Elena Zemskova
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of Literary History and Theory
- Programme Academic Supervisor:Russian and Comparative Literature
- Elena Zemskova has been at HSE University since 2011.
Education and Degrees
- 2002
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Russian Literature
Russian State University for the Humanities - 2002
Doctoral programme in Russian Literature
Russian State University for the Humanities - 1998
Degree in Cultural Studies
Institute of European Cultures of the Russian State University for the Humanities - 1997
Degree in Philology
Russian State University for the Humanities
* 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.
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
A. Chetverikova «Nora Gal (E.Y. Galperina) in the History of Soviet Literary Translation». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
A. Kislova «Tom Stoppard as a Mediator Between Russian Literature and British Culture in the 21st Century». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
E. Fomenko «History of Russian Translations of G. Orwell's Novel "1984" and its Reception». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
E. Shlosman «Slavery and Religion in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's cabin": Issues of Translation». Faculty of Humanities, 2018
N. Grin «Ayn Rand in Russian Media 1997-2017». Faculty of Humanities, 2018
E. Zhurenkova «Russian and German Literature in the Correspondence of L. Kopelev and H. Böll». Faculty of Humanities, 2018
J. Agutina «R. Blaumanis Novel "In the Shadow of Death": Russian Translation and Reception History in the XX Century». Faculty of Humanities, 2018
E. Ivanenko «School Story in Children's Literature of the GDR and the USSR». Faculty of Humanities, 2017
E. Firsova «"Three Guineas" by Wirginia Woolf: Translation and Commentary». Faculty of Humanities, 2017
Z. Zaynutdinova «Image of Ernest Heminguay in the Soviet Union: Critisism in the Period from 1930s to 1970s». Faculty of Humanities, 2017
- Master
D. Gurtskaya «Contemporary Russian Literature in Germany: Translations and Reception of Vladimir Sorokin's Works». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
E. Schegolkova «"The Gray House" by Mariam Petrosyan: on the Structure and Poetics of the Text». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
A. Kovrizhnykh «"Gulliver's Travels" by J. Swift in Soviet Children's Culture of the 1920-1940s». Faculty of Humanities, 2018
A. Bogomolova «The Concept of “World Literature” in Soviet Culture of the Thirties». Faculty of Humanities, 2016
I. Murafa «The Formation of the Canon of the Kazakh Soviet Literature: History, Institutions, Translations». Faculty of Humanities, 2016
Courses (2019/2020)
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Comparative Literature in the System of Humanities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Translation Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2018/2019)
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Comparative Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Reading Rules: Translation (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar II (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Comparative Literature and Translation History (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar II (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2016/2017)
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Comparative Literature and Translation History (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- War in the European Literature of the 20th century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2015/2016)
- 20th-21th Century Russian Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Management of International Projects in the Humanities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Topics in Modern Comparative Studies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Courses (2014/2015)
- 20th-21th Century Russian Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar “Foreign Literature in Russia” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Management of International Projects in the Humanities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Practical Course in Academic Translation (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Practical Course in Academic Translation (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)
- Practical Course in Academic Translation (Studied in German) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)
- Research Seminar “The National Literary Canon in Other Cultural Perspectives” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Topics in Modern Comparative Studies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- War in the European Literature of the 20th century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2013/2014)
- 20th-21th Century Russian Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Practical Course in Academic Translation (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 2 year, 1-3 module)
- Sociology of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Topics in Modern Comparative Studies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2012/2013)
- Academical Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academical Writing (Russian) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Short Prose Forms in Russian Literature of the first half of 20th Century: Poetics and Interpretation» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Topics in Modern Comparative Studies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Publications17
- Chapter Zemskova E. Soviet Folklore as Translation project: a case of Tvorchestvo narodov SSSR, 1937, in: Translation in Russian Contexts: Culture, Politics, Identity. Routledge, 2018. P. 174-187. doi
- Chapter Земскова Е. Е. "Права литературного гражданства": переводчики в литературной бюрократии 1930-х годов // В кн.: Acta Slavica Estonica IX. Труды по русской и славянской филологии X. Стратегии перевода и государственный контроль.Translation Strategies and State Control. Тарту : University of Tartu Press, 2017. С. 69-84.
- Article Земскова Е. Е. Michael David-Fox, Crossing Borders: Modernity, Ideology, and Culture in Soviet Russia, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. (Рецензия на книгу) // Ab Imperio. 2017. № 2. С. 304-309.
- Article Земскова Е. Е. Переводчики с языков национальных республик в публичном пространстве 1930-х годов: языки (само)описания // Новый филологический вестник. 2017. № 2(41). С. XXX-XXX. (in press)
- Article Ostrovskaya E., Zemskova E. Between the Battlefield and the Marketplace: International Literature Magazine in Britain // The Russian Journal of Communication. 2016. Vol. 8. No. 3. P. 217-229. doi
- Preprint Zemskova E. Soviet translator Alexander Romm: an experience of literary depersonalization / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2016. No. 15.
