Courses
2025/2026
The Hauntology and Nostalgia of Modern Media: from Theoretical Beginnings to Vaporwave and Reels-Horror
Type:
Optional course (faculty)
Delivered by:
Institute of Media
When:
2-4 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
56
Master
2025/2026
The History and Specific Features of the Major Art Fairs and Their Impact on the Art-making Process
Type:
Compulsory course (History of Artistic Culture and the Art Market)
Delivered by:
School of History
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 1 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
2025/2026
The History and Specific Features of the Major Art Fairs and Their Impact on the Art-making Process
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
School of History
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
2025/2026
The History of Ancient Culture
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Philological Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1, 2 semester
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Озерский Петр Сергеевич
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
120
Bachelor
2025/2026
The History of European Colonialism
Type:
Compulsory course (History)
Delivered by:
School of History
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
4 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Alexander Voevodskiy
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Master
2025/2026
The History of Horror in the European Literature of the XVIII-XIX centuries
Type:
Compulsory course (Philological Studies )
Delivered by:
School of Philological Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Mikhail Sverdlov
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
Master
2025/2026
The History of Horror in the European Literature of the XVIII-XIX centuries
Type:
Compulsory course (Philological Studies )
Delivered by:
School of Philological Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Mikhail Sverdlov
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
2025/2026
The History of Horror in the European Literature of the XVIII-XIX centuries
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
School of Philological Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Mikhail Sverdlov
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
48
2025/2026
The History of Islam
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Alexey Zhuravskiy
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
36
Master
2025/2026
The History of Islam
Type:
Compulsory course (Muslim Worlds in Russia (History and Culture))
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 1 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Alexey Zhuravskiy
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
36
Bachelor
2025/2026
The History of Late Classical and Post Classical Persian Literature
Type:
Compulsory course (Language and Literature of Iran)
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
3 year, 2-4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Evgeniya Nikitenko
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
88
Master
2025/2026
The History of Mathematics in the Context of the History of World Culture
Type:
Compulsory course (Joint Master's Programme with the Centre of Teaching Excellence)
Where:
Faculty of Mathematics
When:
2 year, 3 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
2025/2026
The History of Mathematics in the Context of the History of World Culture
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
44
Bachelor
2025/2026
The History of Modern Africa
Type:
Elective course (History)
Delivered by:
School of History
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
4 year, 4 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Alexander Voevodskiy
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
2025/2026
The History of Modern Drama and Theater in Europe and Russia
Type:
Minor
Delivered by:
School of Philological Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
40
Bachelor
2025/2026
The History of Political Thought
Type:
Compulsory course (Political Science)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
8
Contact hours:
132
Bachelor
2025/2026
The History of Political Thought
Type:
Compulsory course (Computational Social Sciences)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
8
Contact hours:
132
Bachelor
2025/2026
The History of Political Thought
Type:
Compulsory course (Computational Social Sciences)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
8
Contact hours:
132
2025/2026
The History of Technological Development in Society
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Department of Educational Programmes
When:
3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Thomas Thurner
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Bachelor
2025/2026
"The Imperial Factor" in History and Modern Politics
Type:
Elective course (Political Science)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
4 year, 3 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Svyatoslav I. Kaspe
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5