Jeanne Kormina
- Professor:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Department of Sociology
- Jeanne Kormina has been at HSE University since 2003.
Education and Degrees
- 2000
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Theory and History of Culture
Russian State University for the Humanities
Thesis Title: Rituals of departure to the military service - 1999
Doctoral programme in Social anthropology
European University in St. Petersburg, Ethnology - 1994
Degree
Gorky Ural State University - 1994
Degree in Historian
Gorky Ural State University, History
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.
Courses (2021/2022)
- Economical and Political Anthropology (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Ethnography and Social Theory (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Introduction to Social Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Social and Economic Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Social and Economic Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Аnthropology of Religion (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
- Аnthropology of Religion (Optional course (university); 2, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2020/2021)
- Anthropology of belief and knowledge (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Anthropology of Kinship and Gender (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Introduction to Social Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Social and Economic Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Social and Economic Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Аnthropology of Religion (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Contemporary Theory and Methods in Social Anthropology (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Introduction to Social Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Social and Economic Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 4 module)Eng
- The anthropology of science and religion (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Contemporary Theory and Methods in Social Anthropology (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social and Economic Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 4 module)Eng
- The anthropology of science and religion (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3, 4 module)Eng
20211
20202
- Article Naumescu V., Kormina J. A new 'Great Schism'? Theopolitics of communion and canonical territory in the Orthodox Church // Anthropology Today. 2020. Vol. 36. No. 1. P. 7-11. doi
- Article Heo A., Kormina J., Rogers D., Keane W., Naumescu V., Wanner C., Ghodsee C., Shevzov V. Unfinished conversations: A tribute to Sonja Luehrmann (1975–2019) // History and Anthropology. 2020. Vol. 31. No. 2. P. 165-196. doi
20194
- Article Kormina J., Heo A. Introduction: Religion and Borders in (Post–)Cold War Peripheries // Journal of Religion. 2019. Vol. 99. No. 1. P. 1-17. doi
- Book Кормина Ж. В. Паломники: Этнографические очерки православного номадизма. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2019. doi
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Рец. на кн.: AGNIESZKA HALEMBA. NEGOTIATING MARIAN APPARITIONS: THE POLITICS OF RELIGION IN TRANSCARPATHIAN UKRAINE. Budapest; N.Y.: CEU Press, 2015. 312 p. // Антропологический форум. 2019. № 40. С. 179-187. doi
20183
- Chapter Kormina J. Inhabiting Orthodox Russia: Religious Nomadism and the Puzzle of Belonging, in: Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2018. Ch. 5. P. 143-162. doi
- Article Kormina J., Luehrmann S. The Social Nature of Prayer in a Church of the Unchurched: Russian Orthodox Christianity from Its Edges // Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 2018. Vol. 86. No. 2. P. 393-424. doi
- Article Кормина Ж. В. «Император осматривал город»: Сюрреалистический социализм и политика памяти // Новое литературное обозрение. 2018. Т. 152. С. 34-57.
20173
- Article Shtyrkov S., Kormina J. The Female Spiritual Elder and Death: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Lives of Russian Orthodox Saints // State, Religion and Church. 2017. No. 4 (2). P. 4-24. doi
- Chapter Кормина Ж. В. Православные ярмарки и религиозная модерность // В кн.: Experto crede Alberto. Cборник статей к 70-летию Альберта Кашфулловича Байбурина. СПб. : Издательство Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, 2017. С. 229-247.
- Article Кормина Ж. В., Панченко А. А., Штырков С. А. Социальные исследования религии: теория, методы и опыт // Антропологический форум. 2017. Т. 35. С. 129-166.
20162
- Article Kormina J. Killer Yeast: Gastronomic Conspiracy Theories and the Culture of Mistrust in Modern Russia / Пер. с рус. // Forum for Anthropology and Culture. 2016. Vol. 12. P. 201-229.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Рецензия на книгу Anna Fedele and Kim E. Knibbe, eds. Gender and Power in Contemporary Spirituality: Ethnographic Approaches. New York: Routledge, 2013. // Laboratorium. Журнал социальных исследований. 2016. № 1. С. 132-136.
20155
- Chapter Кормина Ж. В., Штырков С. А. "Это наше, исконно русское, и никуда нам от этого не деться": предыстория постсоветской десекуляризации // В кн.: Изобретение религии: десекуляризация в постсоветском контексте / Науч. ред.: С. А. Штырков, А. А. Панченко, Ж. В. Кормина. СПб. : Издательство Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, 2015. С. 7-45.
