Elena Shvedova
- Research Assistant: Linguistic Convergence Laboratory
- Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Student: Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
- Elena Shvedova has been at HSE University since 2025.
Education
St Petersburg State University
St Petersburg State University
Postgraduate Studies
Approved topic of thesis: Morphosyntaxic status of Christian Urmi verbal stems
Academic Supervisor: George Moroz
Courses (2025/2026)
- Communication (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Comparative Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Creating a Personalized Learning Environment in the Classroom (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Creating a Personalized Learning Environment in the Classroom (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Cultural and Creative Industries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Cultural and Creative Industries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Multilingual and Multicultural Education (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Introduction to Multilingual and Multicultural Education (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Mechanisms of Climate Change (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Mechanisms of Climate Change (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Mobile Interaction Design: How to Design Usable Mobile Products and Services (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Mobile Interaction Design: How to Design Usable Mobile Products and Services (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Stochastic Processes (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Stochastic Processes (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Towards Language Universals through Lexical Semantics: Introduction to Lexical and Semantic Typology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Towards Language Universals through Lexical Semantics: Introduction to Lexical and Semantic Typology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Communication (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Comparative Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Languages of the World (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Languages of the World (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Conferences
Employment history
09/2021 – 02/2023: Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, Course: Biblical Hebrew – Level A.
11/2022 – to date: Research Assistant, Linguistic Convergence Laboratory, HSE University (Moscow).
04/2022 – 06/2023: HSE University (St. Petersburg).
‘Our Task Is to Promote and Popularise Native Languages’
The Centre for the Study of Native Languages at Dagestan State University (DSU) is actively engaged in researching the many languages spoken by the peoples of Dagestan. The republic has 14 official state languages, many of which have their own dialects and varieties. Scholars from Dagestan plan to adopt corpus-based methods of linguistic research used at HSE University and intend to collaborate with HSE’s Linguistic Convergence Laboratory. The HSE News Service spoke with the centre’s Director, Prof. Marina Gasanova, who is currently undertaking a research placement at HSE University.
HSE Doctoral Student Awarded for Best PhD Presentation at 58th Societas Linguistica Europaea Conference
From August 26–29, 2025, the largest annual linguistics conference, Societas Linguistica Europaea, took place in Bordeaux, France. Doctoral students and researchers from HSE University took part in the event. The paper ‘Lability Drift in Modern Aramaic languages’ by Elena Shvedova was highly praised by the expert community and took first place among PhD student presentations. In an interview with the HSE News Service, Elena Shvedova spoke about her research and the conference itself.