Mikhail Velizhev

Education and Degrees

• 2006

  PhD in Russian Literature
  Università degli Studi di Milano
  Thesis Title: The Profession of a Literary Critic: the Invention of the Critique in Russia in the Early 19th Century

• 2006

  Doctoral programme in Slavic Literatures
  Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Philosophy

• 2004

  Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Russian Literature
  Russian State University for the Humanities
  Thesis Title: “Magazine “Vestnik Evropy” / “Messenger of Europe” in 1805-1812 and Russian Public and Literary Life in the Early 19th Century

• 2004

  Doctoral programme in Russian Philology
  Russian State University for the Humanities, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

• 2002

  Degree
  Russian State University for the Humanities

Awards and Accomplishments

Student Term / Thesis Papers

• Bachelor

• E. Molchanova «Madness and Madman in "The Overcoat" by Gogol: Historical and Literary Commentary to the Story». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• S. Kulik «The Reviews of European Travellers on Russia in the Beginning of the Emperorship of Nicholas I: the Formation of Cultural Mythology». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• A. Dzyadko «"L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution" A. de Tocqueville in the Russian Culture (the Second Half of 1850s - the Beginning of 1860s)». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• N. Bobylev «The First Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union: Political Language and Practices of Parlamentarism». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2019

• Y. Svishcheva «The Language of Literature and Politics of Perestoika Epoch: Writers' and Publicists' Speeches at The First Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union (1989)». Faculty of Humanities, 2018

• O. Gavrikova «Moscow and St. Petersburg in the Writings of August von Haxthausen: the Semantics of the Urban and Cultural Space». Faculty of Humanities, 2018

• T. Lukashevskii «P. Vyazemsky's "Fonvizin": Sources and Functions of Biographical Myth». Faculty of Humanities, 2018

• A. Mazur «Memoirs of Sergey Aksakov in the Context of Pedagogical Theories of the Middle of 19th Century». Faculty of Humanities, 2018

• T. Ivanova «Idea of Memory in Primo Levi's Romans and their Reseption in Italy and Germany». Faculty of Humanities, 2017

• I. Akunina «The Image of Nobility in K. S. Aksakov's Publicism». Faculty of Humanities, 2017

• E. Zavgorodniy «The Speeches of World Leaders about the War (1941): Rhetoric and Context». Faculty of Humanities, 2017

• K. Borisov «Turgenev's “Rudin” in the Context of Russian Prose of 1840-1850s». Faculty of Humanities, 2016

• Master

• A. Epishev «National Plots in Russian Literature at the Beginning of the XIX Century». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• E. Timofeeva «V.N. Marakuev's "Popular Library": the Book Series in Historical Context». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• M. Petiaskina «Russian Educator I.M. Yastrebtsov: Biography and Intellectual Context». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• A. Egorenko «Reflection on Bureaucratic Ethos in the Nicolas Epoch: the Aksakov’s Family». Faculty of Humanities, 2019

• A. Sergeeva «N.Karamzin's "Historical Eulogy to Catherine II" and Its Translations into European Languages: Transformation of the Key Concepts». Faculty of Humanities, 2018

Courses (2019/2020)

• Cultural Transfer in Russia in the late 18 - early 19 century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
• History (Semeiotics of History) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Interdisciplinary Methodology in Western Humanities: Interpretation and Understanding of Texts (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "The Intellectual History and the 19th Century Russian Fiction" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "The Intellectual History and the 19th Century Russian Fiction" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "The Intellectual History and the 19th Century Russian Fiction" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Russian Intellectual History of the 19th Century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
• Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
• Past Courses

Courses (2018/2019)

• Cultural Transfer in Russia in the late 18 - early 19 century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
• History (Semeiotics of History) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Italian Political Culture from the 19th to the 21th centuries and Cinema (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 2-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "The Intellectual History and the 19th Century Russian Fiction" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "The Intellectual History and the 19th Century Russian Fiction" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "The Intellectual History and the 19th Century Russian Fiction" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Russian Intelletual History of the 19th Century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
• Theory of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Courses (2017/2018)

• Culture and Humanities in 20th century Italy (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-4 module)Rus
• History of Russian Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• History (Semeiotics of History) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Interdisciplinary Methodology in Western Humanities: Interpretation and Understanding of Texts (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
• Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Philology in the Humanities System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar: "Russian Writers on Philosophy of History: Russian Intellectual History in European Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Research Seminar: "Russian Writers on Philosophy of History: Russian Intellectual History in European Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar: "Russian Writers on Philosophy of History: Russian Intellectual History in European Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Russian Intellectual History of the 19th Century: Benchmarks (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2016/2017)

• History of Russian Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• History (Semeiotics of History) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Interdisciplinary Methodology in Western Humanities: Interpretation and Understanding of Texts (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Philology in the Humanities System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar: "Russian Writers on Philosophy of History: Russian Intellectual History in European Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Research Seminar: "Russian Writers on Philosophy of History: Russian Intellectual History in European Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar: "Russian Writers on Philosophy of History: Russian Intellectual History in European Context" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Russian Intellectual History of the 19th Century: Benchmarks (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2015/2016)

• Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Literature and Humanities (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Literature and Humanities (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "Intellectual History: Theries and Practices" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "Intellectual History: Theries and Practices" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 2-4 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "Intellectual History: Theries and Practices" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
• Russian Intellectual History of the 19th Century: Benchmarks (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Russian Intellectual History of the 19th Century: Benchmarks (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Semiotics of History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2014/2015)

• History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Literature in Context: Historical Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
• Literature in Context: Historical Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
• Literatutre in Context of Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Russian Intellectual History of the 19th Century: Benchmarks (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
• Theory of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Theory of Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1 module)Rus

Courses (2013/2014)

• History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• History of Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Literature in Context: Historical Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2012/2013)

• History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• History of Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2011/2012)

• History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• History of Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Conferences

• 2017
  Лотмановский семинар (Тарту). Presentation: "Мысли о России": неизвестная копия записки "О древней и новой России" Карамзина из архива Чертковых
• 2016
  XXIV Лотмановские чтения. Культура в состоянии "двуязычия: теории и практики (Москва). Presentation: «Христианская политика» и «любовь к отечеству»: европейские понятия в русском языковом контексте (об альбоме Н.М. Карамзина 1811 г.)
• Национальное, имперское, колониальное в русской литературе (Томск). Presentation: Карамзин-идеолог: «О древней и новой России» и проблема критики верховной власти в России