- Article Kormina J., Melnikova E. At være ortodoks i det moderne Rusland // Religion. 2015. Vol. 2. P. 8-17.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Алексей Юрчак. Это было навсегда, пока не кончилось. Последнее советское поколение. М.: НЛО, 2014. 664 с. (рецензия на книгу) // Антропологический форум. 2015. Т. 26. С. 209-221.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Дрожжи-убийцы: гастрономическая конспирология и культура недоверия в современной России // Антропологический форум. 2015. № 27. С. 142-175.
- Book Изобретение религии: десекуляризация в постсоветском контексте / Науч. ред.: С. А. Штырков, А. А. Панченко, Ж. В. Кормина. СПб. : Издательство Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, 2015.
20145
- Chapter Kormina Jeanne. The Saint and His Cat: localization of religious charisma in contemporary Russian Orthodox Pilgrimages, in: Redefining Pilgrimage – New perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Pilgrimages. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, 2014. P. 127-142.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Ни Богу свечка, ни черту кочерга (некоторые размышления об антропологии религии в России) (раздел "Форум") // Антропологический форум. 2014. № 20. С. 42-47.
- Chapter Кормина Ж. В. Предисловие научного редактора // В кн.: Что такое антропология? / Пер. с англ. (под ред.: Ж. В. Кормина). М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2014. С. 10-12.
- Article Кормина Ж. В., Штырков С. А. Старица и смерть: заметки на полях современных житий // Государство, религия, церковь в России и за рубежом. 2014. № 1(32). С. 107-130.
- Book Эриксен Т. Х. Что такое антропология? / Пер. с англ. (под ред.: Ж. В. Кормина). М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2014.
20134
- Article Кормина Ж. В. "Гигиена сердца": дисциплина и вера "заново рожденных" харизматических христиан // Антропологический форум. 2013. Т. 18. С. 300-320.
- Chapter Kormina Jeanne. Canonizing Soviet Pasts in Contemporary Russia: The Case of Saint Matrona of Moscow, in: A Companion to Anthropology of Religion. L. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Ch. 22. P. 409-424.
- Article Kormina J. V. La langue des pèlerins orthodoxes : «l’énergie sacrale d’un lieu chargé de prière» / Пер. с рус. // Slavica occitania. 2013. No. 36. P. 201-2018.
- Article Kormina Jeanne. Russian Saint Under Construction: Portraits and Icons of Starets Nikolay // Archives de sciences sociales des religions. 2013. Vol. 162. P. 95-119. doi
20126
- Article Kormina Jeanne. Ann Ambrecht. 2009 Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home New York: Columbia University Press, 296 pps. // Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology. 2012. Vol. 77. No. 1. P. 142-144.
- Chapter Kormina J. V., Shtyrkov S. Believers’ Letters of Advertising: St Xenia of Petersburg’s ‘National Reception Centre’, in: Russian cultural anthropology after the collapse of communism / Transl.: E. Griffiths.; Ed. by A. Baiburin, C. Kelly, N. Vakhtin. Issue 34. L., Berkeley, Los Angeles : London and new York, 2012. Ch. 7. P. 155-182.
- Preprint Kormina J. Russian Saint under Construction: Portraits and Icons of Starets Nikolay / Basic Research Programme. Series HUM "Humanities". 2012. No. 04.
- Chapter Кормина Ж. В. Новые формы религиозной жизни в современной России: к постановке вопроса // В кн.: XIII Международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества. В 4 кн. Кн. 2. / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. Кн. 2. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. С. 497-504.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Номадическое православие: о новых формах религиозной жизни в современной России // Ab Imperio. 2012. № 2. С. 195-227.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Социология религии и секуляризации. Программа учебной дисциплины // Религиоведение. 2012. № 2. С. 195-201.
20113
- Chapter Kormina J., Shtyrkov S. St Xenia as a Patron of Female Social Suffering: An Essay on Anthropological Hagiology, in: Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia / Ed. by J. Zigon. NY, Oxford : Berghahn Book, 2011. P. 168-190.
- Chapter Кормина Ж. В., Штырков С. А. Православные версии советского прошлого: политики памяти в ритуалах коммеморации // В кн.: Антропология социальных перемен / Отв. ред.: Э. М. Гучинова, Г. А. Комарова. М. : Российская политическая энциклопедия, 2011. С. 389-413.
