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 — 2023–2025, 2019
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2023)
Courses (2025/2026)
- Art of India (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s - I (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1 module)Rus
- Muslim Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- «Non-classical» Art History (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Past Courses
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 field of study History of Art; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Academic Writing in Art History" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Art History: Theory and Practice" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- «Classical» Art History (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
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 field of study History of Art; 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 field of study History of Art; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Art History: Theory and Practice" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 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 field of study History of Art; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Far East and South Asian Art: From Ancient Times to 1600s (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 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 field of study History of Art; 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 field of study History of Art; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Islamic Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 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 field of study History of Art; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Islamic Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 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
XI международная конференция «Актуальные проблемы теории и истории искусства» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Композитные ваханы на картинах Виллема Схеллинкса и их индийские прототипы
- 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