Elena Ostrovskaya
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies
- Elena Ostrovskaya has been at HSE University since 2011.
Education and Degrees
- 1998
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Russian Literature
Russian State University for the Humanities
Thesis Title: Innokentij Annenskij and the French Poetry of 19th Century - 1998
Doctoral programme in Russian Literature
Russian State University for the Humanities, History and Philology - 1995
Degree in Russian language and Russian Literature
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Philology
* 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.
Courses (2022/2023)
- English Literature from Laurence Sterne to Virginia Woolf (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- History and Theory of Translation Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modernism and the Little Magazine (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- War in the European Literature of the 20th century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- English Literature from Laurence Sterne to Virginia Woolf (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- History and Theory of Translation Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Modernism and the Little Magazine (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- War in the European Literature of the 20th century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Key Texts of the English-Language Literature (in Engish) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Modernism and Postmodernism in Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Critical Theory and Research Methods" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Translation Studies (English Language) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- War in the European Literature of the 20th century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Key Texts of the English-Language Literature (in Engish) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Modernism and Postmodernism in Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Critical Theory and Research Methods" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Writing (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Translation Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Translation Studies (English Language) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- War in the European Literature of the 20th century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Key Texts of the English-Language Literature (in Engish) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Modernism and Postmodernism in Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Reading Rules: Translation (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Methods and Presentation Skills (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Translation Theory and Practice (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Academic skills (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Eng
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Key Texts of the English-Language Literature (in Engish) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Modernism and Postmodernism in Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Methods and Presentation Skills (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Grants
October 2016 Erasmus+ short mobility grant, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Aug 2009 – Feb 2010 Fulbright Scholar, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Conferences
- 2016Мировая литература как советский культурный проект (Москва). Presentation: Мировая литература без мировой революции: журнал “Интернациональная литература” в 1935 году
- 2015IV международные Зверевские чтения по американистике «Война в американской культуре: тексты и контексты» (Москва). Presentation: Поэзия Первой мировой войны в американских "little magazines": поэтика, идеология, редакционная политика
- Маргиналии-2015: границы культуры и текста (Полоцк). Presentation: "Последняя вагонетка наверх": Гарольд Хезлоп и советский читатель 30-х годов
- IV Андреевские чтения. Лики ХХ века. Литература и идеология (Москва). Presentation: "Под властью угля": писатель-углекоп на международном рынке писательского труда (Гарольд Хезлоп в переписке с редакцией журнала "Интернациональная литература")"
- The 47th Annual ASEEES Convention (Филадельфия). Presentation: “English Translators in "International Literature" in the Early 1930s: Poetics of/ and Biography.”
- Иннокентий Анненский (1855 – 1909): жизнь, творчество, эпоха (к 160-летию со дня рождения) (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Дня нет уж...»: Г. Лонгфелло и Э.По в творческой интерпретации Иннокентия Анненского
- 2014British–Soviet Friendship and Cultural Exchange: promotion, partnership and propaganda (London). Presentation: The Journal "International Literature" (English version), 1932–43
- Translation in Russian Contexts: Transcultural, Translingual and Transdisciplinary Points of Departure (Уппсала). Presentation: Translating a Book of Verse: The Case of Russian Auden
- Издательская политика СССР и иностранные писатели в 1920 1960е годы. Европа, Америка (Москва). Presentation: Английская версия журнала "Интернациональная литература" и материалы англо-американской комиссии МОРП за 1932-1935 гг.
- 2013Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies 45th Annual Convention (Boston). Presentation: New York, the Capital of the 20th Century, in Poetry of Mayakovsky and Burlyuk of the 1920s
Publications20
- Article Ostrovskaya E. W. H. Auden and Translation in the USSR of the 1930s: From the Soviet Press to The Anthology of New English Poetry // Slavic and East European Journal. 2022. Vol. 66. No. 1. P. 62-80.
- Article Елена Островская Перевод и канон: «Антология новой английской поэзии» (1937) // Новое литературное обозрение. 2022. № 176(4/2022). С. 162-177. doi
- Article Островская Е. С. ‟Антология новой английской поэзии” М. Гутнера [Д. Святополк‐Мирского] (1937) и советские и британские поэтические антологии 1930‐х годов // Slovĕne. 2021 (in press)
- Preprint Ostrovskaya E. The Early Auden / Social Science Research Network. Series SSRN Working Paper Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2020. No. 27.
- Article Ostrovskaya E., Zemskova E. From International Literature to World Literature: English translators in 1930s Moscow // Translation and Interpreting Studies. 2019. Vol. 14. No. 3. P. 351-371. doi
- Chapter Ostrovskaya E. Poetic Translation and the Canon: the Case of Russian Auden, in: Translation in Russian Contexts: Culture, Politics, Identity. Routledge, 2018. Ch. 18. P. 292-305. doi
- Article Островская Е. С. "Под властью угля", или история о том, как британский углекоп Гарольд Хезлоп так и не стал советским писателем // Slovĕne. 2017. Т. 6. № 2. С. 482-504.
- Article Островская Е. С. Лэнгстон Хьюз в переписке с журналом «Интернациональная литература» // Литература двух Америк. 2017. № 3. С. 106-126. doi
- 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
- Chapter Островская Е. С. На пути к "Writers' International": о создании британской секции МОРПа // В кн.: Литература и идеология. Век двадцатый. М. : МАКС Пресс, 2016. С. 140-150.
- Preprint Ostrovskaya E. The Poetics and Ideology of War in the Russian Poetry of 1904-6 / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2014. No. 5.
- Article Островская Е. С. Первая попытка создания британской секции МОРПа в контексте истории МОРПа и журнала «Интернациональная литература» // Новые российские гуманитарные исследования. 2014. № 9
- Article Островская Е. С., Вышегородцева О. В. Academic Writing: концепция и практика академического письма на английском языке // Высшее образование в России. 2013. № 7. С. 104-113.
- Article Островская Е. С. Городские проекции войны: русско-японская война в поэзии 1904-1906 гг. Порт-Артур // Артикульт. 2013. № 4. С. 12-25.
- Chapter Островская Е. С. Париж: городской текст и подтекст «Трилистника толпы» И. Анненского // В кн.: XVIII Лотмановские чтения. Россия и Франция: XVIII–XX вв. Вып. 1. М. : Российский государственный гуманитарный университет, 2013. С. 270-289.
- Article Матич О. К истории облака: Василий Кандинский, Андрей Белый и др. / Пер. с англ.: Е. С. Островская // Новое литературное обозрение. 2011. № 6. С. 211-234.
- Article Островская Е. С. Б. Куинн. Мегаполис, творимый модой. Перевод // Теория моды: одежда, тело, культура. 2010. № 18
- Article Островская Е. С. Город и мода: парижский миф в медиапространстве [Rocamora A. Fashioning the City:Paris, Fashion and Media. London; N.Y.] // Теория моды: одежда, тело, культура. 2010. № 17. С. 231-235.
- Article Островская Е. С. О. Матич. Эротическая утопия в русском fin-de-siecle. Перевод // Новое литературное обозрение. 2008. № 18
- Article Островская Е. С. Французские поэты в рецепции Иннокентия Анненского. Ш. Леконт де Лиль // Вестник Московского университета. Серия 9: Филология. 2005. № 5. С. 22-37.
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.
Bridging the Gap Between Slavic Studies and Translation Studies
From September 23 to October 2, the HSE School of Philology (Faculty of Humanities) will host Susanna Witt, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University (Sweden). During this time she will lecture at a conference on World Literature as a Soviet Project, as well as teach several lectures in the School of Philology.