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Alexander Panchenko’s Publications

(selected publications)

Books

Studies in Popular Orthodoxy. Local Sacred Places of the Russian North-West. St Petersburg: Aleteia, 1998. (in Russian)

Hristovshhina i skopchestvo. Folklore and Traditional Culture of Russian Mystical Sects. Moscow: O.G.I., 2002. (in Russian)

Ioann and Iakov, Unusual Saints from a Marshland: “Popular Hagiology” and Religious Practices in Modern Russia. Moscow: “Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie”, 2012. (in Russian)

Articles and book chapters

“Russian Cult of St Paraskeva Friday and Venerated Stones in the Novgorod Land.” In Divinetc Staroladozhskii, edited by G. Lebedev, 107–119. St Petersburg, 1997. (in Russian)

“‘Magic Letters’: to the Study of Religious Folklore” Anthropology of Religiosity.” In Almanac Kanun 4,  edited by A. Panchenko, 175– 216. St Petersburg, 1998. (in Russian)

“Some Notes and Data to the Study of Russian Mystical Sects” Mythology and Day-to-day Life.” In Proceedings of the Conference. February 18–20, 1998, edited by K. Bogdanov and A. Panchenko, 146–157. St Petersburg, 1998. (in Russian)

“Religious Practices: To the Study of ‘Folk Religion’”. In Mythology and Day-to-day Life II. Proceedings of the Conference. February 26–29, 1999, edited by K. Bogdanov and A. Panchenko, 198-218. St Petersburg, 1999. (in Russian)

“Autobiography of a Cultural Hero (“Adventures” and “Passions” by Kondratii Selivanov).” In Consciousness on Borders. Almanac Kanun 5, edited by V. Bagno and T. Novichkova, 320–396. St Petersburg, 1999. (in Russian).

(with S. A. Shtyrkov) “Alien Voices: Some Data on Russian Klikushestvo (Demonic Possession).” In Alien Name. Almanac Kanun 5, edited by V. Bagno and T. Novichkova, 316–336. St Petersburg, 2000. (in Russian).

“Inquisitors as Anthropologists, Anthropologists as Inquisitors.” Zhivaya Starina 1 (2001): 7-9. (in Russian).

“Eschatological Expectations in a Changing World: Narratives About the End of the World in Present Day Russian Folk Culture.” SEEFA Journal 6, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 10-25. (in English)

“Dream and Folklore: Dreaming in Folk Religion.” Russian Folklore 31 (2001): 112-122. (in Russian).

“Anti-sexuality in Russian Folk Culture.” In Mythology and Day-to-day Life: Gender-centered approach in anthropological disciplines, edited by K. Bogdanov and A. Panchenko, 46–75. St Petersburg, 2001. (in Russian)

(with S. A. Shtyrkov) “Local Legends (introduction, publication, commentaries).” In Traditional Folklore of Novgorod Region, edited by M. Vlasova and V. Zhekulina, 203–221. St Petersburg, 2001. (in Russian)

“Collection by Vasilii Stepanov.” In Forbidden Reading in Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries, edited by A. Toporkov and A. Turilov, 467– 518. Moscow, 2002. (in Russian)

“Judaizants and their Dreams.” In Strangers or not? Jews and Slaws: mutual perception, edited by O. Belova and V. Mochalova, 288–319. Moscow, 2003. (in Russian)

“Chain Letters.” In Contemporary Urban Folklore, edited by S. Nekliudov and I. Veselova, 620–642. Moscow, 2003. (in Russian)

“Utopia of the ‘Last Testament’.” Otechestvennye Zapiski 3 (2003). (in Russian).

“Mother or Step-Mother? The Myth of the Mother-Earth in Russian Culture.” Otechestvennye Zapiski 1 (2004). (in Russian)

“St. Petersburg, the Capital of Castrates.” Otechestvennye Zapiski 2 (2004). (in Russian)

“Mythological Identification and Social Role.” Lotman Collection 3 (2004): 589–597. (in Russian)

“Children in Russian Folk Culture.” Otechestvennye Zapiski 3 (2004). (in Russian)

“New Religious Movements and the Study of Folklore: The Russian Case.” Folklore 28 (2004): 111–128. (in English)

“Ivan et Iakov – Deux saints étranges de la région des marais (Novgorod).” Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 130 (avril–juin 2005): 55–79. (in French)

“The Cult of Lenin and ‘Soviet Folklore’”. Folklorica 10, no.1 (Spring 2005): 18-38. (in English)

“The Science of Folklore.” Proceedings of the 1st Congress of Russian Folklorists 1 (2006): 72–95. (in Russian)

“Russian Spiritualism: Cultural Practice and Literary Representation.” In Russian Literature and Medicine: Bodies, Prescriptions, Social Practice, edited by K. Bogdanov, Yu. Murashov and R. Nicolosi. Moscow, 2006. (in Russian)

“New Religious Movements and the Work of a Folklorist.” In Dreams of Our Lady: Studies in the Anthropology of Religion, edited by Zh. Kormina, A. Panchenko and S. Shtyrkov, 119–130. St Petersburg, 2006. (in Russian)

“Eschatological Narratives.” In Traditional Folklore of Novgorod Region. Riddles. Omens And Beliefs. Children’s Folklore. Eschatology, edited by M. Vlasova, V. Zhekulina. St Petersburg, 2006. (in Russian).

