Margarita Balakireva
- Senior Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Department of Foreign Languages
- Margarita Balakireva has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education and Degrees
- 2021
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences - 2011
Degree in Philology
Lomonosov Moscow State University
* 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 Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2015-2016)
Courses (2023/2024)
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Modern Foreign Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History of French Literature: Text and Context" (Optional course (faculty); 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History of French Literature: Text and Context" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- The history of colonization in Francophone literature in XVIII-XXI centuries (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Collective Creation in France in XIX-XX Centuries: History and Evolution of Literary Groups (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Second Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Transnational Writing in XX-XXI Centuries: Conceptions, Texts, Discourses (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Collective Creation in France in XIX-XX Centuries: History and Evolution of Literary Groups (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History of French Literature: Text and Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History of French Literature: Text and Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History of French Literature: Text and Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Second Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Second Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
Foreign Language (French) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2019VI Андреевская международная научная конференция «Лики XX века: Литература и искусства» (Москва). Presentation: Сюрреалистическая выставка в 1930–1940-х гг.: лирическая «суперструктура» v.s. место памяти.
- 2016Международная научная конференция «1ОО РАЗ ДАDA» (Москва). Presentation: Дада и Неодада: реконструкция коллективной памяти
- Dada > 100 : Life / Art / Museum. Dadaism and Performing Arts (Cluj-Napoca). Presentation: Paradoxe de "collective creation" : création du champ perceptif commun dans l’œuvre collective d’(néo)avant-garde française
- 2015XLIV Международная филологическая конференция (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Коллективное / индивидуальное: роль группового творчества во французском сюрреализме 20-30-х годов
- VI всероссийская конференция студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Философия. Язык. Культура». (Москва). Presentation: «Mon pote à moi» : проблема иерархии студент / преподаватель в обучении иностранному языку
- Международная научная конференция «Мифологические образы в литературе и искусстве» (Москва). Presentation: Миф коллективный versus миф индивидуальный в сюрреализме 20-30-х годов
Publications6
- Chapter Балакирева М. Е. Выставки сюрреалистов 1930-хх годов: «лирическая суперструктура» и архивация памяти // В кн.: Литература и искусство. Век XX. Литфакт, 2020. С. 37-56.
- Article Балакирева М. Е. Сообщество творцов или сообщество читателей: срединный путь французского сюрреализма // Studia Litterarum. 2020. С. 136-147. doi
- Article Балакирева М. Е. Сюрреализм и индивидуальное творчество: феномен группы в произведениях Р. Десноса и Ж. А. Буаффара // Вестник Московского университета. Серия 9: Филология. 2020. № 1
- Article Балакирева М. Е. Диалог в сюрреализме и конструирование групповой идентичности ("Процесс над Барресом", 1921) // Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия: Филология. Журналистика. 2019. Т. 19. № 4. С. 433-438. doi
- Chapter Балакирева М. Е. Миф коллективный versus миф индивидуальный в сюрреализме 1920-1930-х гг. // В кн.: Мифологические образы в литературе и искусстве. [б.и.], 2015. С. 132-143.
- Chapter Балакирева М. Е. Сакрализация языка в сюрреализме 20-х годов // В кн.: Актуальные проблемы филологической науки: взгляд нового поколения (вып. 6). М. : Издательство Московского университета, 2015. С. 93-96.