Maria Ivanova

Responsibilities

Research work
Archival research

Education and Degrees

2026

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
HSE University

2024

Doctoral programme
HSE University

2020

Master's
HSE University

2017

Bachelor's in History
HSE University

* Candidate of Sciences
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.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

The 42^nd 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.

Professional Interests

history of Russia conceptual history history of international relations historical geography

Awards and Accomplishments

Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2025–2026)

Dissertation for a Candidate of Sciences degree

2026
M. Ivanova Смоленская губерния после Отечественной войны 1812 года: трансформация представлений о регионе Российской империи

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.

Courses (2026/2027)

Culture of Remembrance (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
Public History and Popular Historical Culture (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
Past Courses

Employment history

September 2019 – present. Junior Research Fellow. Institute of Russia’s Regional History (HSE).
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”.

27

Mar

2026

A new article by Maria Ivanova in the journal "Humanities research in the Russian Far East"

A new article "From borderland to center: the integration of Smolensk Province into the Russian Empire (18th – first third of the 19th century)" by the Institute Junior Research Fellow Maria Ivanova was published in the 1st issue of the journal "Humanities Research in the Russian Far East" in 2026.

10

Apr

2024

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.

19

Sep

2023

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.

3

May

2022

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".