OLGA M. TABACHNIKOVA
PhD, Professor of Russian. University of Central Lancashire, Preston, the UK, Subject Leader for Russsian, The Director of the Vladimir Vysotsky Centre for Slavonic Studies
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-6713
Scopus: 12243790400
E-mail: otabachnikova@uclan.ac.uk
EDUCATION
2007 – PhD (Philosophy) in Franco-Russian Studies, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath
DEGREES AND TITLES
Dr. Sci. (Philosophy) in Franco-Russian Studies; Professor
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Lecturer in Russian Studies (Universities of Bath, Bristol and Central Lancashire, the UK)
SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL WORK
Community work, participation in scientific communities, Conference Organiser, Steering Committees member for numerous international academic conferences, Member of BASEES (British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies)
PARTICIPATION IN THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Slavica Litteraria, Brno, Czech Republic
Humanity Space International Almanac, Moscow, Russia
Problems of Literary Criticism, Chernivtsy, Ukraine
Journal of Russian Studies, Kazan, Russia; Scientific Papers of Kharkov National Pedagogical University. Literary Studies, Kharkov, Ukraine
Mirgorod: The Annual of the History and Epistemology of Contemporary Literary Studies, Poland
CURRENT AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
Sociologically and culturally informed Russian literary-philosophical research: Russian cultural continuity and history of ideas (Russian Irrationalism, Silver Age, WWI); gender and identity studies from the 19th century to the present day; links between Russian thought, literature and film. Comparative literature. Research-led teaching; Interdisciplinary research networking; Archival research
RECEIVED GRANTS
Bolashak Fellowship grants to cover the training programme of Bolashak scholars at the Vladimir Vysotsky Centre for Slavonic Studies (UCLan, Preston, since 2021)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (University of Bristol, 2009-2010)
Entente Cordiale Scholarship (Sorbonne, 2001)
AWARDS, HONORARY TITLES
Teaching Award (UCLan, Preston)
International Poetry Award (London)
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS OF RECENT YEARS ON THE ISSUES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Articles
Entrepreneurship as career choice of Russian students: the role of university education, cultural traditions, and gender stereotypes. Entrepreneurship Education, 2024, no. 7, pp. 135-153. (in co-authorship)
Interdisciplinary Approach: The role of Art in Science and Education. Arts, Education and Science, 2023, no. 3 (36), pp. 6-15. (in co-authorship)
Philology as a value-oriented pedagogy: experience of teaching Russian literature to a foreign audience. Philology at the junction of sciences: challenges and trends, 2022, pp. 70-73.
Prospects, Problems and the Role of Artistic Education in Ensuring Balanced Cultural Development. Art Studies: Research, Experience, Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Art Studies: Research, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2021), 2021, pp. 291–299. (in co-authorship)
The role of literary education in semiotics of professional behaviour: a socio-cultural study of Russian students. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2020), 2020, vol. 469, pp. 385-393. (in co-authorship)
Books
Dostoevsky in the Arts and Beyond: Contemporary Perspectives. Ethics Press. Bradford, 2024.
A Culture of Discontinuity? Russian Cultural Debates in Historical Perspective. Oxford, 2023.
Russian-British Intercultural Dialogue: Russian Music in Britain – British Music in Russia. Moscow: State Institute for Art Studies Publishing, 2020.
Russian Irrationalism from Pushkin to Brodsky: Seven Essays in Literature and Thought. Bloomsbury Academic Publishing: London, New York, Sydney and Delhi, 2015.
Facets of Russian Irrationalism between Art and Life: Mystery inside Enigma. Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics, 61. BRILL, Rodopi, Leiden, 2016.
Russian Jewish Diaspora and European Culture (1917-1937). BRILL, Leiden, 2012.
Correspondence of Lev Shestov with Boris de Schloezer, fully annotated edition. YMCA-Press, Paris, 2011.
Anton Chekhov through the eyes of Russian thinkers: Vasilii Rozanov, Dmitrii Merezhkovsky and Lev Shestov, Anthem Press, London, 2010.
