Stepan Mikhailov
- Senior Lecturer: Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
- Stepan Mikhailov has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education
HSE University
HSE University
HSE University
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
participation in summer schools: 2025, The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies #10 (V-NYI #10); 2024, American University of Armenia, Yerevan Academy for Linguistics andd Philosophy (YALP 2024); 2024, The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies #8 (V-NYI #8); 2023, University of Crete, The 5th Crete Summer School of Linguistics (CreteLing 2023); 2023, Herzen State Pedagogical University, Stony Brook University (SUNY), The New York — St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (Virtual NYI #6); 2022, University of Crete, The 4th Crete Summer School of Linguistics (CreteLing 2022); 2022, Herzen State Pedagogical University, Stony Brook University (SUNY), The New York — St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (Virtual NYI #4); 2021, Herzen State Pedagogical University, Stony Brook University (SUNY), The New York — St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (Virtual NYI Winter Session); 2019, HSE University (Moscow), Fall School for Formal Syntax and Formal Semantics (3-FS); 2018, HSE University (Voronovo), International Summer School “Areal Linguistics and Languages of Russia”; 2017, HSE University (Voronovo), International Summer School on Typology and Lexicon (TyLex).
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2022
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "New Researchers" (2022)
Courses (2025/2026)
- English for Specific Purposes. General Linguistics - 2 (Optional course; School of Foreign Languages; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Action and Aspect" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar «Grammatical Categories in Formal Semantics» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Theory of Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Creating a Personalized Learning Environment in the Classroom (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Creating a Personalized Learning Environment in the Classroom (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Mechanisms of Climate Change (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Mechanisms of Climate Change (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Mobile Interaction Design: How to Design Usable Mobile Products and Services (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Mobile Interaction Design: How to Design Usable Mobile Products and Services (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Action and Aspect" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Stochastic Processes (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Stochastic Processes (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Theory of Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities 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, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Action and Aspect" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Interdisciplinary Methods of Language and Culture Analysis" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theory of Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic Writing (in Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Interdisciplinary Methods of Language and Culture Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Philology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Action and Aspect" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- The Theory of Grammar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- The Theory of Grammar (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Eng
- Theory of Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Academic Writing (in Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities 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
- Interdisciplinary Methods of Language and Culture Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Philology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Action and Aspect" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theory of Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Dissertation for a Candidate of Sciences degree
- 2025
S. Mikhailov Посессивность и детерминация в севернохантыйском языке
Conferences
Talks at conferences and seminars
- 2025
XI конференция-школа «Проблемы языка: взгляд молодых ученых» (Москва). Presentation: Определяем (не)определённость голых имён в казымском хантыйском [Defining the (in)definiteness of bare nouns in Kazym Khanty] (В. Тютюнникова, С. Михайлов, Ф. Голосов)
Типология морфосинтаксических параметров (Москва). Presentation: К типологии непосессивных употреблений посессивных показателей (И. Ольхов, С. Михайлов)
XXII конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Определённые ограничения на дискурсивных референтов в артиклях мира
Формальные модели в лингвистике (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Пара моделей салиентности
Междисциплинарная конференция по лингвистике и этнографии коренных народов Севера (Ханты-Мансийск). Presentation: Употребления севернохантыйского салиентного артикля в текстах из Казыма
- 2024
Sinn und Bedeutung 29 (Ното). Presentation: No iota type-shift in Kazym Khanty (V. Tiutiunnikova, S. Mikhailov, F. Golosov)
Understanding obviation (Монреаль). Presentation: The limitations of proximate uniqueness: Evidence from Kazym Khanty (N. Muravyev, S. Mikhailov, V. Masliukov, and S. Ganieva)
XXI Конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Севернохантыйский *салиентный* артикль? Ответ на [Mikhailov 2024]
- 2023
Sinn und Bedeutung 28 (Bochum). Presentation: Are there possessive definites? Evidence from Kazym Khanty
Шестой выездной семинар Общества полевых лингвистов (Зубцов). Presentation: Эли***ация 2.0 [Продвинутая эли***ация для полевой семантики] (Д. Сидоркина, С. Михайлов)
13-я конференция «Типология морфосинтаксических параметров» (Москва). Presentation: Обвиация в Северной Евразии? Данные севернохантыйского языка (Н. Муравьёв, С. Михайлов, В. Маслюков)
- 2022
Малые языки в большой лингвистике (Москва). Presentation: В поисках ограничений на севернохантыйскую ассоциативную посессивность
Четвёртый выездной семинар Общества полевых лингвистов. Presentation: Что ещё посмотреть про посессивные конструкции в вашем языке: Эффект Сторто
XIX конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: No Storto Effect of the English/Italian type in Northern Khanty possessives
Talk series of the Uralic Information Centre (Будапешт). Presentation: Diagnosing and Distinguishing Northern Khanty POSS.2SG Unpossessives
- 2021
Малые языки в большой лингвистике (Москва). Presentation: Севернохантыйский посессив второго лица в директивах
54th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea. Presentation: Stepan Mikhailov, Losing indices: How an anaphoric article developed from a 2SG possessive in Northern Khanty
XVIII Конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Когда можно и когда нужно использовать севернохантыйский показатель топика
linguistweets2: the second international twitter conference on linguistics. Presentation: diagnosing unpossessives: partitive poss.3sg
11-я конференция «Типология морфосинтаксических параметров» (Москва). Presentation: Против моносемических подходов к севернохантыйской дискурсивной посессивности
- 2020
53rd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea. Presentation: A Semantic Map for Progressive and the Notion of Proto-Process
The 3rd Semantics and Pragmatics Workshop (Москва). Presentation: Incomplete Events and the “Actionality-as-Polysemy” View
XVII конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Фантастические аспектуальные твари и откуда они возникают: инкомплетив
Linguistweets: the first international twitter conference on linguistics (Белу-Оризонти). Presentation: Kazym Khanty -en: 2SG possessive—>proprial article,
V рабочее совещание по языкам Волго-Камского языкового союза (Москва). Presentation: A Corpus Study of Northern Khanty Possessives
- 2019
Шестнадцатая Конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Два контекста конкуренции двух северохантыйских показателей посессивности
- 2018
8-я конференция «Типология морфосинтаксических параметров» (Москва). Presentation: О типах неполноты ситуации: глагольные аттенуативы в горномарийском языке
IVth Workshop on Volga-Kama languages (Moscow). Presentation: Hill Mari Frequentative: Event-internal Pluractionality on the Verge of Evaluation
Пятнадцатая Конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Почему хантыйские имена нуждаются в определённом артикле?
- 2017
Четырнадцатая Конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Японский инкомплетив в типологической перспективе
Employment history
2018−: Intern Researcher, Laboratory of Formal Models in Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, HSE University
2019−2021, 2021−2022, 2022−: Invited Lecturer, Teaching Assistant, Senior Lecturer (respectively), School of Linguistics, HSE University
News from the fields on Lake Velyo: the fourth trip of the Society of Field Linguists took place
On October 1-2, the fourth retreat seminar of the Society of Field Linguists took place, organized jointly by the staff of the Linguistic Convergence Laboratory and the Institute for Linguistic Studies (RSA).