Since 2010 – Director of the Center for Anthropology of Religion, European University at St Petersburg
Since 1996 – Research fellow, Institute of Russian Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg
Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016
Dr. of science, Institute of Russian Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 2002
Cand. of science, Institute of Russian Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 1997
Diploma in history, St Petersburg State University, 1993
Undergraduate studies in History at St Petersburg State University, 1988–1993
Professional Experience
2002 – University of Wisconsin-Madison, visiting Fulbright Professor
2004–2005 – University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, visiting INTAS Researcher
2005–2009 – Russian State Pedagogical University (St Petersburg), Department of Russian Literature, Full Professor for Folklore and Popular Culture
2010 – Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies: visiting KONE Researcher
2013 – University of Sheffield, visiting Prokhorov Researcher
2010–2018 – Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St Petersburg State University, Full Professor for Cultural Anthropology; Chair of the program “Sociology and Anthropology”
