Maria Ivanova
- Junior Research Fellow: Faculty of Humanities / Institute of Russia’s Regional History / Centre for Economic History
- Senior Lecturer: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Maria Ivanova has been at HSE University since 2019.
Education
HSE University
HSE University
HSE University
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
- The 42nd International Summer Course “The Thirty Years War: Aftermath and Legacy”. Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany. July 1-14, 2018.
- Winter school in International Relations at HSE, Moscow. January 27-30, 2018.
- Research and educational seminar of History department HSE in Saint Petersburg with Humboldt University in Berlin, Bielefeld and Saint Petersburg. “Culture of Historical Memory: World War II and Political Regimes of the 20th Century”. Berlin-Bielefeld-Saint Petersburg. July 2015.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "New Researchers" (2025–2026)
Conferences
- 2025
XVII Международный молодёжный научный форум. «Белгородский диалог – 2025: проблемы истории и филологии», посвященного 80-летию Победы в Великой Отечественной войне и десятилетию науки и инноваций. (Белгород). Presentation: Смоленская губерния в российской административной системе XVIII – первой трети XIX в.: от пограничья физического к пограничью ментальному
«Память и пространство: исторический опыт и горизонты возможного», посвященной 180-летию Русского географического общества и 190-летию со дня рождения Г.Н. Потанина (Томск). Presentation: Саморепрезентация смолян после Отечественной войны 1812 года (1812–1830-е): дискурс жертвенности и/или героизма?
- 2024
История России с древнейших времен до XXI века: проблемы, дискуссии, новые взгляды (Москва). Presentation: Осмысление лояльности через эмоции: представления жандармских офицеров о Российской империи (по материалам 2-го округа Корпуса жандармов, 1820-е–1830-е гг.)
- 2022
43rd annual NESEEES conference (Нью-Йорк). Presentation: “Smolensk Province after the War of 1812 in Mental Geography: between Symbolic Glory and Economic Marginalization”.
Управление и управляемость в Российской империи XVIII – нач. XX вв. (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Проблемы управления Смоленской губернией после Войны 1812 года через призму экономической истории и ментальной географии, 1812-1840-е гг.
- 2021
Международная конференция "Иерархия территорий: региональная статусность и ее динамика в России XVIII – XX вв." (Москва). Presentation: Смоленская губерния после Отечественной войны 1812 года: несостоявшееся восстановление и маргинализация территории, 1812-1830-е гг.
10-е Чертковские чтения «Российская империя: символический язык эпохи. К 300-летию провозглашения Петра I императором Всероссийским» (Москва). Presentation: Символические аспекты в репрезентациях Смоленской губернии после Отечественной войны 1812 года: региональная перспектива
- 2019
Fourth Annual Conference of the SFB 1199 "The Rise and Fall of Spatial Orders: Historical Narratives and Geopolitical Imaginaries”. (Лейпциг). Presentation: The Concept of “Great Power” and the Changing of Spatial Order, 1870-1914: The Case of the Russian Empire.
IV Международная научная конференция "Usable Pasts". (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Россия как «великая держава» во внутриполитическом дискурсе Российской империи, 1877-1914.
- 2016
Faith and Power: Undergraduate Conference in History. (Будапешт). Presentation: The Problem of Polish Dissidents in the Russian-Austrian Relations in the Middle of 18th Century.
Grants
- Stypendia naukowe wydziału „Artes Liberales” UW (Z funduszów narodowej agencji wymiany akademickiej (NAWA). October 2019 – January 2020. Project: “Koncept mocarstwa w publicznym dyskursie w Polsce. Przyjęcie i zrozumienie konceptu geopolitycznego”.
Courses (2025/2026)
- 18th Сentury as a Starting Point: a New Culture and New Approaches to Its Study (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- 18th Сentury as a Starting Point: a New Culture and New Approaches to Its Study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Culture of Remembrance (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Public History and Popular Historical Culture (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- 18th Сentury as a Starting Point: a New Culture and New Approaches to Its Study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- 18th Сentury as a Starting Point: a New Culture and New Approaches to Its Study (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Culture of Remembrance (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Culture of Remembrance (Minor; 1, 2 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; 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; 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 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; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology field of study Geography; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- The Theater of power in Russia in the XVI - XIX centuries: methods of studying (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- The Theater of power in Russia in the XVI - XIX centuries: methods of studying (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Employment history
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September 2019 – present. Junior Research Fellow. Institute of Russia’s Regional History (HSE).
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September, 2020 – June, 2021. Project “Digitalization, analysis and publication of archival documents (19-20 centuries): Russian historical and cultural heritage of Alaska”.
- September, 2014 – December, 2015. Research assistant. Center for historical research (HSE Campus in St. Petersburg). Project “History of technology and infrastructure in Russia and the Soviet Union: processes and practices of standardization and their participants”.
A new article by Maria Ivanova in the journal "Perm University Herald. History"
A new article "Smolensk Province after the War of 1812: between Symbolic Glory and Economic Marginalization" by the Institute Research Assistant Maria Ivanova was published in the 1st issue of the journal "Perm University Herald. History" in 2024.
A new article by Maria Ivanova in the journal "Quaestio Rossica"
A new article "The USSR as a “Great Power”: Imperial Narratives and the State’s Status, 1920–1935" by the Institute Research Assistant Maria Ivanova was published in the 3rd issue of the journal "Quaestio Rossica" in 2023.
Maria Ivanova took part in the annual conference of the North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES)
The annual conference of NESEEES (North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, New York, USA) was held online on April 30. Laboratory's research assistant Maria Ivanova took part in the conference and had a presentation "Smolensk province after the War of 1812 in mental geography: between symbolic glory and economic marginalization".