Maria A. Volkonskaya
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies
- Programme Academic Supervisor:Philology
- Maria A. Volkonskaya has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education and Degrees
- 2012
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Germanic Languages
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Thesis Title: The language of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”: on the interrelationship between traditional poetic words and loanwords - 2011
Doctoral programme in Germanic languages
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Philology - 2007
Degree in Philology
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Philology
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.
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Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2014-2015)
Courses (2023/2024)
- History of English: From "Beowulf" to Shakespeare (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Medievalism in English Literature (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Eng
Medievalism in English Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "45.04.01. Филология", field of study "45.04.01. Филология"; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
- Modern English Novel (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Medievistics and Medievalism" (Optional course (faculty); 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Medievistics and Medievalism" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- The Basics of Critical Reading and Academic Writing (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Critical Thinking and Academic Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Medievalism in English Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "45.04.01. Филология", field of study "45.04.01. Филология"; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
Modern English Literature (20-21 centuries) (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Modern English Literature (20-21 centuries) (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Modern English Literature (20-21 centuries) (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- American and European Literary History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Literature of Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar «Current Issues in English and American Literary Studies: Text, Subtext and Context» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Critical Reading and Writing Skills (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- History of the English Language (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Late Medieval and Renaissance Culture (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Literature of Great Britain (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2022the 18th International Saga Conference: Sagas and the Circum-Baltic Arena, Helsinki and Tallinn (Хельсинки). Presentation: On ranks and rankings (roundtable “Better late than never: Olga Smirnitskaya’s 'The Verse and the Language of Old Germanic Poetry' appears in English” )
- 12th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 12). Presentation: Tracing the roots of Lawman’s poetic diction: synonyms for "man, warrior" in the "Brut" and Old English non-poetic sources
- 202156th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo). Presentation: Poetic Diction in Lawman’s "Brut": Continuity or Connectivity?
- 2020
Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries - MEMSA Podcast Series (Дарем). Presentation: Scottish “The Vertewis of the Mess” and its English Counterparts
- 201911th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 11) (Флоренция). Presentation: Authorial self-presentation in the "Ormulum"
- Между строк... или грамматика нереального-3 (Москва). Presentation: Пастырь и паства: к вопросу о прагматике и риторике английских гомилий конца X–XII веков
- 2018International Medieval Congress (IMC) (Лидс). Presentation: John Lydgate on the virtues of the mass: translation, memory, and change
- 201710th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 10) (Ставангер). Presentation: Number symbolism in the "Ormulum"
- 2016Ломоносовские чтения (Москва). Presentation: Древнеанглийские поэтические синонимы в свете корпусных данных
- Гаспаровские чтения - 2016 (Москва). Presentation: “Rinkas feollen”: cинонимические обозначения мужчины, воина в английских поэтических памятниках X–XIII века
- International Medieval Congress (IMC) (Лидс). Presentation: Old English and Middle English alliterative ranks: the devil in the details
- Aspects sociaux des littératures médiévales. Texte et situation communicative au Moyen Âge (Москва). Presentation: “Whi icc till Ennglissh hafe wennd / Goddspelless hallᵹhe lare”: the author and the audience of the “Ormulum”
- 20159th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 9) (Вроцлав). Presentation: Translating "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight": interpreting the diction, interpreting the metre
- 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo). Presentation: Translator and language change: on J.R.R. Tolkien's translation of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
- 2014Ломоносовские чтения (Москва). Presentation: "Ормулум" в контексте средневековых учений о языке
- 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo). Presentation: Insular spelling reforms in the Middle Ages: the "Ormulum" and the "First Grammatical Treatise"
- Научный семинар направления "Филология" (Москва). Presentation: Англо-французский билингвизм и его отражение в английской поэзии конца XIV века
- 20138th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 8) (Мурсия). Presentation: On the origins and functions of synonyms in Middle English alliterative poetry
Publications13
- Chapter Parina E., Volkonskaya M. A. Middle Welsh Texts on the Virtues of the Mass in their European Context, in: Transmission of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Turnhout : Brepols Publishers, 2019. P. 87-99. doi
- Preprint Volkonskaya M. A. Synonyms for ‘Man, Warrior’ in Laȝamon’s "Brut" and Old English Alliterative Poetry / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2017. No. WP BRP 22/LS/2017.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. "Ормулум" и "Первый грамматический трактат": об особенностях "островных" реформ орфографии в Англии и Исландии // В кн.: Атлантика: Записки по исторической поэтике Вып. XII: Образ острова в языке и культуре кельтов и германцев. М. : МАКС Пресс, 2015. С. 77-98.
- Article Volkonskaya M. A. Rev. of Miller, D. G. (2012). External influences on English: From its beginnings to the Renaissance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. // Journal of Language and Education. 2015. Vol. 1. No. 4. P. 81-84.
- Preprint Volkonskaya M. A. Translator and Language Change: On J.R.R. Tolkien’s Translation of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2015. No. WP BRP 10/LS/2015 .
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Предисловие к "Ормулуму" (введение и комментарии М. А. Волконской, перевод Н. В. Аносова и М. А. Волконской) // В кн.: Атлантика: Записки по исторической поэтике Вып. XII: Образ острова в языке и культуре кельтов и германцев. М. : МАКС Пресс, 2015. С. 99-134.
- Preprint Volkonskaya M. A. Twelfth-Century Rise Of Spelling Reforms: The Ormulum And The First Grammatical Treatise / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Literary Studies". 2014. No. WP BRP 02/LS/2014.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Синонимические обозначения мужчины и женщины в средневековой английской аллитерационной поэзии // В кн.: Динамика культурно-исторической парадигмы: человек, слово, текст. М., Калуга : Эйдос, 2014. С. 138-145.
- Article Volkonskaya M. A. Loanwords and stylistics: on the gallicisms in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" // The Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics (ESUKA – JEFUL). 2013. Vol. 4. No. 2. P. 145-156.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Первая строфа поэмы «Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь»: язык и темы // В кн.: Атлантика. Записки по исторической поэтике Вып. XI: К 75-летию О. А. Смирницкой. М. : Издательство Московского университета, 2013. С. 75-85.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Изменения в языковой ситуации в Англии XIV века и их отражение в поэме "Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь" // В кн.: Динамические процессы в германских языках: Материалы Четвертых лингвистических чтений памяти В.Н. Ярцевой / РАН. Ин-т языкознания (Москва, 6 ноября 2012 г.) / Отв. ред.: Д. Б. Никуличева. Вып. 4. М., Калуга : Эйдос, 2012. С. 202-207.
- Article Волконская М. А. Взаимодействие скандинавизмов и галлицизмов в поэме "Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь" // Вестник Московского университета. Серия 9: Филология. 2011. Т. 9. № 5. С. 119-128.
- Chapter Волконская М. А. Употребление скандинавских заимствований при описании пути сэра Гавейна в Зеленую Часовню ("Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь", строки 2077-2238) // В кн.: Научное наследие Владимира Григорьевича Адмони и современная лингвистика. Материалы Международной научной конференции, посвященной 100-летию со дня рождения В.Г. Адмони / Отв. ред.: М. Воейкова. СПб. : Издательство Нестор-История, 2009. С. 74-75.