“Historical Anthropology and the Study of popular Religion: Recent Research Works in Russia.” Sanctorum, Roma 3 (2006): 189–193. (in English)

“Religious Folklore in the Village of Meniusha.” Russian Folklore 33 (2008): 323-365. (in Russian)

“Zalozhnye Roditeli: Death, Collective Memory, and Sacred Spaces.” In Sacred Spaces in Slavic and Jewish Cultural Tradition, edited by O. Belova and V. Mochalova. Moscow, (in Russian)

“‘Letter of Unhappiness’: Politics and Folklore.” Kirpichiki: In honor of Sergei Yirievich Nekliudov. Moscow, 2008. (in Russian)

“Ethnography and Decadence: to the Study of Early Prose by Fiodor Sologub.” Russian Literature 2 (2009): 158-169. (in Russian)

“To the Study of the ‘Jewish Theme’ in Russian Literature: the Case of Ritual Murder.” Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie 104 (2010): 79-113. (in Russian)

“Morality, Utopia, Discipline: New Religious Movements and Soviet Culture.” In Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia, edited by Jarrett Zigon, 119–145. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. (in English)

“The 20th Century: New Religious Imagination.” Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie 117 (2012): 122–139. (in Russian)

“Russia.” In Wiley-Blackwell Companion in Folklore, edited by Regina Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem. Wiley-Blackwell (2012): 426–442 (in English).

“How to Make a Shrine with your own Hands: Local Holy Places and Vernacular Religion in Russia.” In Vernacular religion in everyday life: expressions of belief, edited by Marion Bowman and lo Valk, 42–61. London; Oakville, CT: Equinox Pub., 2012. (in English)

“‘Popular Orthodoxy’ and identity in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia.” Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities, edited by Mark Bassin and Catriona Kelly, 321–340. Cambridge University Press, 2012. (in English)

“Alexander Veselovskii and Theories of Folk Legends.” Russian Literature 1 (2013): 3–20 (in Russian)

“Icons that Move: Legends of Miraculous Icons of Our Lady and Russian Religious Folklore.” In Christian Texts in History and Culture, edited by S. Boesch Gajano, E. G. Farrugia and S. J., M. Plikhanova, 303–320. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2013 (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 294). (in Italian)

“‘Shakers’: Disciplinary Society, Political Police, and the Fate of Pentecostalism in Russia.” Antropologicheskii Forum 18 (2013): 223–255.

“‘Thanks for Your Kidney!’: Power and Consumption in Organ Theft Legends.” Etnographicheskoe obozrenie 6 (2014): 22–42. (in Russian)

“Anthropology and Conspiracy Theories.” Antropologicheskii Forum 27 (2015): 89–93. (in Russian)

“The Beast Computer: Eschatology and Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Religious Cultures.”  Antropologicheskii Forum 27 (2015): 122–141. (in Russian, in German: “‘Heterodoxes’ Christentum im modernen Russland.” OST-WEST. Europäische Perspektiven 4 (2015): 249–255)

Edited volumes

“Anthropology of Religiosity.” In Almanac Kanun 4, edited by A. Panchenko. St Petersburg: Institute of Russian Literature, 1998. (in Russian)

Mythology and Day-to-day Life. Proceedings of the Conference. February 18–20, 1998. Eds. K. Bogdanov and A. Panchenko. St Petersburg: Institute of Russian Literature, 1998. (in Russian)

Mythology and Day-to-day Life. Vol. II. Proceedings of the Conference. February 26–29, 1999. Eds. K. Bogdanov and A. Panchenko. St Petersburg: Institute of Russian Literature, 1999. (in Russian)

Mythology and Day-to-day Life: Gender-centered approach in anthropological disciplines. Eds. K. Bogdanov and A. Panchenko. St Petersburg: Aleteia, 2001. (in Russian)

Dreams of Our Lady: Studies in the Anthropology of Religion. Eds. Zh. Kormina, A. Panchenko and S. Shtyrkov. St. Petersburg: European University at St. Petersburg, 2006. (in Russian)

Russian Political Folklore: Research Papers and Publications. Ed. by Alexander Panchenko. Moscow: Novoe Izdatel’stvo, 2013 (forthcoming, in Russian)

The Invention of Religion: Desecularization in Post-Soviet Culture. Eds. Zh. Kormina. A. Panchenko and S. Shtyrkov. St Petersburg: European University at St Petersburg, 2015. (in Russian)