- Chapter Земскова Е. Е. Между идеологией и книжной торговлей: из истории распространение журнала “Интернациональная литература” за границей // В кн.: Литература и идеология. Век двадцатый. М. : МАКС Пресс, 2016. С. 151-160.
- Article Земскова Е. Е. Переводчики с языков национальных республик в советской литературной критике середины 1930-х годов // Новый филологический вестник. 2016. № 4 (39). С. 167-177.
- Article Земскова Е. Е. Стратегии лояльности: дискуссия о точности художественного перевода на Первом всесоюзном совещании переводчиков 1936 года // Новый филологический вестник. 2015. № 4 (35). С. 70-84.
- Preprint Zemskova E. "Gaining literary citizenship": Translators in Soviet Literary Bureaucracy of the 1930s / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2014. No. 3.
- Article Земскова Е. Е. История журнала "Интернациональная литература": перспективы исследовательского проекта // Новые российские гуманитарные исследования. 2014. № 9
- Chapter Elena Zemskova. Translators in the Soviet Writers' Union: Georgian Poets' Translations by Boris Pasternak in the Soviet Culture of 1930s, in: The Art of Accommodation: Literary Translation in Russian Culture / Burnett L., Lygo E. (eds.). Berlin, NY, Wien, Brux., Oxford, Frankfurt am Main, Bern : Peter Lang, 2013. P. 185-212.
- Book Винклер Г. А. Веймар 1918–1933: история первой немецкой демократии / Перев.: Е. Е. Земскова, А. И. Савин. М. : РОССПЭН, 2013.
- Chapter Койтен А. А., Земскова Е. Е. Филантропист и "Фелица". (Историческое пояснение к неизвестному немецкому переводу державинской оды в учебной книге К. Г. Вольке, 1785) // В кн.: XVIII век: Сборник 27: Пути развития русской литературы XVIII века. СПб. : Наука, 2013. С. 220-261.
- Book Выпускная квалификационная работа магистра. Методические рекомендации / Сост.: Е. Е. Земскова, О. В. Баранова. М. : РГГУ, 2010.
- Book Шенк Ф. Б. Александр Невский в русской культурной памяти: Святой, правитель, национальный герой (1263-2000) / Перев.: Е. Е. Земскова, М. Б. Лавринович. М. : Новое литературное обозрение, 2007.
- Article Земскова Е. Е. Русский патриотизм в немецком переводе: А.С. Шишков в воспоминаниях Э.М. Арндта // Труды Русской антропологической школы. 2004. Т. 2. С. 89-98.
Conferences
- 2017ASEEES Annual Convention (Chicago). Presentation: Translation and Denunciation: An Author-Translator Conflict in the Time of the Great Terror
- 2016The 48th Annual ASEEES Convention (Вашингтон). Presentation: From German into English in Moscow: translation practices of the International Literature magazine
- Переводческие стратегии и государственный контроль (Тарту). Presentation: Стихотворение А. Тарковского «Переводчик» в контексте переводческих практик сталинской эпохи.
- 2015Социальные практики литературы: роль институтов в истории русской литературы (Москва). Presentation: Споры о точности/вольности перевода и статус переводчика в советской литературной системе 1930-х годов
- The 2015 ASEEES Annual Convention (Филадельфия). Presentation: Translation at War: The Multilingual Journal 'International Literature' During World War II
- 2014Гаспаровские чтения - 2014 (Москва). Presentation: Первое всесоюзное совещание переводчиков 4-6 января 1936 года (по новым материалам)
- Translation in Russian Contexts: Transcultural, Translingual and Transdisciplinary Points of Departure (Уппсала). Presentation: Literary Translation as a Profession in the 1930s: The Case of Alexander Romm
- British–Soviet Friendship and Cultural Exchange: promotion, partnership and propaganda (London). Presentation: The Journal "International Literature" (English version), 1932–43
- Издательская политика СССР и иностранные писатели в 1920 1960е годы. Европа, Америка (Москва). Presentation: История журнала "Интернациональная литература": промежуточные итоги и перспективы проекта факультета филологии НИУ-ВШЭ
XXII Лотмановские чтения (Москва). Presentation: Литературная биография советского переводчика: случай А.И. Ромма
Faked to Order
How Soviet poets and translators created fakelore
HSE School of Philology Researchers at ASEEES Conference in Washington
Elena Zemskova, Elena Ostrovskaya, Maya Kucherskaya, Alexey Vdovin, and Pavel Nerler spoke on various aspects of the history of Russian literature and culture.