- Chapter Кормина Ж. В. Режимы православной социальности в современной России: прихожане, паломники, сетевики // В кн.: Приход и община в современном православии / Науч. ред.: А. С. Агаджанян, К. Русселе. М. : Весь мир, 2011. С. 189-211.
20103
- Chapter Kormina J. Avtobusniki: Russian Orthodox Pilgrims’ Longing for Authenticity, in: Eastern Christianities in Anthropological Perspective / Ed. by C. Hann, H. Goltz. Issue 9. L., Berkeley, Los Angeles : University of California Press, 2010. P. 267-286.
- Article Kormina J., Shtyrkov S. Believers' Letters as Advertising: St Xenia of St Petersburg's 'National Reception Center' // Forum for Anthropology and Culture. 2010. Vol. 6. P. 115-143.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Политические персонажи в современной агиографии: как Матрона Сталина благословляла // Антропологический форум. 2010. № 12online. С. 1-28.
20082
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Исполкомы и приходы: религиозная жизнь Псковской области в первую послевоенную пятилетку // Неприкосновенный запас. Дебаты о политике и культуре. 2008. № 3 (59). С. 94-107.
- Article Кормина Ж. В., Штырков С. А. Письма верующих как реклама: "всенародная приемная" св. Ксении Петербургской // Антропологический форум. 2008. № 9. С. 154-185.
20071
20062
- Book Сны Богородицы. Исследования по антропологии религии / Науч. ред.: Ж. В. Кормина, С. А. Штырков, А. А. Панченко. СПб. : ЕУСПб, 2006.
- Article Кормина Ж. В. Этические проблемы полевых исследований. Форум // Антропологический форум. 2006. № 5
20052
- Article Кормина Ж. В., Штырков С. А. Никто не забыт, ничто не забыто. История оккупации в устных свидетельствах // Неприкосновенный запас. Дебаты о политике и культуре. 2005. № 2-3
- Book Кормина Ж. В. Проводы в армию в пореформенной России: опыт этнографического анализа. Новое литературное обозрение, 2005.
Conference Papers
Materiality and the Efficiency of Prayer. Conference "Why Prayer? New Directions in the Study of Prayer". SSRC/Columbia University. New York, Feb. 2015.
Popular Religion in Leningrad and St Petersburg: St Xenia as a Patron of Female Social Suffering. Oxford University, June 2014.
New Modes of Post-Soviet Religiosity in Russia and Beyond: religous nomadism as ideology and practice. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, June 2013.
More Than Just Studies: American Students on Their January Term in Russia
From January 3 to 20, 23 students from three American universities took part in a special winter programme held for the third time at HSE University – St Petersburg. We asked them many questions, including what they thought about Russia before coming here, what they would take back home, and one of the eternal questions – Moscow or St Petersburg?
Exploring Political and Cultural Space of St Petersburg through the Summer School 'Topography of Imperial Power'
On a grey autumn day, it is always nice to warm up by reliving memories of summer adventures. This year, the balmy weather did not leave our city till mid-October, and a summer mood also lingered at HSE University – St Petersburg with the IV International Summer School 'The Topography of Imperial Power: Political and Cultural Space of Saint Petersburg' which ran from September 11 till October 2, 2018.
American Student in St. Petersburg: Understanding Modern Russia
Addie Bacon, an American student from Smith College, who studies the Russian language and literature in the US. She had spent six months at HSE University St. Petersburg attending ‘Russian, Eurasian, and Post-Soviet Studies Programme’. Before she left to go back home we asked her a few questions about her experience studying and living in Russia.
'A Life Changing Experience': US Students Visit St. Petersburg
From January 5 to 20 2018, HSE in St. Petersburg for the second time hosted a special J-Term programme for American students from Smith and Amherst Colleges, as well as the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Lecture by Jeanne Kormina at University of Michigan
On February 11, Jeanne Kormina (professor of anthropology and religious studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg) gave a lecture "The Political Imagination of Russian Orthodoxy: National Identity and Imperial Heritage" at University of Michigan.
Study Tours: A Two-Way Road
Recently the HSE Higher School of Management welcomed a group of students from the Johnson School of Management, Cornell University, USA, which specializes in MBA programmes. Elena Yankova, Senior Lecturer of Management, Cornell University, and the head of the group, and Sergey Filonovich, Dean of the HSE Higher School of Management, told us about the study tour programme.