Department of Cultural Studies

The Department of Cultural Studies was established in 1992.

Focus of research:

• Religiousness and literature of Russian abroad;
• Genesis and evolution of winged words in popular culture;
• Semantics of cultural landscapes and semiotics of space;
• Constitutional culture, the history of constitutional law;
• Memory studies and urban anthropology;
• Cultural landscape of 19th century Europe: folklore and written traditions.

Researchers:

• Olga V. Kuleshova – PhD (Philology), Head of the Department, Leading Researcher
• Olga A. Lavrenova – Dr.Sc. (Philosophy), PhD (Geographical Sciences), Leading Researcher
• Galina N. Andreeva – PhD (Law), Leading Researcher
• Sergei V. Belyanin – Junior Researcher
• Konstantin V. Dushenko – PhD (History), Senior Researcher
• Tatiana N. Goncharova – Leading Editor
• Anna E. Kalkaeva – Researcher

Latest major publications by members of the Department:

Books

• Dushenko, K. V. (2024) ‘Russophobia’ among Other Phobias and Manias: from the History of Political Language. Moscow: INION. – 200 p. (in Russian)
• Dushenko, K. V. (2023) Metaphors, Images, Symbols: From the History of Culture and Language. Moscow: INION. – 345 p. (in Russian)
• Lavrenova, O. A. (2019) Spaces and Meanings: Semantics of the Cultural Landscape. Springer. – 216 p. (in English)

Articles

• Kuleshova, O. V. (2024) Comprehension of Christianity in D.S. Merezhkovsky’s Emigrant Work (On the Example of the Novel Luther): Tradition and Its Overcoming. Lomonosov Philology Journal. Series 9. Philology, no. 4. – pp. 201–212. (in Russian)
• Andreeva, G. N. (2024) On Some Artifacts Related to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation/ 关于与 1993 年俄罗斯联邦宪法有关的一些文物. Proceedings of the International Conference “Scientific Research of the SCO Countries: Synergy and Integration” – Reports in English (April 26, 2024. Beijing, PRC). Part 1. Beijing (PRC). – pp. 156–163. (in English)
  
• Kalkaeva, A. E. (2024) Male and Female Witch Aggression in 19th Century Sagen of Northern Germany, RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. “Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies” Series, no. 6. – pp. 124–138. (in Russian)
• Belyanin, S. V. (2024) From Legend to Joke and Back: Urban Legends and Jokes about the COVID-19 Pandemic. Herald of Culturology, no. 2(109). – pp. 209–228. (in Russian)
• Belyanin, S. V., & Zakrevskaya, E. A. (2024) “The Memory Industry”: Reproduction and Production of Public Stories About the Great Patriotic War. Shagi/Steps, 10(3). – pp. 85–107. (in Russian)
• Lavrenova, O. A. (2023) Color Semantics of the Cultural Landscape. Arts. 12: 111.
• Andreeva, G. N. (2022) The Magna Carta as a Legal Act, a Cultural and Historical Artifact and an Object of Fine Art. Herald of Culturology, no. 2 (101). – pp. 163–194. (in Russian)
• Kalkaeva, A. E. (2022) Wild Wassermann. The Ballad and Mythological Beliefs About Water Spirits, RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. “Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies” Series, no. 4, part 2. – pp. 186–200. (in Russian)
• Kuleshova, O. V. (2020) El Camino de Santiago as a Socio-Cultural Phenomenon of Modern Spain. Herald of Culturology, no. 2 (93). – pp. 85–96. (in Russian)

The Department publishes the academic journal “Herald of Culturology”.

The Department hosts a regular seminar on “Religion and Culture,” in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy, as well as a public lecture series “Chronicles of the British Isles,” co-organized with the Department of Literary Studies.