Xenia Cherkaev
- Senior Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Department of History
- Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Centre for Historical Research
- Xenia Cherkaev has been at HSE University since 2020.
Education and Degrees
- 2015
PhD in Anthropology
Columbia University in the City of New York
Thesis Title: Language, Historiography and Economy in late-and post-Soviet Leningrad: “the Entire Soviet People Became the Authentic Creator of the Fundamental Law of their Government.” - 2006
Master's in Arts
University of Minnesota, Anthropology
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic Written and Visual Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Multispecies Ethnography (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; field of study "46.04.01. История", field of study "46.04.01. История"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Multispecies Ethnography (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Research Methodology and Design" (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; field of study "46.04.01. История", field of study "46.04.01. История"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Academic Written and Visual Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Project Proposal (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Publications16
- Book Cherkaev X. Gleaning for Communism: The Soviet Socialist Household in Theory and Practice. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2023. (in press)
- Article Cherkaev X. GAP: Gleaned-Access Publishing // American Anthropologist. 2022. Vol. Call for Complaint, Part II—New Grammars for Worlding Anthropology
- Article Cherkaev X. Many Russians won’t get vaccinated against COVID-19. A dog catcher explains why // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 2021
- Article Cherkaev X. Russian Cyberpunk Farm. Dir. Sergei Vasiliev. Youtube: Birchpunk. 2020. 4:30 minutes. Color and CGI. // Slavic Review. 2021. Vol. 80. No. 4. P. 900-901. doi
- Book Cherkaev X., Tipikina E. N. The Möbius Band’s Mysterious Capers / A One-sided Chronicle of Leningrad, Moscow, St. Petersburg: V. Sterligov, V. Koleichuk, I. Govorkov and E. Gubanova. St. Petersburg : Borey Art Center, 2021.
- Article Cherkaev X. Zoo-Fascism, Russia: To Hell with Equality and Ownerless Dogs // Fieldsights, Society for Cultural Anthropology (США). 2021. Vol. Hot Spots. No. American Fascism
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. St. Xenia and the Gleaners of Leningrad // American Historical Review. 2020. Vol. 125. No. 3. P. 906-914. doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. They Sow the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind (Covid Doubt in St. Petersburg). // Fieldsights, Society for Cultural Anthropology (США). 2020 doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. High-Frequency Gleaning and Usufruct Freedom // Fieldsights, Society for Cultural Anthropology (США). 2019 doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A., Tipikina E. N. Межвидовая любовь помимо устава: служебные собаки Ленинградского фронта и их вожатые-саперы // Социология власти. 2019. Т. 31. № 3. С. 159-185. doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A., Tipikina E. N. Interspecies Affection and Military Aims: Was There a Totalitarian Dog? // Environmental Humanities. 2018. Vol. 10. No. 1. P. 20-39. doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. Self-Made Boats and Social Self-Management. The Late-Soviet Ethics of Mutual Aid // Cahiers du Monde Russe. 2018. Vol. 59. No. 2-3 doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. Достоинство личности как личная собственность: Метаморфоза российских законов о порочащих сведениях // Новое литературное обозрение. 2018. Т. 3. № 151. С. 65-80.
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. How Grades Had Been Gotten for Penguins and Money // Anthropology and Humanism. 2017. Vol. 42. No. 1. P. 127-134. doi
- Article Cherkaev, Xenia A. On Warped Mourning and Omissions in Post-Soviet Historiography // Ab imperio. 2014. No. 4. P. 365-85. doi
Conferences
The Master's in 'Global and Regional History' Trains Specialists in History and Anthropology
The Master's programme 'Global and Regional History' has two educational tracks: one historical and one anthropological. The main goal of the programme is to prepare graduates to continue their academic careers. However, students will also be able to work in more applied fields: in museums, publishing companies, exhibitions, and marketing. Find out which courses await students and why the programme rejects traditional divisions into Russian and world history in this interview with Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov, the programme's Academic Supervisor.
Working at the Center for Historical Research in the pandemic: Nadezhda Tikhonova and Xenia Cherkaev share their experience
Research fellows Nadezhda Tikhonova, Candidate of Sciences in History of Asian and African countries, and Xenia Cherkaev, PhD in Anthropology, who have been recruited for postdoctoral positions in framework of the postdoctoral programs of HSE, will continue their work at the Center for Historical Research in the 2021/2022 academic year. Xenia and Nadezhda shared their experience after the first work year at HSE – St. Petersburg.
The HSE Look December Issue
The fifth issue of 2020 presents an interview on the international postdoc programme and introduces new postdocs.
Center for Historical Research welcomes new postdocs for 2020/21 academic season
Since September 2020, Center for Historical Research has new research fellows who have been recruited for postdoctoral positions in framework of the postdoctoral programs of HSE: Nadezhda Tikhonova, Candidate of Sciences in History of Asian and African countries, and Xenia Cherkaev, PhD in Anthropology.