Ivan Mikirtumov

Department Head, Professor: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Department of Philosophy
Laboratory Head: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / School of Arts and Humanities / Laboratory for Critical Cultural Theory

Ivan Mikirtumov has been at HSE University since 2022.

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Responsibilities

Head of the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of the St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Arts, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Head of the Laboratory of Critical Theory of Culture, Faculty of the St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Arts, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Education, Degrees and Academic Titles

2007

Doctor of Sciences*
Thesis Title: Theory of meaning in general intensional logic: from the principle of compositionality to epistemic attitudes

2002

Associate Professor

1993

Degree in Philosophy
St Petersburg State University

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Professional Interests

critical thinking logical semantics rhetoric argumentation theory affects political theory

Courses (2024/2025)

Critical Thinking (Optional course (university); 1-4 module)Rus
Philosophy of Language in the Humanities: from the Theory of Meaning to the Theory of Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Political Theory (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Argumentation Theory (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Persuasion Practices and Collective Rationality (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Persuasion Practices and Collective Rationality (Master’s programme; Institute of Asian and African Studies field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Philosophy of Language in the Humanities: from the Theory of Meaning to the Theory of Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Philosophy of Science (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Physics; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Philosophy of Science (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
Political Theory (Minor; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

2021: Member of the Editorial Board , Эпистемология и философия науки (Epistemology and Philosophy of Science).

2020: Member of the Editorial Board , Слово.ру: балтийский акцент.

2019: Member of the Editorial Council , Вестник Томского государственного университета. Философия. Социология. Политология (Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science).

2015: Member of the Editorial Board , Логические исследования (Logical Investigations).

2012: Member of the Editorial Council , Логико-философские штудии.

Grants

Grants from the Russian Science Foundation, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Foundation for the Humanities, etc. 1998–2024 — head in 16 projects, participant in 8 projects/

Projects 2020-2024.

1. St. Petersburg State University NM-2020, Organization and holding of the conference “Social semiotics: points of growth.” 2020. Head.
2. RFBR 18-011-00895, “Logical study of significative phenomena: semantics and pragmatics,” 2018-2020. Head.
3. St. Petersburg State University NM-2022, Organization and holding of the conference “Meaning and meaning formation”. 2022. Head..
4. Programm for Fundamental Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2023-2025, project No. 159 “Borders of modern culture: nature, technologies and social interfaces.” Head.
5. RSF 20-18-00158 “Formal philosophy of argumentation and a comprehensive methodology for searching and selecting solutions to disputes”, 2020-2022, 2023-2024 (extension). Participant.
6. RFBR 20-011-0048 “Deliberative argumentation between reasoning and action”, 2020-2022. Participant.
7. RSF 21-18-00496 "Semantic structure of propositional attitudes of consciousness", 2021-2023. Participant.
8. St. Petersburg State University commissioned by RANEPA “Development of the educational model of liberal arts and sciences in the conditions of digitalization", 2020. Participant.
9. St. Petersburg State University commissioned by RANEPA “Discourses of Interdisciplinarity: Issues of Interdisciplinary Interaction and Communication,” 2022. Participant.
10. HSE University, Center for Fundamental Research project "Boundaries of Modern Culture: Nature, Technology, and Social Interfaces", TT-159. 2023. Head.
11. HSE University, Center for Fundamental Research project "Nature in the Optics of Digital Culture: Paradoxes, Hybrids, Phantasms", TT-55. Head.

Employment history

Academic positions
1997–2009 — Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Logic at St. Petersburg State University.
2001–2008 — Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at St. Petersburg State University.
2009–2021 — Professor, Head of the Department of Logic at St. Petersburg State University.
2012–2018 — Head of the Master's Program "Logic, Argumentation, Communication" at the Faculty of Philosophy at St. Petersburg State University.
2011–2018 — Curator of the "Culture of Germany" Program and Cooperation with Heidelberg University at the Faculty of Philosophy at St. Petersburg State University.
2014–2018 — Head of the Master's Program "German Philosophy" at St. Petersburg State University.
2017–2023 — Lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the Saint Petersburg State University.
2014–2024 — Visiting Professor at the European University at Saint Petersburg.
Since 2023 — Head of the Laboratory of Critical Theory of Culture at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg
Since 2023 — Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of the Saint Petersburg School of Arts and Humanities at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Expert of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation (2011-2016).

Expert of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (2011-2020).

Expert of the Russian Scientific Foundation (2014 - present)

Sep

2023

HSE University Opens the Laboratory of Critical Theory of Culture

The School of Arts and Humanities opened the Laboratory of Critical Theory of Culture. There, the researchers will engage in the development of new theory of culture in the fast-paced modern world. The head of the Laboratory was assigned to be Ivan Mikirtumov, Doctor of Philosophy and professor at HSE University-St Petersburg.

Nov

2022

Formal Philosophy 2022

On 31 October – 3 November 2022 , the International Conference "Formal Philosophy – 2022" was held, organized by the HSE International Laboratory of Logic, Linguistics and Formal Philosophy.