Konstantin M. Polivanov

Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies
Programme Academic Supervisor: Contemporary Philology in Russian Language and Literature Instruction at Secondary Schools

Konstantin M. Polivanov has been at HSE University since 2002.

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Education and Degrees

2015

PhD
University of Tartu

1982

Degree
Lomonosov Moscow State University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2013-2015 Tartu University, Slavic department, doctorant (russian literature)

Professional Interests

Russian literature XX century Boris Pasternak literature and politics

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2018–2024, 2011–2016
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022

Courses (2024/2025)

History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to the Study of Verse (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
Introduction to the Study of Verse (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-3 module)Rus
Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Russian Literature of the Second Half of the 19Th and Early 20Th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Russian Novels about an Artist (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
“Eugene Onegin” and Russian Culture of the 19th – 20th Centuries (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

"Eugene Onegin" and Russian Culture of the XIXth-XXth centuries (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
Current Academic Research (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Current Academic Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to the Study of Verse (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

"Eugene Onegine" in the Context of Russian Culture of the XIX century (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Mago-Lego; 1-3 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Prosody Theory and the Principles of Analysis of the Poetic Text (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
History of the Russian Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Practical Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretations in the Context of Various Branches of Literary Theory. Idea of Literary Cannon (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Russian Poetry" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Text Analysis" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Russian Literature of 20th Century in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Timetable for today

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Grants

Russian Literature of the Second Half of the 20th Century (1953-1990) as a Sociocultural Phenomenon
2014
Head: Nemzer, Andrey S.
Department: Laboratory of Cross-Cultural History of Literature
The project has been carried out as part of the HSE Program of Fundamental Studies.

Conferences

2015
Международный Лотмановский семинар (Тарту). Presentation: Мемуарные источники в романе Б. Пастернака "Доктор Живаго"
Гаспаровские чтения - 2015 (Москва). Presentation: Цикл "Болезнь" Б. Пастернака
An International Conference «Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel “Doctor Zhivago” (Стэнфорд, штат Калифорния). Presentation: Материалы "Архива русской революции" в романе "Доктор Живаго"

2014
Лотмановский семинар (Тарту). Presentation: К понятию истории в романе Б. Пастернака «Доктор Живаго».

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
«"The Life of Klim Samgin" by M. Gorky and "Doctor Zhivago" by B. Pasternak " in the context of Soviet historical prose.
2
G. Kunitsyn Evolution of B. Pasternak's religious views
3
The Elements of Igor Severyanin's Poetics in Boris Pasternak's Work

Aug

2020

Quantifying the Power of the Word: HSE Students and Scholars to Study Poetic Texts Using Computer Methods

The Faculty of Humanities is switching to project-based research and teaching, which includes many new collaborative research endeavours. Professor Evgeny Kazartsev, who recently became the head of the HSE School of Philological Studies, told the HSE News Service about Computer Methods for Literary Textual Analysis project.

Jul

2020

‘Projects Will Bring Research Teams Together’

A number of new projects will form the basis of the educational and scholarly activity at HSE’s School of Philology. These projects will allow the School to expand its scholarly breadth, consolidate its active research teams, and engage new colleagues in collaboration. HSE News Service spoke with School Head Evgeny Kazartsev about the new projects, their anticipated outcomes, and what changes will need to be made in order to bring them to fruition.

Oct

2015

Konstantin Polivanov at Conference in Stanford

Konstantin Polivanov, Associate Professor at the School of Philology took part in the international conference ‘Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel Doctor Zhivago’.