School of History

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105066 Moscow, Staraya Basmannaya 21/4, building 3

Phone: +7 (495) 772 95 90 *22858

Administrations

School Head – Galina O. Babkova

Deputy Head of the School – Pavel Puchkov

Academic Supervisor – Alexander B. Kamenskii

Manager – Nadezhda Nekrasova

About the School

The HSE School of History was established in 2015 on the basis of the HSE faculty of history. The School's staff brings together leading scientists in various fields of historical knowledge who are widely known and respected in Russia and the international academic community. The School’s instructors are leading historians are authors of numerous books and articles, regular participants in major international scientific forums and research projects, and are also known as popularizers of historical knowledge. The HSE School of History actively cooperates with leading foreign universities and research centers, and organizes international scientific conferences, symposia, and colloquiums.

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Publications

Book

Principles and Forms of Sociocultural Organization: Historical Contexts of Interaction

Gleb V. Aleksandrov, Bondarenko D. M., Anna K. Aleksandrova et al.

L.; NY: Anthem Press, 2026.

Article

Consumer patterns of Moscow nobles and merchants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
In press

Aksenova M.

Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Istoriya. 2026. Vol. -. No. -. P. -.

Book chapter

A Homoarchical Institution within a Heterarchical System: Church and State in Contemporary Greece

Anna K. Aleksandrova.

In bk.: Principles and Forms of Sociocultural Organization: Historical Contexts of Interaction. L.; NY: Anthem Press, 2026. Ch. 9. P. 177-197.

Working paper

Kolesnik A., Rusanov A.

Working Papers of Humanities. WP. Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2021. No. 205.

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Delivered by:: School of History

Type:: Elective course

When:: 5 year, 2 module

Instructor

Iserov, Andrey A.

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Abstract

Данная дисциплина направлена на совершенствование навыков профессионального чтения и дискуссии на английском языке. Классические и новейшие монографии и статьи, тексты исторических источников разных эпох, литературные произведения и рецензии предлагаются для прочтения студентами и последующего обсуждения.

Learning Objectives

Развитие и закрепление навыков интерпретации и критического чтения академических текстов
Закрепление навыков академического чтения и письма

Expected Learning Outcomes

A student develops their skills in analytical reading individual paradigmatic works.
Able to think critically and interpret the experience (personal and of other persons), relate to professional and social activities
A student can critically evaluate and rethink the accumulated experience (one's own and another's), think about professional and social activities.
- Analyzing, comparing and interpreting information within the subject area, using the appropriate thesaurus and using the formed communication strategies.
Identifying the main genres of academic historical production and typical challenges of reading and interpreting them
Students will be able to cross-examine comparable texts in a given genre, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and apply the skills of critical reading to their own academic production
Identify key features of texts produced within the adjacent disciplines as compared to history
Develop advanced reading strategies to critically engage with academic output both from historians and non-historians writing on history-related topics

Course Contents

What Is Academic Reading and Writing: Reflections on Writing Academic Texts
This section consists of three seminars during which students will work with academic papers, dissemination pieces, websites, and short videos.
Reading Key Genres of Academic Production: Full-Length Articles, Reviews, Grant-Related Output and Online Materials
History and Other Disciplines: Peculiarities of Interdisciplinary Texts

Assessment Elements

работа в семинаре
Оценка готовности к семинарским занятиям и работа на семинарских занятиях. Возможна отработка пропущенных семинаров (работа на 7-8 тыс. зн. по заданному на пропущенный семинар тексту).
Экзамен
Письменная домашняя работа объёмом 5-6 тыс. зн. (по монографии из списка литературы)
Краткий, но осмысленный разбор монографии из списка литературы (или утверждённой по согласованию с преподавателем). Включает: обзор источников, место в историографии, проблема исследования -- насколько автор справился с поставленной проблемой, что доказал в своей работе, насколько убедительно.

Interim Assessment

2025/2026 2nd module
0.3 * Письменная домашняя работа объёмом 5-6 тыс. зн. (по монографии из списка литературы) + 0.4 * Экзамен + 0.3 * работа в семинаре

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Building academic reading skills : book 1, Zemach, D. E., 2009
Perspectives : academic reading skills and practice, Rozenberg, M., 2015
World like puzzle : academic reading skills: student's book, Anokhina-Kapustina, L., 2010

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Steps to academic reading 5 : between the lines, Zukowski/Faust, J., 2002

Authors

ISEROV Andrei ALEKSANDROVICH

Academic Reading 1