Alexandra Pakhomova
- Senior Lecturer: HSE Campus in St Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Department of Philology
- Senior Research Fellow: HSE Campus in St Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences / Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism
- Alexandra Pakhomova has been at HSE University since 2022.
Education and Degrees
St Petersburg State University
St Petersburg State University
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2025–2026, 2022
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2024–2025)
Courses (2026/2027)
- Egodocuments: History, Study, and Publication Practice (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Egodocuments: History, Study, and Publication Practice (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities)Rus
- Folklore Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of New Russian Literature (19th-20th Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Philology Research Methods (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Philology Research Methods (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problematics of Modernity: Literature, Culture, Theory" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Literature in Cross-cultural and Intermedial Perspective" (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Scientific and Applied Trajectories in Contemporary Philology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2025/2026)
- Cultural Semiotics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Egodocuments: History, Study, and Publication Practice (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities; 2, 3 module)Rus
- Folklore Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of New Russian Literature (19th-20th Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Philology Research Methods (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problematics of Modernity: Literature, Culture, Theory" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Literature in Cross-cultural and Intermedial Perspective" (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Scientific and Applied Trajectories in Contemporary Philology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2024/2025)
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Cultural Semiotics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- History of New Russian Literature (19th-20th Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Non-Classical Folklore (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Philology Research Methods (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Philology Research Methods (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problematics of Modernity: Literature, Culture, Theory" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Literature in Cross-cultural and Intermedial Perspective" (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Russian Literature in Cross-cultural and Intermedial Perspective" (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Theory and Typology of World Folklore (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Cultural Semiotics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Fundamental Texts of World Culture (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- History of New Russian Literature (19th-20th Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Literary Reflections of Great Historical Events (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Non-Classical Folklore (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problematics of Modernity: Literature, Culture, Theory" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Theory and Typology of World Folklore (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Cultural Semiotics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Fundamental Texts of World Culture (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Philology; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Literary Reflections of Great Historical Events (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problematics of Modernity: Literature, Culture, Theory" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Science, Philosophy, Literature, and Culture in the 17th-20th centuries (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theory and Typology of World Folklore (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Cultural Semiotics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Theory and Typology of World Folklore (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2026
«Теории и практики литературного мастерства»: Литературные объединения в СССР: люди, практики, издания (Москва). Presentation: "К генезису ленинградских ЛИТО второй половины 1950-х гг.: Неформальные собрания и практики институционализации"
II Международная научно-практическая конференция «Информационные технологии в сохранении и продвижении культурного наследия» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Цифровые методы анализа и презентации нематериального культурного наследия (на примере городского фольклора Санкт-Петербурга)»
- 2025
Международная научная конференция «Блоковские чтения» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Владимир Николаевич Орлов, ученый и хранитель памяти (К 40-летию со дня смерти)
Международная научная конференция «Третьи Богомоловские чтения» (Москва). Presentation: «Круг Михаила Кузмина и литература 1920–1930-х гг.»
VII Международная научная конференция «ОПЫТЫ ЧТЕНИЯ: второстепенные, забытые, маргинальные фигуры историко-литературного процесса 20-21 веков» (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: «Форель уходит под дед» Надежды Рот-Левинской: Неизвестная рецепция М. Кузмина»
LIII Международная научная конференция «Болдинские чтения» (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: «М. А. Кузмин и рецепция личности и творчества А. С. Пушкина в литературе 1920–1930-х гг.»
