Урсул Наталья Валерьевна

Education and Degrees

2013

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Germanic Languages
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia

2013

Doctoral programme in Germanic Languages
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Department of Foreign Languages

2008

Master in Management
International Independent University of Moldova, Department of Management

2007

Master in English Philology
International Independent University of Moldova, Department of Foreign Languages

2006

Bachelor in Translator/Interpreter of the English and French Languages
International Independent University of Moldova, Department of Foreign Languages

* 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

2019, 4-12.07: « Empire: centre et périphéries », Université Européenne d’Été du réseau OFFRES (Organisation francophone pour la formation et la recherche européennes en sciences humaines), Haute École d’Économie de Saint-Pétersbourg

2017, 27 - 30 June: XX Fulbright Summer School in the Humanities "Personal Narrative as Living History" (32 hours)

Файл, Lomonosov State University, The Fulbright Program in Russia

2017, 22.07-22.08: "How to Read a Novel", the University of Edinburgh (8 hours)

2016, 20-23 June: "Language Culture and Communication in Professional and Educational Context", SPELTA

2015, 12 November - 23 June: "SPELTA Professional Development Series" (48 hours), SPELTA

2016: EF TEACHER WEBINARS, EF Education First (1. Introduction to Journal-Style Scientific Writing: The Structure, Format, Content, and Style of a Scientific Paper. 2. Critique and Revision and Effective Peer Reviewing. 3. From Manuscript to Article: The 10 Top Reasons Why Scholars Do Not Get Published)

2014: training session "Preparing for IELTS: The International Engish Language Testing System (Cambridge English Language Assesment Exam Centre, Cambridge English Exam Preparation Centre), 10 hours

Professional Interests

Comparative Cultural Studies Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive science and cognitive semantics English for Academic Purposes Cultural Studies

Awards and Accomplishments

Members of Professional Development Programme for Administrative Staff (2023–2024)
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2016)

Courses (2024/2025)

Academic English Writing (Optional course; 2, 3 module)Rus
Language variation (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
Language variation (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Language, Culture and Intercultural Communication (Minor; School of Arts and Humanities)Eng
Research Seminar "Academic Reading, Writing, and Presenting" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Research Methods in Finance" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Smart Talk: Key principles to effective communication (Optional course (university); 3, 4 module)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2019
GSOM Emerging Markets Conference 2019 (St. Petersburg). Presentation: Success and Specifics of Market Entry Strategies of Swiss SME’s to the Russian Market in 2011 and 2019
Международная конференция «Языковое образование: традиции и современность». Presentation: Роль культурологического подхода при обучении академическому чтению в вузе (на примере делового английского языка)
Joyce’s Feast of Languages, The XII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome (Рим). Presentation: Functions and Pragmatic Use of Macaronics in Joyce’s Novels
Joyce’s Feast of Languages, The XII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome (Рим). Presentation: Functions and Pragmatic Use of Macaronics in Joyce’s Novels

2018
Все нелепицы мира: абсурд в литературе и искусстве (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: К вопросу о трактовке феномена «абсурд» в лингвистике
IV международная научно-практическая конференция Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: язык, образование, культура (Москва). Presentation: СПОСОБЫ РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИИ НЕПРЯМОЙ РЕЧЕВОЙ АГРЕССИИ В АНГЛОЯЗЫЧНЫХ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИХ ДЕБАТАХ

2017
46 международная филологическая научная конференция (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Комбинаторная игра в произведениях Дж. Джойса
III Международная научно-практическая конференция «Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика» (Москва). Presentation: Роль иноязычных вкраплений в произведениях Дж. Джойса

2016
45 международная филологическая научная конференция (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: К вопросу о номинации абсурда в лингвистике
XIV семинар «Лингвострановедение: методы анализа, технология обучения» (Москва). Presentation: Дискурсивно-прагматические функции иноязычной лексики в английских художественных текстах (на примере макаронизмов)
International Academic Conference on Teaching, Learning and E-Learning in Budapest (Будапешт). Presentation: Case Method and Its Implication in Business English Teaching

2015
XLIV Международная филологическая научная конференция (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Механизмы построения абсурдных стихотворных и прозаических текстов
XIII межвузовский семинар "Лингвострановедение: методы анализа, технология обучения" (Москва). Presentation: Особенности построения и функционирования абсурда в английских художественных произведения XIX-XX веков
International Academic Conference on Teaching, Learning and E-learning in Vienna 2015 (Vienna). Presentation: Research Proposals: Challenges and Perspectives
International Academic Conference on Teaching, Learning and E-learning in Vienna 2015 (Vienna). Presentation: Research Proposals: Challenges and Perspectives
International Academic Conference on Teaching, Learning and E-learning in Vienna 2015 (Vienna). Presentation: Research Proposals: Challenges and Perspectives
I международная научно-практическая конференция. Иностранные языки в науке и образовании: проблемы и перспективы (Москва). Presentation: Case Study in Teaching Business English

