Aleksandra Bekasova
- Associate Professor: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Department of History
- Aleksandra Bekasova has been at HSE University since 2011.
Education and Degrees
European University in St Petersburg
Zhdanov Leningrad 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 — 2023
Courses (2024/2025)
- Anthropocene (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History, field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Anthropocene (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Historical Urban Studies (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History, field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Historical Urban Studies (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Mobility in history (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 5 year, 3 module)Rus
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar - 4 (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management, field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Historical Urban Studies (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History, field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Historical Urban Studies (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Mobility in history (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 5 year, 1 module)Rus
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar - 4 (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- The Anthropocene: An Introduction to Global History and Anthropology (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History, field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- The Anthropocene: An Introduction to Global History and Anthropology (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Anthropocene (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Anthropocene (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Historical Urban Studies (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Historical Urban Studies (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar 4 (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Anthropocene (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Historical Urban Studies (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Mobility in history (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Mobility in history (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Peter the Great's St. Petersburg (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar - 1 (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Urban History in Transnational Perspective (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
The Master's in 'Global and Regional History' Trains Specialists in History and Anthropology
The Master's programme 'Global and Regional History' has two educational tracks: one historical and one anthropological. The main goal of the programme is to prepare graduates to continue their academic careers. However, students will also be able to work in more applied fields: in museums, publishing companies, exhibitions, and marketing. Find out which courses await students and why the programme rejects traditional divisions into Russian and world history in this interview with Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov, the programme's Academic Supervisor.
HSE Students Explore Environmental Problems at Summer School in South Urals
The summer school 'Space in/for Environmental Humanities: Reconsidering the Global through Studying Peripheries' explored the impact of human activity on natural environments and their transformation. It was co-organised by the School of Environmental and Social Studies (Anthroposchool) at the University of Tyumen (TSU) and the HSE Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities (IGITI), with support from the Mirror Labs programme of HSE University.
Exploring the History of Places and Environment in Russia
The collective volume Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History, co-edited by David Moon, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and HSE researcher Alexandra Bekasova, was recently presented at a seminar of the Laboratory for the Environmental and Technological History of the Centre for Historical Research at HSE – St. Petersburg. The book is one of the fruits of a networking project carried out in 2013-2016 with active participation of HSE researchers.
Five years of the Summer School by History Department “Topography of imperial power: the political and cultural space of St. Petersburg”
The summer school of the HSE’s Department of History, St. Petersburg, with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, was held for the fifth time this year and attracted an international group of students from Germany and the USA to participate.
Exploring Political and Cultural Space of St Petersburg through the Summer School 'Topography of Imperial Power'
On a grey autumn day, it is always nice to warm up by reliving memories of summer adventures. This year, the balmy weather did not leave our city till mid-October, and a summer mood also lingered at HSE University – St Petersburg with the IV International Summer School 'The Topography of Imperial Power: Political and Cultural Space of Saint Petersburg' which ran from September 11 till October 2, 2018.
European Society for Environmental History Conference
From June 30 – July 3, 2015, Julia Lajus, Alexandra Bekasova, Marina Loskutova, Margarita Dadykina, and Elena Kochetkova, researchers from the Department of History and Center of Historical Studies, took part in the 8th Conference of the European Society for Environmental History. The event took place at University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.