Теории и практики литературного мастерства. Писатель перемещается: новые пространства в литературе (Москва). Presentation: «Кто ходил к поэту в гости?: Сетевой анализ круга М. А. Кузмина 1923–1927»
Международная научно-практическая конференция "информационная технологии в сохранении и продвижении культурного наследия" (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Фольклорное брендирование Cанкт-Петербурга в цифровой среде
Международная научная конференция «Ленинградская “вторая культура” в официальном и неофициальном поле» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «К генеалогии ленинградской «второй культуры» 1960–1970 гг.: Сети, связи и трансляция памяти»
По ту сторону слова: Студенческая конференция филологов и лингвистов Департамента филологии Санкт-Петербургской школы гуманитарных наук и искусств (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «К социологии литературного круга, или Сети и связи Михаила Кузмина»,
12-е Мандельштамовские чтения «Поэзия ХХ века как целое: Серебряный век и его проекции на конец столетия». (Москва). Presentation: "Круг Михаила Кузмина и трансляция памяти о Серебряном веке"
- 2024
Теории и практики литературного мастерства: Диалог с читателем (Москва). Presentation: «Михаил Кузмин, его читатели и почитатели»
XXI Международная летняя школа по русской литературе (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Круг М. А. Кузмина в 1925–1927: Сети и связи»
Всероссийская научная конференция в формате круглого стола «Реконструкции в фольклористике: Допустимость, возможность, необходимость», (Москва). Presentation: «Пространство мемориальной неопределенности: Конкурирующие нарративы памяти в одной северной деревне»
Молодежная конференция «Нереализованные замыслы: лакуны творчества, знания и понимания» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «"Игра с (не)существующим / (не)реализованным (замыслы М. Кузмина и К. Вагинова)"»
- 2023
Теории и практики литературного мастерства. Учителя и ученики: преемственность и конкуренция (Москва). Presentation: • «Круг Михаила Кузмина и формирование неофициальной ленинградской литературы второй половины ХХ века»
Международная научная конференция «Критики и писатели: формирование литературной репутации в конце XIX – начале XX вв.» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Литературная репутация Михаила Кузмина после 1936 г.: Преодоление автора и новый канон»
- 2022
Теории и практики литературного мастерства. Литературные сообщества и литературная учеба (Москва). Presentation: «Михаил Кузмин — наставник: от акмеистов до Союза поэтов»
Международная научная конференция «Миры Михаила Кузмина: К 150-летию со дня рождения» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Писательские стратегии М. А. Кузмина в 1917–1923 гг.: Прагматика художественных текстов и дневников»
Международная научная конференция «Критики и писатели: формирование литературной репутации в конце XIX – начале XX вв.» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Куда пропали «Гонцы»?: Невышедший сборник М. А. Кузмина в контексте его литературной репутации середины 1910-х гг.»
Опыты чтения (Нижний Новгород). Presentation: «“Звукоподобие” Константина Вагинова и русская поэзия первой половины ХХ века. Опыт интертекстуального прочтения»
At HSE University–St Petersburg, Experts Discuss How AI Changes Tourist Routes and Cultural Heritage
Neural networks are no longer simple travel assistants; now they decide what to include on the route and what to skip. Artificial intelligence changes how people perceive a place and shapes the image of tourist centres. At the II International Scientific and Practical Conference ’Information Technologies in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage,’ researchers discussed who controls algorithmic solutions and in what ways, and whether authentic traditions get lost in them.
'Take the Helm!': HSE SPB Day 2026 at 'Sevkabel Port'
The Gulf of Finland, a sunny autumn day changing to a downpour and a rosy-coloured sunset... This is the scenery of the official initiation of first-year HSE University-St Petersburg students. At the festival, guests went sailing in a sea of extracurricular activities, heard city legends, and built lighthouses to illuminate an unexplored university path. Read on to find out how the festival went.
Tourist Mahallas of Samarkand: A Master Class on Meanings, Management, and Promotion
On December 5, 2025 at Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov, as part of the international academic cooperation project "Integrated Platform Solutions in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage (using the example of Samarkand and St. Petersburg)", a scientific and educational master class was held on the management and promotion of mahallas as tourist territories. The master class was conducted by research fellows of the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism, Ekaterina Baskakova and Alexandra Pakhomova. An analysis of two selected mahallas in Uzbekistan showed that effective tourist positioning is built on a combination of management decisions and well-thought-out PR promotion.
'Global Dialogue about the Future': Key Topics of Expert Lectures at HSE St Petersburg International Partners' Week
The International Partners' Week at HSE University-St Petersburg united more than 100 representatives of leading universities from 23 countries. During the large forum, specialists of the campus, invited experts and international partners took part in panel discussions on artificial intelligence, the use of 'soft power', shaping a new generation of leaders and many other topics.
'Scientist's Code': Alexandra Pakhomova on Kuzmin's Diary, Detective Approach to Texts and Anthropology of Scents
We continue introducing prospective students to the professors of HSE University-St Petersburg. Alexandra Pakhomova, a philologist and anthropologist, delivers courses in the bachelor's and master's programmes at the Department of Philology. She will be your guide to the world of folklore, semiotics and the Russian literature of the 20th century. Find out why it is important to find a good thesis supervisor, what philologists and detectives have in common and what scents can tell about the past in the interview with Alexandra Pakhomova.
'We Shape HSE University Community Through Inter-Campus Courses'
Inter-campus courses are the subjects that are available online for students of all HSE campuses. The courses have been present at the university since 2020, and during this time have become an integral part of the educational process. In this post, we will take a look at their main features and advantages.