Andrian Vlakhov

Senior Lecturer:Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
Deputy Head:Faculty of Humanities / Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities Laboratory
Research Fellow:Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies / Laboratory of Linguistic Conflict Resolution Studies and Contemporary Communicative Practices

Andrian Vlakhov has been at HSE University since 2018.

Responsibilities

Young Faculty Development Programme representative for the Faculty of Humanities.

Education

2013
Master's in Anthropology and Ethnology
European University in St. Petersburg
2012
Master's
Saint Petersburg State University
2010
Bachelor's
Saint Petersburg State University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2013–2016: PhD program in Anthropology at Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

2016: Visiting Research Fellowship, Lapin Yliopisto / University of Lapland (Rovaniemi, Finland)

2013: Visiting Research Fellowship, Aleksanteri Institute (Helsinki, Finland)

Professional Interests

sociolinguistics language policy social/cultural anthropology industrial anthropology Arctic urban anthropology Svalbard Russian-nordic connections Barents region

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher – 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023, 2022, 2021

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers under 30" (2019-2020)

Professional Associations Membership

2017 – present: European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

2014 – present: International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)

2013 – present: Association of Polar Early Career Researchers (APECS)

Field Research

2008–2023: Barents Region, Russian North and European Arctic (Murmansk and Arkhangelsk Oblasts, Republic of Karelia, Komi Republic, Nenets Okrug, northern Norway, Finland and Sweden)

2022: Kamchatka Krai (Bystrinsky District)

2014–2019: Svalbard archipelago (Barentsburg, Pyramiden, Longyearbyen, Ny-Ålesund)

2016–2017: urban fieldwork for Strelka bureau (Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Saransk, Yaroslavl, St. Petersburg, Moscow)

Courses (2023/2024)

Arctic Social Studies and Humanities (Optional course (university); 1, 2 module)Rus
Ethnolanguage Diversity of Russia (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
Ethnolanguage Diversity of Russia (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Language Policy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Linguistic Anthropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.03. Фундаментальная и прикладная лингвистика", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Linguistic Anthropology (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
Linguistic Conflict (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Linguistic Conflict (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Master Classes of Guest Professors (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Sociolinguistics (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
Sociolinguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Sociolinguistics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2019/2020)

Arctic Social Studies (Optional course (university); 3 module)Rus
Language Policy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Linguistic Antropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Linguistic Conflict (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Models of Explanation in Sociology and Linguistic Anthropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Modern social anthropology (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Sociolinguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng

Courses (2018/2019)

Communicative Management: Storytelling in Professional Discourse (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Interdisciplinary Methods of Language and Culture Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Key Concepts of the Russian Linguistic Worldview (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Language in the Universe of Culture: The Russian Communicative Style (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Language Policy in USSR State Language and in Сontemporary Russia (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Linguistic Antropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Linguistic Antropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Sociolinguistics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Sociolinguistics 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng

Courses (2017/2018)

Key Concepts of the Russian Linguistic Worldview (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Language in the Universe of Culture: The Russian Communicative Style (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Master Classes of Guest Professors (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng

Publications

2022²

Article Olsen J., Vlakhov A., Wigger K. Barentsburg and Longyearbyen in times of socioeconomic transition: Residents’ perceptions of community viability // Polar Record. 2022. Vol. 58. P. 1-14. doi
Article Sokolickova Z., Meyer A., Vlakhov A. Changing Svalbard: Tracing interrelated socio-economic and environmental change in remote Arctic settlements // Polar Record. 2022. Vol. 58. Article e23. doi

2021³

Article Ryzhkov A., Petrova E., Vlakhov A. Language Policies and Local Identities in the Russian-Nordic Borderlands // Sociolinguistics. 2021. No. 2 (6). P. 128-144. doi
Preprint Vlakhov A., Deresh A., Mironova E., Nedaikhleb P., Reshetnikova A., Ryzhkov A., Smirnova A. Language and Cultural Contacts in the Russian-Nordic Borderlands: Change and Continuity / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP "Linguistics". 2021. No. 108.
Chapter Влахов А. В. Российские поселки на Шпицбергене в постиндустриальную эпоху: структура сообщества и стратегии развития // В кн.: Архипелаг Шпицберген: От terra nullius к территории взаимодействия. К 100-летию со дня подписания Шпицбергенского трактата: Сборник материалов Международной научной конференции. Архангельск. 29–30 октября 2020 г. М. : Политическая энциклопедия, 2021. С. 272-282.

2020¹

Chapter Влахов А. В. Процессы постиндустриальной трансформации в российско-скандинавском арктическом пограничье (по материалам полевых исследований 2018–2020 г.) // В кн.: Энергия Арктики и Сибири: использование ресурсов в контексте социально-экономических изменений. М. : Издательство восточной литературы, 2020. Гл. 8. С. 243-268.

