Alexander Voevodskiy
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Alexander Voevodskiy has been at HSE University since 2011.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
Derzhavin Tambov State University, History
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.
Courses (2024/2025)
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Relations of the USSR with the Countries of Asia and Africa in the Context of the Cold War" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-3 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
- The History of Modern Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 5 year, 3 module)Rus
- The History of Modern Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- 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
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Cold War in Asia and Africa: Historiography and Primary Sources" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- The History of Modern Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 5 year, 3 module)Rus
- The History of Modern Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Introduction to Human History (Optional course (faculty); 2, 3 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Cold War in Asia and Africa: Historiography and Primary Sources" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Europe in XVI-XVIII Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- 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
- Introduction to Human History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial World of Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Postcolonial World of Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Comparative History of Empires in Modern and Contemporary Times (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics, field of study Mathematics; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Human History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Postcolonial Studies and the History of Empires of the 20th Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Postcolonial World of Africa (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
Conferences
- 2023
XXXII Международный научный Конгресс по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Образование Организации африканского единства (1963 г.) и ее влияние на интересы Запада: взгляд из Лондона (по документам Национального архива Соединенного Королевства)
Международная конференция «Африка в новом миропорядке: реальность, вызовы, перспективы» (Москва). Presentation: «Рука Москвы»: Кеннет Кома и история отношений СССР с Ботсваной в 1960-1970-е гг.
IV Международный научный форум «Россия-Африка: политика, экономика, история и культура» (Казань). Presentation: Роль Южноафриканской коммунистической партии и Африканского национального конгресса в формировании политики СССР в отношении освободительных движений Юга Африки в 1960-е гг.
Международная научная конференция «Охотинские чтения» (Москва). Presentation: Влияние раскола в АНК и советско-китайского конфликта на политическую ситуацию в Лесото в 1960-е гг.
- 2022
International Conference under the patronage of Hon. Joseph W. Butiku, the Executive Director of the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation «Leadership and Power in Africa in the Past and the Present: Studies in Russia, Tanzania and Beyond», Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Dar es Salaam). Presentation: Documents from Russian Achives as a Source on the History of the Liberation Movements in Southern Africa in the 1960s
III-й Международный научный форум «Россия – Африка: политика, экономика, история и культура» (Казань). Presentation: Роль представительства Советского комитета солидарности в Каире во взаимоотношениях с антиколониальными движениями Юга Африки в начале 1960-х гг.
Международная научная конференция «Пути и страны: Цивилизация Востока в исторической динамике» (Екатеринбург). Presentation: Южноафриканская коммунистическая партия и советско-китайский раскол первой половины 1960-х гг.
Всероссийская научная конференция «Источники по истории Африки: проблемы, тенденции, перспективы изучения и использования» (Москва). Presentation: Оцифрованные архивные коллекции в сети Интернет: новые возможности в изучении истории Африки XX века.
- 2017
Азия и Африка: наследие и современность. XXIX Международный конгресс по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Правовые традиции и обычаи африканцев в правовой системе британских колоний Южной Африки (вторая половина XIX века)
- 2016
Британский мир: опыт социального, политического и культурного развития (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Африканцы в системе британских политических институтов Капской колонии (последняя треть XIX – начало XX в.)
- 2015
XXVIII Международная научная конференция по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки "Азия и Африка в меняющемся мире" (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Формирование национального самосознания африканцев и новый взгляд на историю Южной Африки в произведениях Г.И.Э. Дломо
Nation and State Building in South Africa and Russia in the Late 20th-early 21st Century: objectives, successes, failures, challenges and mutual images (Moscow). Presentation: Reassessing the past for building a future: Russian and South African experience
- 2014
XIII Международная конференция африканистов (Москва). Presentation: Американский опыт межрасовых отношений глазами африканцев Южной Африки (конец XIX – первая треть XX в.)
South African/Russian Dialogue Forum (SARDF) Russia and South Africa: deepening the relationship towards economic, cultural and scientific partnership (Pretoria). Presentation: Prospects of cooperation between Russia and South Africa in the field of higher education
- 2013
Война и мир в истории цивилизаций (Vjcrdf). Presentation: Пророчество Нонгг’авусе в исторической памяти африканских интеллигентов и просветителей Южной Африки конца XIX – первой трети XX вв.
Research Projects
Activities in the Research Group ofNational Research University Higher School of Economics “Politicization of History”:“Politicization of History in the Modern World – Problems of Current Importance”, project #13-05-0028 “Politicization of History in Postcolonial and Postimperial World”, 2013 till date
Work Experience
Associate Professor, World History Department, State Institute for History and Archives, Russian State University for the Humanities, 2009 – till date
Senior Researcher, Center for African Studies, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2009 – till date
Senior Instructor, World History Department, State Institute for History and Archives, Russian State University for the Humanities, 2003 – 2009
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