Dr. Maksim Krongauz, current Head of the Laboratory of Linguistic Conflict Resolution Studies and Contemporary Communicative Practices at the Higher School of Economics, will present a series of four lectures this week at MIIS as part of the Visiting Experts program of the Graduate Initiative of Russian Studies.
The first deliver a lecture titled, “Russian Language in the 21st Century,” which will take place on Tuesday, March 7. The second lecture, titled, “Language, Political Power and Society in Russia,” will take place on Thursday, March 9. The third, titled, “Internet and Russian Language,” will take place on Tuesday, March 14, and the fourth, titled, “Linguistic Conflicts,” will take place on Thursday, March 16. All four of these lectures will take place from 2:00PM-3:50PM, and will be delivered in Russian. Each lecture will be given in the videoconference room at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (V-499, VC room, CNS). Presentations will not be open to the public, due to space limitations.
Maksim Krongauz is a linguist, professor, Doctor of Philology. His work has shown that the Russian language of today can be not only an object of criticism, but also the subject of serious study. Professor Krongauz’s career is noted for its remarkable consistency: since his graduation from Moscow State University’s Department of Philology with a degree in linguistics, Professor Krongauz has continually reached new academic heights year after year. He helped found the Institute of Linguistics at the Russian State University for the Humanities, which has become one of the leading centers for language studies in post-Soviet Russia. In recent years, Professor Krongauz has focused on studying the modern Russian language. In 2008, he wrote Russian on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, calling on his colleagues to avoid hysterics over the state of their native tongue. Professor Krongauz contributes regularly to various publications, where he proves time and time again that linguistics, far from being the exclusive domain of dry theories, is a fascinating and thought-provoking field.
In addition to his position as the Head of the Laboratory of Linguistic Conflict Resolution Studies and Contemporary Communicative Practices at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Dr. Krongauz is also the Head of the Russian State University for the Humanities’ Russian Language Department. He is an author of popular print and digital articles on the Russian language, linguistics, and education, and is an active participant in public discussions on television and radio. Dr. Krongauz is a guest researcher and professor at universities in France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Estonia, Finland, and China. He is a recipient of the Diderot (France) and Humboldt (Germany) Scholarships, and was granted the title of Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation. Dr. Krongauz is a Member of the Government Council on the Russian Language of the Russian Federation, and an Enlightener prize laureate.
Dr. Krongauz is the author of numerous research papers, textbooks, and articles on semantics, pragmatics, semiotics, and cultural and Russian studies, including:
- Prefixes and Verbs in Russian: Semantic Grammar (1998)
- Semiotics, or the Alphabet of Communication (2009, 4th, co-author G. E. Kreydlinym)
- Semantics (2005, 2nd)
- Russian on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2007)
- Russian on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 3-D (2012)
- Teach Yourself Internet Russian (2013)
- Word by Word (2015)
- Dictionary of Internet Russian (2016, editor and contributing author)