Alexander Dolin
- Alexander Dolin has been at HSE University since 2017.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
In 1992 the degree was converted by the academic council of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies into Ph.D.
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Achievements and awards
2017 Awarded Professor Emeritus honorary title from Akita international University for the valuable contribution to the foundation and development of the school.
2016 Awarded a honorary medal from the Russian Union of Writers "For the Promotion of International Cultural Contacts".
2015 Awarded a honorary Bunin's medal from the Russian Union of Writers "For the Dedication to Classic Traditions".
1995 Prize of All Japan Association of Literary Translation (branch of the UNESCO World Association) "An Outstanding Contibution to Culture" for the translation of the classical poetic anthology The Kokinshu (10 c.)
Membership in the scientific societies and creative associations
Russian Union of Writers (Moscow branch)
Masters of Literary Translation Guild (Russia)
International PEN Club (Russian branch)
European Association of Japan Studies
Russian Association of Japan Studies
International Association of Japan Studies (Japan)
Japanesese Society of Comparative Literature Studies
Russian Union of Martial Arts (expert committee)
Courses (2025/2026)
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Mago-Lego; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Great Teachings of Asia in the Modern World (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical and Economic History of Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Literature of the Region of Specialization (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Japan) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Sociopolitical and Economic History of Asia (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Delievering courses of lectures in various universities of Europe, USA and Austalia during the period 1992-2017.
The last invitation within "Erasmus Mundis" program of cooperation with the non-European universities:
February 2017 - University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
A course of lectures on contemporary Japanese culture.
Conferences
- 2025
Цивилизации Востока: взгляд из XXI века (Москва). Presentation: Поэзия хайку как фактор сближения цивилизаций
Литературный Восток: образы эпох (Москва). Presentation: Поэзия хайку в современном мире
- 2024
XVII ежегодная конференция Ассоциации японоведов (Москва). Presentation: Патриархи хайку в Латинской Америке
ХХVI конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Дзэнская суггестия в поэтике хайку
- 2023
ХХV конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Тематическое деление сезонных циклов хайку
Вторая конференция «Искусство Востока и Восток в искусстве» (Москва). Presentation: Поэзия хайку во Франции как одна из граней «японизма»
XVI Ежегодная конференция Ассоциации японоведов (Москва). Presentation: Испанская ипостась японских хайку
Международная Научная конференция «Маяковский 2023» (Москва). Presentation: Маяковский и Япония
- 2022
История и культура Японии (Москва). Presentation: Традиция кухи на примере хайку Исии Рогэцу
- 2021
Международная конференция «Эпиграфика Востока» (Москва). Presentation: Памятные стелы как средство сохранения культурного наследия Японии
История и культура Японии (Москва). Presentation: Хайку в Мексике
- 2020
Межуниверситетская конференция «Социальное дистанцирование и самоизоляция на Востоке: традиции и современность» (Москва). Presentation: Социальное дистанцирование в Японии
- 2019
Международная конференция ИСТОРИЯ И КУЛЬТУРА ЯПОНИИ - XIX (Москва). Presentation: Мемориальные стелы и поэтическая эпиграфика Японии
Международная конференция «Проблемы реформ высшего образования» (Турин). Presentation: Building a Model Liberal Arts University: Japanese Experience
III International Budo-Conference “Education of personality and self-development: martial arts traditions and contemporary science” (Одинцово). Presentation: Ethical foundations of traditional martial arts
- 2018
Международный круглый стол «Значение малой родины в русском и японском национальном сознании» (Москва). Presentation: Малая родина в японской поэзии
- 2016
18-я конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Haiku as a Part of French Poetic Tradition
- 2015
17-я конференция «История и культура Японии» (Москва). Presentation: Teaching haiku Composition at a Japanese University
- 2013
VI International Congress “ Sports, Human, Health” (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Oriental Martial Arts in the Age of Globalization
- 2011
Focus Asia Orientalists Congress (Калькутта). Presentation: Rabindranath Tagor and Japan
Боевые искусства и cпортивные единоборства: состояние и перспективы развития (Хабаровск). Presentation: Наследие боевых искусств в глобализирующемся мире
- 2010
Philosophy and Literature (По, Франция). Presentation: Philosophical Background of Russian Messianic Poetry in the Early XX c.
The First World Martial Arts Games (“Martial Arts Olympics”, symposium on Martial Arts) (Пекин). Presentation: The Legacy of Far Eastern Martial Arts
Peace and Order against Challenge and Revolt. Presentation: The Challenge of Japanese Romanticists
- 2009
International Seminar “Translation and Adaptation” (Дарем, Великобритания). Presentation: Translations of Classical Japanese Poetry in the West – Problems and Solutions
- 2008
Annual international symposium on Japanese Literature - panel “Saito Mokichi and his Poetic World” (Ямагата). Presentation: 斉藤茂吉の写生論 (The Concept of Shasei in the Poetry by Saito Mokichi)
Free Access to the Past (Амстердам). Presentation: The Legend of 47 Loyal Retainers in Japanese Literary Tradition
- 2006
Rethinking the Past: Intellectuals and their Role in History (Сидней). Presentation: Intellectuals in Search of Salvation
Reading Spiritualities (Ланкастер). Presentation: The Sacred Writings of East-Asian Religions in the Context of Comparative Cultural Studies
International Crossroads Symposium (Эври, Франция). Presentation: French Influence in New and Modern Japanese Literature and Painting
Language, Imaginary and Literary Text (Брага, Португалия). Presentation: Moral Force of Russian Classics
- 2005
International Conference at Akita International University (Акита ). Presentation: Building an Innovative University for the Globalized World
Editorial board membership
2007- c/t As a member of the Management and Acacadeic Affairs Committee of the interuniversity Research Center for the Studies of Japanese Literature (Kokubungaku kenkyu shiryokan) - a member of the editorial board of "Kokubunken nyuzu" academic journal.
2017 - c/t Head of the iInternational Collaboration Department at the editorial board of the international literary and research journal "Wild Flowers" (issued by the Russian Union of Writers, "Russia-Japan" Society and Akita International Haiku Network)..
2002 - 2008 Head coordinator of the global project launched by the Japan Culture Agency Japanese Literature Publication and Promotion ( JLPP) covering countries with population speaking English, French, German and Russian). Over 100 books by the Japanese authors of the X c. were selected, reviewed and published in Russia.
Grants
MAJOR GRATS
2006 Grant of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Scence for the publication iin Russia of the History of New Japanese Poetry in 4 volumes.
1992 Grant of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for shooting and release of the TV documentary series for Channel 1 "Japan - many Ways to the Temple".
1990-91 Grant of The Japan Foundation for the academic research in Japan,
Employment history
January 2018 - c/t HSE professor
April 2017 - c/t Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
senior research fellow (part time)
April 2004 - March 2017 Akita International University (Japan ) professor
April 1992-March 2004 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Japan)
associate professor, then full professor
June 1971 - March 1992 Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, junior, then senior research fellow.
1993-1996 (part time) columnist at the major Japanese newspaper "Sankei shimbun" ("Forum of Cultures" column).