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.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2022
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
- 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
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
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