Alexander Babin
- Senior Lecturer: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Alexander Babin has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education
State Institute for Art Studies
Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2023–2024, 2019
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2023)
Courses (2024/2025)
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s - I (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
- Muslim Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Academic Writing in Art History" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Art History: Theory and Practice" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- «Classical» Art History (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Academic Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philosophy, field of study History, field of study History of Art, field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Art of Asia: From Modern to Contemporary Period (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s - I (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
- Introduction to Art History (Optional course (faculty); 2, 3 module)Rus
- Islamic Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Art History: Theory and Practice" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philosophy, field of study History, field of study History of Art, field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Art of Asia from the 17th to the 21th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Introduction to Art History (Optional course (faculty); 2, 3 module)Rus
- Islamic Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Russian Empire and Orient: Fine and Decorative Arts (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Islamic Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Islamic Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2024
XIV Всероссийский съезд востоковедов «Поворот на Восток и российское востоковедение» (Владивосток). Presentation: В. В. Верещагин и И. П. Минаев: русские путешественники в Дарджилинге
- 2023
XIX Всемирный антропологический конгресс / 19th IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Congress 2023 (Нью-Дели). Presentation: «Not only the grandiose delights of the Himalayas»: the results of I.P. Minayev's journey to Kumaon (1875)
XLIV Зографские чтения. Проблемы интерпретации традиционного индийского текста. (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Есть некая рыба, которая чюдовидна имать»: возможные истоки и неочевидные связи одного композитного существа индийской миниатюры
- 2022
2-я международная индологическая конференция «Дубянские чтения» / The Dubyanskiy Readings (Москва). Presentation: Композитные ваханы в индийском искусстве: к вопросу типологии и генезиса
- 2021
I международная научная конференция Дубянские чтения (Москва). Presentation: Миниатюры рагамала Декана
- 2020
Актуальные проблемы теории и истории искусства IX / Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art IX (Saint Petersburg). Presentation: Изучение индийской миниатюры в России: история и перспективы
ЮБИЛЕЙНЫЕ LX РЕРИХОВСКИЕ ЧТЕНИЯ (Москва). Presentation: Две тханки из собрания И.П. Минаева (МАЭ РАН) и традиция странствующих рассказчиков (лама манипа) в Гималайском регионе
- 2019
Лицо в средневековой культуре Востока и Запада (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Full Face and Three-quarters representations in West Indian Miniature Painting, XIIth -XVIth Centuries
- 2017
XXXVIII Зографские чтения (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Живопись и графика из собрания И.П. Минаева (МАЭ РАН): опыт классификации