Martin Beisswenger
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Martin Beisswenger has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education and Degrees
University of Notre Dame du Lac
Thesis Title: Petr Nikolaevich Savitskii (1895-1968) and the Invention of ‘Eurasia’
University of Notre Dame
Thesis Title: Das Seminarium Kondakovianum in Prag (1925-1952)
Humboldt University of Berlin
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2024, 2022, 2020, 2014–2018
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1A. Perna The Attitude of the Russian Emigration to Italian Fascism in Interwar Europe: Reactions, Interpretations, Interactions
Courses (2024/2025)
- Political Projects of XX cent. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political Projects of XX cent. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political Projects of XX cent. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- FRG, GDR, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg as Variations of a German Way in the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- FRG, GDR, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg as Variations of a German Way in the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political projects of the XX century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Contemporary historiography (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Political Projects in the XX Сentury (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Political projects of the XX century (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2015
Eurasianism: Evolution and Relevance (Вена). Presentation: Legitimate Heir or Name-Dropper? Aleksandr Dugin and ‘Classical’ Eurasianism.
Николай Сергеевич Трубецкой – лингвист, историк культуры, основатель евразийства (Москва). Presentation: Н.С. Трубецкой, А.К. Требинский и происхождение «Наследия Чингисхана»
Европа, 1945: освобождение, оккупация, возмездие (Москва). Presentation: Prague, 1945: Russian Émigré Intellectuals Meet the Red Army.
The Ninth ICCEES World Congress August 3 - 8, 2015 Makuhari (Макухари). Presentation: The Eurasian Union between ‘Classical’ Eurasianism and the European Union.
Петр Николаевич Савицкий (1895-1968): ученый, мыслитель, человек (Prague). Presentation: Еще одна "Евразия"? П.Н. Савицкий, Норвегия и будущее Русского Севера (1916-1917 гг.)
The 47th Annual ASEEES Convention (Филадельфия). Presentation: Eurasianism in Action? The Eurasian Union and the Legacy of the ‘Classical’ Eurasianist Movement.
- 2014
The Varieties of Russian Modernity II: Religion, State and Approaches to Pluralism in Russian Contexts (Москва). Presentation: Toward a ‘New City’: Religion, Freedom and Democracy on the Pages of the Russian Émigré Journal Novyi Grad (1931-1939)
American Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Сан-Антонио). Presentation: Russian Émigré Philosophy in a European Context: The Novyi Grad Group and the Idea of ‘Europe’
- 2013
Философское и богословское наследие Г.В. Флоровского: современные интерпретации (Москва). Presentation: Г.В. Флоровский и евразийство
Employment history
2012-2013 - Visiting Lecturer in European History and Foreign Languages, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
2009-2011 - Edward F. Sorin Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Notre Dame
‘I Take Every Critical Comment Seriously and Try to Address It in My Future Teaching’
Every year, HSE University students and recent graduates vote for their Best Teachers. Among the winners of this year’s vote was Martin Beisswenger, Assistant Professor at the School of History at the HSE University Faculty of Humanities. In the latest in our series of interviews with this year’s Best Teachers, we spoke to Martin about the significance of winning the competition, building a balanced curriculum, and how to respond to criticism.
German-language ‘Welt und Wissenschaft’ Conference Promotes World Science
On April 25, HSE University hosted the eighth Welt und Wissenschaft international research and practical conference. The German-language event included sections on ‘Law Theory and Practice’, ‘Literature, Culture, and Translation’, ‘Politics and Public Administration’, ‘Sociology’ and more. The conference also featured expert support from the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce.
HSE History Professor Feels at Home in Moscow’s Multicultural Environment
Martin Beisswenger has been a professor in HSE’s School of History since 2013. Recently, HSE News Service sat down with him to learn about his impressions of Moscow, his research projects, the course he is currently teaching and more.
Welt und Wissenschaft: Growing Strong with a Dedicated Community
If you are interested in attending a conference at HSE, there is always something going on. In fact, one of the University’s conferences aimed at young researchers is quite special, as it held neither in Russian nor in English, but in German. Less than half a month apart from HSE’s April Conference, the international conference Welt und Wissenschaft (‘World and Science’) was held for the 4th time. The HSE Looktalked to one of the organizers, Yulia Pasko, Associate Professor of the Department of German Language, about how they involve students and faculty in the development of this tight-knit academic community.