Victor Khroul
- Professor:Faculty of Creative Industries / Institute of Media
- Victor Khroul has been at HSE University since 2020.
Responsibilities
Lectures, seminars, student papers, consultations, tests and exams, supervising on final qualification works in bachelor's and master's students, writing articles and monographs.
Education and Degrees
- 2019
Doctor of Sciences*
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia - 1993
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
Lomonosov Moscow State University - 1986
Degree in Journalism
Lomonosov Moscow 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.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Advanced training program "Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis in Media Research", Moscow State University, March 2020.
News Literacy Summer Institute, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan, Poland), July 2016
UCIP Summer University, Vilnius - Riga - Tallinn, September 2008
Summer School, Neuwaldegg Institute, Vienna, Austria, August 2008
UCIP Summer University, Hong Kong - Macau, October 1996
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2022)
Courses (2021/2022)
Media and Religion (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; field of study "42.03.05. Медиакоммуникации", field of study "42.03.02. Журналистика"; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Media and Religion in a Critical Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Researching Mediatization of Religion (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Creative Industries; 2-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2020/2021)
- Media Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Media Normativity Research (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Creative Industries; 2-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Self-tracking and Mediatization of Social Life (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Self-tracking and Mediatization of Social Life (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Projects
• Research project "Mediatization of Religion in Post-Communist Societies" (June - December 2018)
• Research project "Professional ethos of Russian journalists" (September 2016 - June 2017)
• Research project "Catholic Media in Russia and Slovakia" (February - June 2016)
• Research project "Mediatization of religion in Poland and Russia", (September - December 2015)
Publications5
- Chapter Khroul, V. Khroul V. (2021) Digitalization of Religion in Russia: Adjusting Preaching to New Formats, Channels and Platforms., in: The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies / Ed. by D. Gritsenko, M. Wijermars, M. Kopotev. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. doi Ch. 11. P. 187-204. doi
- Article Khroul V. Challenges to the Mediatization of Religion in Russia: Towards a Normative Model // RUDN Journal of studies in literature and journalism. 2019. Vol. 24. No. 1. P. 103-108. doi
- Article Хруль В. М., Аникина М. Е. Юбилейные Грушинские чтения на Моховой // Социологические исследования. 2019. № 6. С. 146-147. doi
- Chapter Khroul V. Religion and news media in Post-Soviet Russia., in: Spiritual News. Reporting Religion Around the World. Edited by Yoel Cohen.. Peter Lang, 2018. doi Ch. 7. P. 125-140. doi
- Article Khroul V. Religious Media Dynamics in Russia after 'Perestroika' (1991-2017) // Kultura - Media - Teologia, Warsaw, Poland. 2018. Vol. 33. P. 39-62.
Grants
• Research project "Mediatization of religion in post-communist societies", grant from the Finnish Academy of Sciences (June - December 2018)
• Research project "The professional ethos of Russian journalists" (September 2016 - June 2017), a grant from the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov
• Research project "Catholic media in Russia and Slovakia" (February - June 2016), a grant from the Government of Slovakia
• Research project "Mediatization of Religion in Poland and Russia", (September - December 2015), grant from the Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Reconciliation, Warsaw, Poland
Employment history
Academic positions
- Associate Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Journalism Faculty, Sociology of mass communications chair (2010-2020).
- Senior Research Fellow, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Journalism Faculty, Sociology of mass communications chair (1995-2010).
- Visiting Professor, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (fall, 2014).
- Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University (Kalmar, Sweden, spring 2014).
- Visiting Professor, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (2011).
- Professor, Russian Catholic seminary, Saint-Petersburg (1999-2011).
- Professor, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Theology College (1995-1998).
Journalism
- Editor-in-Chief, Russian National Catholic Weekly Svet Evangelia (1997-2007).
- Observer, Religion department, RIA Novosti International news agency (2008-2017).
Positions of trust in society and other societal merits
- Co-Chair, Religion, Communication & Culture working group, International Association for Media & Communication Research - IAMCR
- Member, National Association of Mass Media Researchers - NAMMI, Russia
- Member, European Academy of Religion - EuARe, Italy
Other merits
- Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Vatican (1996-2001), appointed personally by Pope John Paul II.
- Advisor to the Pontifical Council for the Social Communications, Vatican (1996-2007) and Radio Vaticana.