Nizhny Novgorod campus of the HSE University.
HSE Student Conference Evaluates ‘The Manuscripts in Digital Space’
Students of HSE University (based at its Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod campuses), Moscow State University, Russian State University for the Humanities, and representatives of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) Institutes, Novosibirsk Pedagogical University, and HSE Saint Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod campuses participated in the online conference, ‘Text as DATA: The Manuscript in Digital Space’, which was organized by the School of General and Applied Philology of the Faculty of Humanities.
Anna Blyakhman Appointed Director of HSE Nizhny Novgorod
Anna Blyakhman has been appointed Director of HSE Nizhny Novgorod. She will be responsible for the overall administration of the campus.
HSE Staff Members Receive University and Government Awards
HSE staff members were awarded honour awards of the university and the Letter of Gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation at the meeting of the Academic Council that was held on on February 1.
The opening of the new edition of the Global Business programme
On October, 8 the master’s programme opening ceremony was held for all the participating students and guests. This year the international group of students consists of 24 young ambitious people from Russia, Austria, Italy, India, Pakistan, Egypt, and France.
Nizhny Novgorod: Reaching Out Locally and Globally
As the second-oldest HSE campus after Moscow, HSE Nizhny Novgorod has over 2,700 students, over 300 faculty members, and offers 9 BA programmes and 11 MA programmes, as well as several double-degree tracks. In addition to its educational activities and research, the university also serves as a forum for the city’s cultural life and carries out several projects aimed at ensuring the public good. In 2014, Valery Zusman, Doctor of Sciences in Literature of Western Europe, America and Australia, and the then Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at HSE Nizhny Novgorod, became the director of the campus. Professor Zusman talked to The HSE Look about the challenges and successes of global outreach projects at HSE Nizhny Novgorod and its proactive approach.
New Prospects of International Cooperation
On October 17 the delegation from Ghent University visited HSE - Nizhny Novgorod. At the meeting with Director Valery Zusman, Deputy Director Natalya Gronskaya, and representatives of all faculties of HSE – NN Belgian academics told the audience about their educational institution: its programmes, research projects, policy on internalization, and publication activity. Professor Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Vice-President on Internationalization of Ghent University paid special attention to the university’s high world ranking.
Visiting South Korea, the Country with Great Opportunities
On September 18 – 22 Director of HSE-Nizhny Novgorod Valery Zusman visited the Korean Republic on the invitation of National Institute for International Education. The delegation, which he joined, included 14 participants from eleven countries: Germany, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. University administrators, government officials from Ministries of Education, outstanding professor were among the guests.
Opening Ceremony of ‘Global Business’ Programme
On October 18th, 2016, the opening ceremony of the master’s programme ‘Global Business’ was held at HSE Nizhny Novgorod. Representatives from the three partner universities took part in the event.
HSE Nizhny Novgorod Expands International Cooperation
A cooperation agreement will be signed between the Hochschule Bochum — Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and HSE — Nizhny Novgorod.
'My Nickname at School Was 'Professor'. I Had to Live up to It'
Why do people become researchers and pursue careers in science? What is more important for them – self-fulfillment or financial incentives? On the day before Russia celebrated Science Day on Feb 8, HSE’s news service talked to researchers working at HSE about what motivated them to become scientists.
Delegation from China’s Southwest University of Political Sciences and Law visits HSE Nizhny Novgorod campus
The visit by our Chinese partners is an organic part of the agreement between our universities to work together in academic and research fields. This year a group of Chinese students attended an HSE Nizhny Novgorod summer school and in September our students returned from Sichuan province where they were studying Chinese law-enforcement practices.
Evgeny Yasin Reelected HSE Academic Supervisor, Alexander Shokhin – HSE President
At a meeting of HSE’s Academic Council on May 30, Evgeny Yasin was reelected as the university’s academic supervisor, and Alexander Shokhin — as HSE’s president.
Academic Council: New Departments and Achievements
On June 29th 2012, the latest regular session of the Higher School of Economics Academic Council took place at the HSE. The agenda included information on the launch of new faculties and departments, approval of certain regulatory documents, as well as the results of the voting process for the teaching staff competition.