Boris Lanin
Doctor of Philology (Moscow, 1994)
Academy of Education on Russia, Department of Literature, Chair and Principal Professor
Research Topics
Methods of teaching literature
Education and Academic Employment
1978-83 — | Undergraduate study at the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute (Baku); specializing in Russian Language and Literature, and Education. Awarded Summa Cum Laude equivalent. |
1991-1999 – | Senior Research Fellow at Academy of Education of Russia |
1990 — | ‘Candidate of Science’ (Philology, at Moscow Pedagogical University). . |
Since January, 1999 – | Principal Professor and Chair of Literature at Academy of Education of Russia, Moscow, Russia |
1994 — | Doctor of Philology (Ph. D., at Moscow Pedagogical University). |
Research Fields of Interest
- Russian Literature of the 19-21st c.
- Methods of Teaching Russian Language
- Rhetoric
- and Literature (incl. Internet and other new technologies)
- Utopian and Anti-Utopian Thought
- Modern Mass Media and Culture (incl. cinema and arts)
Selected Publications
- (2011) Evgenii Zamiatin’s Legacy in Modern Russian Anti-Utopia, in Acta Slavica Iaponica, Volume 29, pp.49-63.
- (2011) Body in Modern Russian Anti-Utopia, in Body in Slavic Futuro-Fantasy, ed. by D. Ajdacic, Beograd, SlovoSlavia, pp.111-124. (In Serbian)
- (2009) Mass-literature in Russian School Curricula, in Mass-literature in Modern Russia, ed. I. Savkina, M. Cherniak, St Petersburg, SPGUTD, pp.146-155.
- (2005) Literary Education in 19-21 c., Moscow, VGNA, 156 pp.
Honors
2003 | Senior Visiting Fellowship at Central European University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Budapest, Hungary. |
2005 | The British Academy Visiting Professorship, July-August, UK. |
2006 | Senior Visiting Fellowship at Stanford Humanities Center and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, USA. |
2007 | Visiting Fellowship at Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Kobe University. |
2010 | Visiting Fellowship at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington (DC) |
2011 | Visiting Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Paris, France. |
Other Interests
2003 | Senior Visiting Fellowship at Central European University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Budapest, Hungary. |
2005 | The British Academy Visiting Professorship, July-August, UK. |
2006 | Senior Visiting Fellowship at Stanford Humanities Center and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, USA. |
2007 | Visiting Fellowship at Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Kobe University. |
2010 | Visiting Fellowship at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington (DC) |
2011 | Visiting Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Paris, France. |
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