Andrian Vlakhov
- Senior Lecturer:Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
- Research Fellow:Faculty of Humanities / Laboratory of Linguistic Conflict Resolution Studies and Contemporary Communicative Practices
- Andrian Vlakhov has been at HSE University since 2018.
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)
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
2014–2019: Svalbard archipelago (Barentsburg, Pyramiden, Longyearbyen, Ny-Ålesund)
2011–2020: Barents Region, Russian North and European Arctic (Murmansk and Arkhangelsk Oblasts, Republic of Karelia, northern Norway, Finland and Sweden)
2016–2017: urban fieldwork for Strelka bureau (Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Saransk, Yaroslavl, St. Petersburg, Moscow)
2008–2010: Arkhangelsk Oblast (Pinezhsky District)
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
P. Nedaykhleb «Language Situation in the Republic of Karelia: Current Ethnolinguistic Dynamics». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
T. Zhetpisov «Local Identity Representation and Adaptation Strategies in Moscow and St. Petersburg Residents' Speech». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
A. Sukhoveeva «Language and Ethnicity: Media as an Identity Marker and Agent». Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design, 2019
A. Shcherbina «Moscow and St. Petersburg Forms of the Modern Russian Language: Sociological and Sociolinguistic Analysis». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2019
- Master
O. Bakurova «Linguistic Representation of Speakers' Values in Modern Russian Discouse». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
Y. Bespalova «Dynamics of Ethnolinguistic Identity of the Russian-Speaking Minority in Latvia». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
E. Petrova «Linguistic Situation and Language Policy in the Russian-Scandinavian Borderland». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
A. Ryzhkov «Language Situation in the Russian-Nordic Borderland: Diversity and Interaction in the Multilingual Landscape». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
Y. Hapchenko «Language Situation and Language Policy in Ukraine: Historical Overview and Present Situation». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
E. Ponomareva «Language Situation in the Udmurt Republic and Trends in Language Policy on Macro and Micro Levels». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
A. Gornostaeva «Educational Language Policy for Indigenous Peoples of Krasnoyarski Krai». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
R. Bayazitova «Ethnic and Linguistic Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space in the Online Communication: Typology and Functioning». Faculty of Humanities, 2020
M. Glukhova «Constructing the Image of Russia in Contemporary Russian Visual Arts and Using This Data in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
L. Luchkova «Emerging Language Identity of the Russian Deaf Community: Issues and Persperctives». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
A. Liapina «Creating Сross-сultural Сompetences through Teaching Anthropology and Sociolinguistics Courses to Students Learning Russian as a Foreign Language on the Case of Nordic Languages». Faculty of Humanities, 2019
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
- Past Courses
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 Uneverse 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 contemporary 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
- Russian for Academic Purposes (For foreign students; 3, 4 module)Rus
20194
- 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.
- Preprint Vlakhov A., Недайхлеб П. А., Kuzmina A., Melnikova A. V., Жетписов Т. М. Language conflict in Russian-speaking social media: structure and function / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP "Linguistics". 2019.
- 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
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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
- 2019Arctic 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
- 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
- 2018NSF 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
- 201717th 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)
- 201616th 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
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
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.
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.
