Elena Sharnova

Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History

Distinguished staff member (2021)

Elena Sharnova has been at HSE University since 2012.

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Education and Degrees

1987

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Fine Arts, Crafts and Architecture
Lomonosov Moscow State University

1980

Degree in History of Art
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.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2008 (September) - the Attingham Trust, Great Britain. Royal collections studies

2011 (September) - the Attingham Trust, Great Britain. Programme "Glasgow and the West of Scotland"

Professional Interests

Art history history of collections

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2024, 2020, 2017

Courses (2024/2025)

European Art of the 17th - 18th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Methods of Art-Historical Research: Working with the Primary Sources" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

European Art of the 17 and 18 Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar "An Investigation into Materials and Techniques of Cultural Heritage Attribution" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Research Methods in Art History: Theory and Practice" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
The History of Art Collecting (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
The History of Art Collecting (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

European Art of the 17th - 18th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar "An Investigation into Materials and Techniques of Cultural Heritage Attribution" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Research Methods in Art History: Theory and Practice" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
The History of Art Collecting (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Art of the 17 - 18th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "An Investigation into Materials and Techniques of Cultural Heritage Attribution" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The History of Art Collecting (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

Art of the 17 - 18th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "An Investigation into Materials and Techniques of Cultural Heritage Attribution" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

Since 2004 - editorial board member of collection of articles "The Age of Enlightenment"

2016: Member of the Editorial Board , Искусствознание.

Grants

1998 (september) - grant of Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA

2000 (march - april) - grant of the "Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts", National Gallery, Washington

2001 (november- december) - grant of the "Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts", National Gallery, Washington

2002 (april - may) - grant of "la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme", Paris

2003 (july - august) - grant of "la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme", Paris

Conferences

2015
Западноевропейский пейзаж XVII-XVIII веков: к 400-летнему юбилею Сальватора Розы (1615-1673) и Гаспара Дюге (1615-1675) (Москва). Presentation: «Пейзаж во вкусе Сальватора Розы». Сальватор Роза и французский пейзаж XVIII века.

2013
Les sciences humaines et sociales en Russie : invention de langages scientifiques et traduction. Colloque international. Presentation: A propos de la formation du langage d’histoire de l’art en Russie. La description des ecoles illustres par les oeuvres et les artistes qui en sont issus etc. (1767-1768) de Dmitri A.Golitsyn.

2010
Le palazzo Mancini. L’Académie de France à Rome au XVIII siècle. (Рим). Presentation: Nikolaj B. Youssoupov dans le milieu artistique de Rome en 1784-1785.

Employment history

1980 - 2002 - the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts - curator responsible for French Paintings of XVI - XIX centuries in the Department of Western European Art.

1996 - 2000 - associate professor at the Faculty of Art History in the State Lomonossov University.

2002 - 2012 - associate professor, Russian University of Human Sciences.

2002 - 2012 - research curator in the estate museum in Arkhangelskoye

1980 - 2002 - the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, scientific worker; curator responsible for French Paintings of XVI - XIX centuries in the Department of Western European Art.

2002 - 2011 - research curator in the estate museum in Arkhangelskoye

Feb

2015

‘As long as we think about the Middle Ages as a dark time, we will remain dark ourselves’

Every era builds its own version of the Middle Ages, and the modern age is no exception. Oleg Voskoboynikov, the youngest full professor at the Higher School of Economics, talks about the reason for the popularity of metaphors that refer to that era, why the ‘Suffering Middle Ages’ group on VKontakte [Russia’s largest social media site — Ed.] is not the same thing as medieval studies and how the desire to be different from everyone else can lead a student to study the Middle Ages.