2014
Euro-American Conference for Academic Disciplines (Париж). Presentation: Nonsense Mechanisms at Linguistic Level
Герценовские Чтения. Иностранные языки. (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: О роли языковых экспериментов в литературных произведениях
International Academic Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities (Прага). Presentation: The Peculiarities of Nonsense at Lexemic Level

2013
Герценовские чтения. Иностранные языки (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Лингвистический абсурд как метафорический способ передачи скрытого смысла

2012
Герценовские чтения. Иностранные языки (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: О роли контекста при интерпретации абсурда
International Conference for Academic Disciplines (Камберленд, место проведения - Флоренция, Италия). Presentation: Nonsense Mechanisms at Morphological and Syntactical Linguistic Levels
4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (Лондон). Presentation: The Cognitive Approach to Nonsense Interpretation
VII международная научная конференция "Гуманитарные науки и современность" (Москва). Presentation: Языковая игра в абсурдном тексте (на материале стихотворения Л. Кэрролла "Jabberwocky")
Круглый стол с международным участием "Никитинские чтения – 2012: Актуальные проблемы семантики и прагматики языковых единиц" (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Nonsense: A Cognitive Perspective
XXVth SPELTA Conference "The Open World of English" (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Nonsense and Its Cognitive Interpretation

2011
Герценовские чтения. Иностранные языки (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: К вопросу о происхождении и развитии категории абсурда
XIII Невские чтения (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Лингвистический абсурд и метафорический перенос
Девятый межвузовский семинар "Лингвострановедение: методы анализа, технология обучения" (Москва). Presentation: Развитие макаронизмов в британской культуре

2010
Герценовские чтения (СПб). Presentation: Нонсенс как отражение языковой личности и ее языка
VIII межвузовский семинар по лингвострановедению. Лингвострановедение: методы анализа, технология обучения. (Москва). Presentation: Нонсенс как форма пародии (на материале британской литературы)
V международная школа-семинар "Слово. Текст. In Aevum" (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Интерязыковые окказионализмы как элемент языковой игры (на материале романа Дж. Джойса «Поминки по Финнегану»)

2009
Диалог языков и культур (Киев). Presentation: Межкультурная компетенция в современной коммуникации
XI Невские чтения (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Nonsense translatability: distinguishing sense from nonsense

St. Petersburg English Language Teachers' Association

19

Dec

2024

Masterclass in Swiss Technopark: Intercultural Communication in Business Environment and Diplomacy

On 9 December, the Swiss technology park Mobahaus hosted a significant event organised by the residents of the technology park together with the School of Economics and Management of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and Management St. Petersburg with the active assistance of Natalia Ursul, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Languages. It brought together representatives of diplomacy, business and academic community, as well as students to discuss issues of cross-cultural communication, management under uncertainty and interaction in the global environment.

19

Dec

2024

How to Manage Cultural Misunderstanding: A Workshop for First-Year Students Held at the Faculty of Management

Intercultural communication skills are essential in business, psychology, linguistics, and any field where interaction plays a key role. During the workshop, students from the master's program “Business Development” were introduced to the basics of intercultural communication in business using real-world case studies and saw how cultural differences affect professional interactions.

18

Dec

2024

Masterclass in Swiss Technopark: Intercultural Communication in Business Environment and Diplomacy

On 9 December, the Swiss technology park Mobahaus hosted a significant event which brought together representatives of diplomacy, business and academic community, as well as students to discuss issues of cross-cultural communication, management under uncertainty and interaction in the global environment.

13

Dec

2023

‘Cultural Sensitivity Is Important in International Business Communication’

HSE University-Nizhny Novgorod has hosted a workshop on 'Intercultural Communication and Management: Swiss and Russian Views and Perspectives of Academia and Business.’ The workshop was organised by the Swiss Embassy in Russia.

27

Jan

2022

Three Original Educational Projects

Following the results of the ‘Teachers’ Marathon’

Natalia V. Ursul

Education and Degrees

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Professional Interests

Awards and Accomplishments

Courses (2024/2025)

Courses (2023/2024)

Courses (2022/2023)

Courses (2021/2022)

Courses (2020/2021)

Timetable for today

Conferences

Masterclass in Swiss Technopark: Intercultural Communication in Business Environment and Diplomacy

How to Manage Cultural Misunderstanding: A Workshop for First-Year Students Held at the Faculty of Management

Masterclass in Swiss Technopark: Intercultural Communication in Business Environment and Diplomacy

‘Cultural Sensitivity Is Important in International Business Communication’

Three Original Educational Projects