2019³

Chapter Eklund N., Lajus J., Borovoy V., Kalemeneva E., Lajus D. L., Stogova D., Vlakhov A., Wråkberg U. Imageries and historical change in the European Russian Arctic, in: The Politics of Arctic Resources. Change and Continuity in the "Old North" of Northern Europe. Routledge, 2019. doi Ch. 11. P. 200-220.
Article Vlakhov A. Mobility, Telecommunication and Energy Regimes in Svalbard // Journal of Siberian Federal University. Series: Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019. Vol. 12. No. 8. P. 1506-1521. doi
Article Влахов А. В. Об антропологах и людях (Рец. на: Bringa, T., Bendixsen, S. (Eds.). (2016). Engaged anthropology: Views from Scandinavia. London: Palgrave Macmillan). // Фольклор и антропология города. 2019. Т. II. № 3–4. С. 438-449. doi

2018²

Preprint Grabovskaya M., Gridneva E., Vlakhov A. Politeness strategies of Russian school students: Quantitative approach to qualitative data / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP "Linguistics". 2018.
Chapter Vlakhov A., Gnatenko A. Political Regime Influences in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region, in: Competing Arctic Futures: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi Ch. 8. P. 165-187. doi

2017¹

Article Влахов А. В. Рец. на кн.: JAN-ODDVAR SØRNES, LARRY D. BROWNING, JAN TERJE HENRIKSEN (eds.). CULTURE, DEVELOPMENT AND PETROLEUM: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE HIGH NORTH. Oxford; N.Y.: Routledge, 2015. 244 p. // Антропологический форум. 2017. № 32. С. 217-226.

2016¹

Article Bakhrushin S. V. Yasak (fur tribute) in Siberia in the seventeenth century (1955) / Пер. с рус.: R. T. Jones, A. Vlakhov. // Alaska Journal of Anthropology. 2016. Vol. 14. No. 1-2. P. 41-70.

2015¹

Chapter Vlakhov A., Lempinen H. Crossing & Bridging Borders in the Euro-Arctic North, in: The Arctic Yearbook 2015. , 2015. P. 452-455.

2014³

Chapter Влахов А. В. Региональная идентичность в российской части Баренцева Евро-Арктического региона // В кн.: Сделано в Европе: взгляд российских исследователей / Под общ. ред.: Е. В. Белокурова, М. В. Ноженко. Т. 2: Идентичности в Европе и России. СПб. : НОРМА, 2014. С. 151-190.
Chapter Влахов А. В. Ресурсы в российской части Баренцева Евро-Арктического региона как маркер идентичности // В кн.: Сибирский сборник—4. Грани социального: антропологические перспективы исследования социальных отношений и культуры. СПб. : МАЭ РАН, 2014.
Article Влахов А. В. Рец. на: А. А. Сирина. Эвенки и эвены в современном мире: самосознание, природопользование, мировоззрение. М.: Восточная литература, 2012. 604 с., ил. // Антропологический форум. 2014. № 23. С. 269-276.

