Alexander Golovlev
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Alexander Golovlev has been at HSE University since 2018.
Responsibilities
Research work at archives.
Participation in the seminars of Iternational Center for History and Sociology of World War II and its Consquences.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Teach for HSE Certificate, fall 2018
Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Austrian Republic, Cluster for Contemporary History at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2012-2013
Courses (2024/2025)
- Homo Sovieticus (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Fine Art, field of study Design, field of study Design, field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Economics, field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Business Informatics, field of study Management, field of study Management, field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Management, field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology, field of study Biology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law, field of study Law; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Economics, field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law, field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Media Communications, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Software Engineering, field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics, field of study Law, field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Management, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics, field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Applied Mathematics, field of study Information Science and Computation Technology, field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems, field of study Information Security; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Software Engineering, field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Philology, field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philosophy, field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study History of Art, field of study Cultural Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Sociology, field of study Psychology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Journalism, field of study Media Communications, field of study Media Communications, field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Advertising and Public Relations; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Physics, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod); 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- The History of European Colonialism (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- The History of European Colonialism (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Academic Reading 2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 2 module)Eng
- Comparative History of Empires (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Comparative History of Empires (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Comparative History of Empires (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Management; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Public Administration, field of study Psychology, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Physics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philosophy, field of study History of Art, field of study History, field of study Cultural Studies, field of study Philology, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law, field of study Law, field of study Law; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Linguistics, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History, field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics, field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Law, field of study Linguistics, field of study Software Engineering, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Foreign Regional Studies, field of study International Relations, field of study Economics, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod); 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics, field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Applied Mathematics, field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Business Informatics, field of study Management, field of study Management, field of study Business Informatics, field of study Management; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology, field of study Biology; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Foundations of Russian Statehood (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod); 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Homo Sovieticus (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems, field of study Information Security, field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Philosophy, field of study History of Art, field of study Cultural Studies, field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Philology, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics, field of study Law, field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Historical Vocabulary in English (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 4 module)Eng
- History of Russia by Names and Biographies (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Homo Sovieticus (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Recent Trends in the Scholarship on Soviet History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Applied Mathematics, field of study Information Science and Computation Technology, field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems, field of study Information Security; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod); 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2024
Опера в музыкальном театре: история и современность (Москва). Presentation: Опера между войной и миром: организационная экономика Большого театра в 1945–1948 гг.
- 2023
Musique et imaginaires politiques dans l’Europe des années 1930. Presentation: Qu’écoutait-on en URSS en 1930 et 1935? État des lieux, enjeux méthodologiques et observations empiriques sur le cas de Moscou
Musique et imaginaires politiques dans l’Europe des années 1930 (Royaumont). Presentation: The Bolshoi in the mid-1930s: A European Stage, or a Stalinist Outlier?
- 2022
XXVIII круглый стол "Россия и внешний мир: проблемы взаимовосприятия и культурных контактов" (Москва). Presentation: «Россия» и «русские» в послевоенном австрийском дискурсе: наследие нацизма, холодная война и советская культурная дипломатия как факторы формирования образа «другого»
- 2021
Война и советская повседневность: новые источники и интерпретации (Москва). Presentation: Победители и побежденные: музыка как средство культурной дипломатии в послевоенный период
- 2020
La cultura nelle relazioni internazionali Est-Ovest (1945-1990) (Рим). Presentation: “Dalla parola stampata ai suoni della musica: note e letteratura musicale come veicolo intermediale di transferts musicali austro-sovietici durante l'occupazione alleata (1945-1955)
Forschungsseminar zur Geschichte des Kalten Krieges, Universität Graz (Грац). Presentation: Kulturpolitik im Kalten Krieg: Österreichische Akteure sowjetischer Musikdiplomatie während der Alliierten Besatzungszeit
Jour Fixe Kulturwissenschaften (Вена). Presentation: Gibt es ein totalitäres Theatermanagement? Zur Problematik der Operntheater als Kulturinstitutionen im Totalitarismus und in der Kriegswirtschaft
- 2019
Culture, création, patrimoine dans l’empire russe, en URSS et dans le monde postsoviétique: Nouveaux récits, Nouvelles approches (Страсбург). Presentation: Comment écrire une nouvelle histoire de l'opéra en Russie ? Enjeux méthodologiques et axes de recherche dans le contexte de l'historiographie récente et le(s) discours sur l'opéra dans l'espace russophone
Время Коминтерна (Москва). Presentation: 100-летие основания республики в Германии и Австрии
Littératures et musiques dans les relations internationales Identités, transferts culturels et réception à l’époque contemporaine (Париж). Presentation: Le Bolchoï et l’économie culturelle soviétique en perspective comparée (années 1930-années 1950)
- 2018
Международная научная конференция СССР, ЗАПАД И ВОСТОК (Москва). Presentation: Soviet Forays into the Land of Music: VOKS Delegation’s Visit to Austria in 1950 as an Encounter with Western Music and Musicians
- 2017
Branding 'Western Music' (Берн). Presentation: Austria’s European Reintegration? European Allies’ Musical Policies and the Transformations of Austrian Soundscape and Public Space under the Occupation Regime 1945-1955
East-West Cultural Relations: Interplay of Arts and Cultural Diplomacy, 1945-2017 (Jyväskylä). Presentation: Transnational Entanglements in the Heart of Europe: Russian Music in 2017 Austria, 1945-1955. Soviet Cultural Propaganda, Russian Revival and Changing Scenes in the Land of Music
Neue Wege in die Zeitgeschichte – 14. Potsdamer DoktorandInnenforum zur Zeitgeschichte (Потсдам). Presentation: Der Russe kommt… und singt ? Russenangst, Sowjetbesatzung und Musikdiplomatie im Wiener Alltags- und Kulturleben (1945-55)
Grants
JESH scholarship, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgenforschung), 2020
ATLAS scholarship, Fondation de la Maison des sciences de l'homme - Centre d'études franco-russes (Centre d'histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines/Paris-Saclay), 2019
Grant of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for completing a PhD project at the European University Institute, Florence (Russia-EUI agreement), 2013-2017.
Erasmus+ doctoral exchange grant at the University of Vienna, Oct 2015 - Jan 2016.
Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria for Undergraduates, Graduates and Postgraduates, Oct 2012 - Jan 2013.
Employment history
Teacher of History, Intellectual State School, 2020 - present
International Relations Officer, State Academic University for the Humanities, January-July 2018
Linguistic Pleasure: HSE University’s Academic Writing Centre
Founded in 2011, the Academic Writing Centre strives to help HSE University faculty improve their academic and research-writing skills in English. HSE University bulletin Okna spoke to several teachers and researchers who have used the AWC’s services over the decade.