Maria A. Volkonskaya
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies
- Programme Academic Supervisor:Philology
- Maria A. Volkonskaya has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education and Degrees
- 2012
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Germanic Languages
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Thesis Title: The language of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”: on the interrelationship between traditional poetic words and loanwords - 2011
Doctoral programme in Germanic languages
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Philology - 2007
Degree in Philology
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Philology
* Candidate of Sciences
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.
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.
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2014-2015)
Courses (2023/2024)
- History of English: From "Beowulf" to Shakespeare (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Medievalism in English Literature (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Eng
Medievalism in English Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "45.04.01. Филология", field of study "45.04.01. Филология"; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
- Modern English Novel (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Medievistics and Medievalism" (Optional course (faculty); 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Medievistics and Medievalism" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- The Basics of Critical Reading and Academic Writing (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Critical Thinking and Academic Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Medievalism in English Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "45.04.01. Филология", field of study "45.04.01. Филология"; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
Modern English Literature (20-21 centuries) (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Modern English Literature (20-21 centuries) (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Modern English Literature (20-21 centuries) (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Critical Reading and Writing Skills (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- History of the English Language (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Late Medieval and Renaissance Culture (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2022the 18th International Saga Conference: Sagas and the Circum-Baltic Arena, Helsinki and Tallinn (Хельсинки). Presentation: On ranks and rankings (roundtable “Better late than never: Olga Smirnitskaya’s 'The Verse and the Language of Old Germanic Poetry' appears in English” )
- 12th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 12). Presentation: Tracing the roots of Lawman’s poetic diction: synonyms for "man, warrior" in the "Brut" and Old English non-poetic sources
- 202156th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo). Presentation: Poetic Diction in Lawman’s "Brut": Continuity or Connectivity?
- 2020
Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries - MEMSA Podcast Series (Дарем). Presentation: Scottish “The Vertewis of the Mess” and its English Counterparts
- 201911th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 11) (Флоренция). Presentation: Authorial self-presentation in the "Ormulum"
- Между строк... или грамматика нереального-3 (Москва). Presentation: Пастырь и паства: к вопросу о прагматике и риторике английских гомилий конца X–XII веков
- 2018International Medieval Congress (IMC) (Лидс). Presentation: John Lydgate on the virtues of the mass: translation, memory, and change
- 201710th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 10) (Ставангер). Presentation: Number symbolism in the "Ormulum"
- 2016Ломоносовские чтения (Москва). Presentation: Древнеанглийские поэтические синонимы в свете корпусных данных
- Гаспаровские чтения - 2016 (Москва). Presentation: “Rinkas feollen”: cинонимические обозначения мужчины, воина в английских поэтических памятниках X–XIII века
- International Medieval Congress (IMC) (Лидс). Presentation: Old English and Middle English alliterative ranks: the devil in the details
- Aspects sociaux des littératures médiévales. Texte et situation communicative au Moyen Âge (Москва). Presentation: “Whi icc till Ennglissh hafe wennd / Goddspelless hallᵹhe lare”: the author and the audience of the “Ormulum”
- 20159th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 9) (Вроцлав). Presentation: Translating "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight": interpreting the diction, interpreting the metre
- 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo). Presentation: Translator and language change: on J.R.R. Tolkien's translation of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
- 2014Ломоносовские чтения (Москва). Presentation: "Ормулум" в контексте средневековых учений о языке
- 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo). Presentation: Insular spelling reforms in the Middle Ages: the "Ormulum" and the "First Grammatical Treatise"
- Научный семинар направления "Филология" (Москва). Presentation: Англо-французский билингвизм и его отражение в английской поэзии конца XIV века
- 20138th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 8) (Мурсия). Presentation: On the origins and functions of synonyms in Middle English alliterative poetry
Publications13
- Chapter Parina E., Volkonskaya M. A. Middle Welsh Texts on the Virtues of the Mass in their European Context, in: Transmission of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Turnhout : Brepols Publishers, 2019. P. 87-99. doi
- Preprint Volkonskaya M. A. Synonyms for ‘Man, Warrior’ in Laȝamon’s "Brut" and Old English Alliterative Poetry / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2017. No. WP BRP 22/LS/2017.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. "Ормулум" и "Первый грамматический трактат": об особенностях "островных" реформ орфографии в Англии и Исландии // В кн.: Атлантика: Записки по исторической поэтике Вып. XII: Образ острова в языке и культуре кельтов и германцев. М. : МАКС Пресс, 2015. С. 77-98.
- Article Volkonskaya M. A. Rev. of Miller, D. G. (2012). External influences on English: From its beginnings to the Renaissance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. // Journal of Language and Education. 2015. Vol. 1. No. 4. P. 81-84.
- Preprint Volkonskaya M. A. Translator and Language Change: On J.R.R. Tolkien’s Translation of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2015. No. WP BRP 10/LS/2015 .
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Предисловие к "Ормулуму" (введение и комментарии М. А. Волконской, перевод Н. В. Аносова и М. А. Волконской) // В кн.: Атлантика: Записки по исторической поэтике Вып. XII: Образ острова в языке и культуре кельтов и германцев. М. : МАКС Пресс, 2015. С. 99-134.
- Preprint Volkonskaya M. A. Twelfth-Century Rise Of Spelling Reforms: The Ormulum And The First Grammatical Treatise / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2014. No. WP BRP 02/LS/2014.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Синонимические обозначения мужчины и женщины в средневековой английской аллитерационной поэзии // В кн.: Динамика культурно-исторической парадигмы: человек, слово, текст. М., Калуга : Эйдос, 2014. С. 138-145.
- Article Volkonskaya M. A. Loanwords and stylistics: on the gallicisms in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" // The Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics (ESUKA – JEFUL). 2013. Vol. 4. No. 2. P. 145-156.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Первая строфа поэмы «Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь»: язык и темы // В кн.: Атлантика. Записки по исторической поэтике Вып. XI: К 75-летию О. А. Смирницкой. М. : Издательство Московского университета, 2013. С. 75-85.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Изменения в языковой ситуации в Англии XIV века и их отражение в поэме "Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь" // В кн.: Динамические процессы в германских языках: Материалы Четвертых лингвистических чтений памяти В.Н. Ярцевой / РАН. Ин-т языкознания (Москва, 6 ноября 2012 г.) / Отв. ред.: Д. Б. Никуличева. Вып. 4. М., Калуга : Эйдос, 2012. С. 202-207.
- Article Волконская М. А. Взаимодействие скандинавизмов и галлицизмов в поэме "Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь" // Вестник Московского университета. Серия 9: Филология. 2011. Т. 9. № 5. С. 119-128.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Употребление скандинавских заимствований при описании пути сэра Гавейна в Зеленую Часовню ("Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь", строки 2077-2238) // В кн.: Научное наследие Владимира Григорьевича Адмони и современная лингвистика. Материалы Международной научной конференции, посвященной 100-летию со дня рождения В.Г. Адмони / Отв. ред.: М. Воейкова. СПб. : Издательство Нестор-История, 2009. С. 74-75.