Elizaveta Volchkova

Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Programme Academic Supervisor: Chinese Language, Literature and Culture

Elizaveta Volchkova has been at HSE University since 2018.

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Education and Degrees

2003

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)

2000

Master's
Lomonosov Moscow State University

1997

Bachelor's
Lomonosov Moscow State 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.

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2022
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Engagement in Inter-Campus and Inter-Faculty Activities’ — 2024

Courses (2024/2025)

History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
History of China (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
History of the Region of Specialization (China) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Asian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
History of China (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
History of the Region of Specialization (China) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Motifs of Traditional Chinese Painting (Optional course (university); 3, 4 module)Rus
Scientific Research Seminar Introduction to Asian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Scientific Research Seminar Introduction to Asian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
History of China (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
History of the Region of Specialization (China) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Motifs of Traditional Chinese Painting (Optional course (university); 3 module)Rus
Scientific Research Seminar Introduction to Asian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Ethnology of China (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Speciality (Sinology) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

China: geography, history, fundamentals of civilization (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
Motifs of Traditional Chinese painting (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2022
Pandemics in historical and regional cosmologies: From the first documented to COVID-19 (Тарту). Presentation: Popular Perception of the Plague Epidemic in Guangzhou, China in 1894

2021
Ломоносовские чтения-2021. Секция «Востоковедение и Африканистика» (Москва). Presentation: Образ Лондона в китайском поэтическом сборнике первой половины XIX в. «Ланьдунь шиюн» (Десять напевов о Лондоне)

2020
Ломоносовские чтения-2020. Секция «Востоковедение и Африканистика» (Москва). Presentation: Описания народа гэлао в «альбомах мяо» XVIII – начала XIX вв.

2019
17 Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (г. Тарту). Presentation: Market for Magic: Transformation of Taoist Talisman Rituals in the Age of E Commerce
17 Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (г. Тарту). Presentation: Market for Magic: Transformation of Taoist Talisman Rituals in the Age of E-Commerce
Первые Рифтинские чтения (г. Москва). Presentation: Лисица, свинья и кролик: божества-покровители в современной китайской приворотной магии
Всероссийская Конференция «Ломоносовские чтения – 2019» (Москва). Presentation: «Чистые воды Цзин, мутные воды Вэй»: моральный урок императора Цяньлуна (1736-1796).

2018
Ломоносовские чтения. Секция Востоковедение (Москва). Presentation: Гуань Цяочан (Ламква) и живопись «европейского стиля» в Гуанчжоу XIX века

Editorial board membership

2008: Member of the Editorial Board (ответственный секретарь), Вестник Московского университета. Серия 13: Востоковедение.

Employment history

2021 - now - Associate Professor, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

2019-2021 - Lecturer, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

2018-2019 - Associate Professor, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

2008 - August 2021 - Associate Professor, Department of Chinese History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

2014 - now - Lecturer, Department of International Economics and Political relations, Institute of Business Studies, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

2014-2018 - Associate Professor, Faculty of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

2003 - 2008 - Senior Lecturer, Department of Chinese History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University