Conferences

2022
Малые языки в большой лингвистике (Москва). Presentation: Коми свой, коми чужой: языки и идентичности в Ижемском районе Республики Коми
Малые языки в большой лингвистике (Москва). Presentation: «Долго будет карельский нам сниться»: функциональная смерть карельского языка в Карелии
XXIII Ясинская (Апрельская) международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (XXIII ЯМНК) (Москва). Presentation: Динамика идентичности и трансграничные контакты в российско-скандинавском арктическом пограничье в постиндустриальный период
Arctic Frontiers 2022 (Тромсё). Presentation: Changing Svalbard: Tracing Interrelated Socioeconomic and Environmental Change in Remote Arctic Settlements
Новый диалог в антропологии: особенности поля в академическом и аборигенном дискурсах (Москва). Presentation: Язык или человек? Столкновение лингвистических и антропологических подходов в северном поле
9th Summer Neurolinguistics School 2022 "Experimental Studies of Russia’s Ethnic Languages" (Москва). Presentation: Multilingualism in the Izhma Komi community and some reflections on (linguistic) experiments in anthropology
XII Сибирские чтения «Ресурсы Арктики и Сибири: техники, технологии, жизнеобеспечение» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: (Не)прибытие поезда: угасание и переизобретение железнодорожной инфраструктуры в дискурсивных стратегиях жителей Арктики
XIX научная конференция «Бубриховские чтения: языки и культуры в эпоху цифровизации» (Петрозаводск). Presentation: Проект НИУ ВШЭ «Этноязыковой ландшафт российского Севера» в Карелии: предварительные итоги и вклад в сохранение культурно-языкового наследия
2021
XIV Конгресс антропологов и этнологов России (Томск). Presentation: Языковая ситуация и языковая политика в Карелии: локальные практики в условиях законодательной неопределённости
XIV Конгресс антропологов и этнологов России (Томск). Presentation: Динамика идентичности в российско-скандинавских контактных зонах в Арктике в постиндустриальный период
2020
Архипелаг Шпицберген: от terra nullius к территории взаимодействия. К 100-летию со дня подписания Шпицбергенского трактата (Архангельск). Presentation: Российские поселки на Шпицбергене в постиндустриальную эпоху: структура сообщества и стратегии развития
XХ Международная школа-конференция по фольклористике и культурной антропологии (Переславль-Залесский). Presentation: Север и Арктика в современном российском публичном дискурсе: конструирование и функционирование идентичности
Вторая школа-конференция по уралистике (Москва). Presentation: Стратегии языковой ревитализации в Республике Карелия в новейший период (по материалам полевых исследований 2019–2020 гг.)
2019
Arctic Frontiers 2019: Smart Arctic (Тромсё). Presentation: Online at the world's end: how the advancing telecom technologies impact Svalbard communities
Arctic Science Summit Week 2019 (Архангельск). Presentation: Post-industrial development of Russian mining towns in Svalbard: a community study
XI Сибирские чтения «Энергия Арктики и Сибири: ресурсы, технологии, инфраструктура» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Арктические моногорода в российско-скандинавском приграничье: особенности локальной идентичности и функционирования индустрии
Svalbard Science Conference (Осло). Presentation: Post-industrial development of Russian mining towns at Svalbard: a community study
Arctic-FROST Early Career Reunion Meeting 2019 (Сидар-Фолз). Presentation: Resource extraction in the Russian-Nordic borderland: how the Arctic extractive companies develop sustainable approaches
Transculturality in Eastern and Western Contexts (Трир). Presentation: На краю Европы: русско-скандинавские культурно-языковые связи в постсоветскую эпоху
2018
NSF Arctic-FROST Annual Conference: Co-constructing Sustainability in the Arctic: Collaboration among regional and local governments, Indigenous organizations and researchers in sustainable development in the Arctic (Juneau, AK). Presentation: Challenges of post-industrial tourism development in the Arctic company towns: the case of Barentsburg, Svalbard
2017
17th Annual Aleksanteri Conference Russia’s choices for 2030 (Helsinki). Presentation: Resource extraction in the Russian-Nordic borderland: how the Arctic extractive companies develop sustainable approaches
International Conference of Arctic Social Sciences IX (ICASS IX) (Умео). Presentation: Symbolic boundaries in the borderless space: mobility and telecommunication in Svalbard
International Conference of Arctic Social Sciences IX (ICASS IX) (Умео). Presentation: Barentsburg, a Russian town in Svalbard: new input for Arctic social science?
International Conference of Arctic Social Sciences IX (ICASS IX) (Умео). Presentation: Barentsburg, a Russian town in the Norwegian land: from decay to success
Svalbard and the Humanities (Tromsø). Presentation: Russian Settlements on Svalbard in Transition: A Longitudinal Community Study (2013-17)
2016
16th Annual International Aleksanteri Conference: Life and Death in Russia (Helsinki). Presentation: When Wars Go North: Refugee Crisis in the Russian Arctic
24th World Congress of Political Science of International Political Science Association (IPSA) (Познань). Presentation: When Ice Thickens: Cross-Border Cooperation Between Russian and Norwegian Arctic Communities in the New Political Conditions
Arctic Circle Assembly (Рейкьявик). Presentation: The 2014–2016 Refugee Flows in the Russian Arctic: How the Global Impacts the Local

Conferences before 2018

Employment history

Has been at HSE since 2018.

2014–2017: Junior Research Fellow, European University at St. Petersburg, Dept. of Anthropology

2016 – present: Associate Research Fellow, RAS Institute of Sociology

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Apr

2022

‘The Northern Sea Route Is an Efficient Transport Communication Channel to Deliver Goods Sold on Trade Platforms’

The Northern Sea Route has a key role to play in developing Russia's export potential in the Asia-Pacific region. As the current situation requires a reorientation of export flows from Europe to Asia, this route is taking on a new significance in the search for effective transport communication with Indian and Chinese markets. An Arctic Research session was held at the XXIII Yasin International Academic Conference.

Mar

2020

Discovering Russia from the Inside and Out

At the end of February, the HSE IGITI Research Centre for Contemporary Culture hosted a roundtable entitled ‘Field Studies in Russia: A Country Familiar and Foreign’. Roundtable participants talked about field work methods and standards, research challenges, and ways to solve them. The participants also discussed the extent to which it is possible to apply international experiences and approaches to field work in Russia as well as ways to study Russia from within and without.

Dec

2019

Night Descends upon HSE at Pokrovka

HSE University hosted its long-awaited student festival ‘Night’ at its building on 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard Thursday. Featuring 12 hours of lectures, games, master classes, music, and conversation. It was a night no students, lecturers or guests had any time for sleep.