Kira Andreevna Ilina
- Academic Director: Doctoral School of History
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Kira Andreevna Ilina has been at HSE University since 2012.
Education and Degrees
Lenin Kazan State University
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.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "New Researchers" (2013–2014)
Courses (2026/2027)
- Research Seminar “History and Museums” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Non-governmental Organizations and the Public Sphere in Russia 19Th – Early 20Th Centuries. Sources” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2025/2026)
- History and Museums (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Basics of Source Analysis" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices. Part 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- The University Question in the Russian Empire (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1 module)Rus
Courses (2024/2025)
- History and Museums (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 4 module)Rus
- History and Museums (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Cultural Heritage of Universities" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-3 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- The University Question in the Russian Empire (Optional course (faculty); 2 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- History and Museums (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 4 module)Rus
- History and Museums (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
- Reaserch Seminar "(Un)official University Heritage" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Journalism, field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (HSE MIEM) field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems, field of study Information Security, field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Mathematics, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Psychology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Physics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philosophy, field of study History of Art, field of study Cultural Studies, field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Philology, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics, field of study Law, field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (HSE MIEM) field of study Applied Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology field of study Geography; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- History and Museums (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "(Un)official University Heritage" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Research Seminar "Mechanisms of University Memory" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2014
Университетские истории: память и нарративы (Казань). Presentation: Историографические «пузыри» и история научной аттестации в постсоветских университетах
Семинар по истории Высшей школы (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Архивы канцелярий попечителей учебных округов: история формирования и специфика (Российская империя, первая половина XIX века)
IV Полетаевские чтения «Академическая экспертиза: как устроена саморегуляция научного сообщества?». Presentation: Мыльные пузыри российской диссертационной системы 1990-2000-х годов
"Дифференциация в динамично меняющихся системах высшего образования: вызовы и возможности", V Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования (Москва). Presentation: Рождение «русского профессора»: казус защиты С.П. Шевырева
Университетская корпорация: память, идентичность, практики консолидации (Казань). Presentation: Научная аттестация в университетах Российской империи в первой половине XIX века: между корпоративной солидарностью и политической лояльностью
Университетские истории (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Практика присуждения ученых степеней в 1990-2000 (казус школы А.Н. Якушева)
- 2013
IV Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования «Университетские традиции: ресурс или бремя?» (Москва). Presentation: Присуждение ученых степеней в России первой половины XIX века: практика документирования испытаний