Konstantin M. Polivanov
- Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies
- Programme Academic Supervisor: Contemporary Philology in Russian Language and Literature Instruction at Secondary Schools
- Konstantin M. Polivanov has been at HSE University since 2002.
Education and Degrees
University of Tartu
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
2013-2015 Tartu University, Slavic department, doctorant (russian literature)
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2018–2024, 2011–2016
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022
Courses (2024/2025)
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Introduction to the Study of Verse (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-3 module)Rus
- Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- "Eugene Onegin" and Russian Culture of the XIXth-XXth centuries (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
- Current Academic Research (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Current Academic Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to the Study of Verse (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- "Eugene Onegine" in the Context of Russian Culture of the XIX century (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Text Analysis" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Grants
Russian Literature of the Second Half of the 20th Century (1953-1990) as a Sociocultural Phenomenon
2014
Head: Nemzer, Andrey S.
Department: Laboratory of Cross-Cultural History of Literature
The project has been carried out as part of the HSE Program of Fundamental Studies.
Conferences
- 2015
Международный Лотмановский семинар (Тарту). Presentation: Мемуарные источники в романе Б. Пастернака "Доктор Живаго"
Гаспаровские чтения - 2015 (Москва). Presentation: Цикл "Болезнь" Б. Пастернака
An International Conference «Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel “Doctor Zhivago” (Стэнфорд, штат Калифорния). Presentation: Материалы "Архива русской революции" в романе "Доктор Живаго"
- 2014
Лотмановский семинар (Тарту). Presentation: К понятию истории в романе Б. Пастернака «Доктор Живаго».
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1«"The Life of Klim Samgin" by M. Gorky and "Doctor Zhivago" by B. Pasternak " in the context of Soviet historical prose.
- 2G. Kunitsyn Evolution of B. Pasternak's religious views
- 3The Elements of Igor Severyanin's Poetics in Boris Pasternak's Work
- 4Diaries of Soviet Schoolchildren of the 1930s: the influence of the reading circle on the practice of keeping a personal diary
- 5BORIS PASTERNAK'S NEW CHRISTIANISM
- 6Readers' Letters in The Archive of Boris Pasternak
Quantifying the Power of the Word: HSE Students and Scholars to Study Poetic Texts Using Computer Methods
The Faculty of Humanities is switching to project-based research and teaching, which includes many new collaborative research endeavours. Professor Evgeny Kazartsev, who recently became the head of the HSE School of Philological Studies, told the HSE News Service about Computer Methods for Literary Textual Analysis project.
‘Projects Will Bring Research Teams Together’
A number of new projects will form the basis of the educational and scholarly activity at HSE’s School of Philology. These projects will allow the School to expand its scholarly breadth, consolidate its active research teams, and engage new colleagues in collaboration. HSE News Service spoke with School Head Evgeny Kazartsev about the new projects, their anticipated outcomes, and what changes will need to be made in order to bring them to fruition.
Konstantin Polivanov at Conference in Stanford
Konstantin Polivanov, Associate Professor at the School of Philology took part in the international conference ‘Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel Doctor Zhivago’.