Konstantin Bogdanov

Konstantin Bogdanov is a Russian anthropologist and philologist whose areas of investigation covers Russian culture, including folklore, science fiction, and medicine.He has also researched the history of social thought in Russia and Russian folklore.

Education

Konstantin Bogdanov obtained his undergraduate degree in Classical Philology and Russian Language and Literature at St. Petersburg State University. During this time he became a member of the Russian Academy of Science.

In 1992, Dr. Bogdanov completed his PhD with the dissertation: “Magic Spelling in Russian Folklore: A Structural Analysis:. During this time period he was also a leading researcher for the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Bogdanov was also featured as a Senior Lecturer in St. Petersburg. During this time, he obtained a grant from the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and produced an investigation of Social Thought in 19th Century Russia.

Konstantin Bogdanov continued his post-doctoral work with the Russian Academy of Sciences, producing a dissertation on: “Russian Folklore; Semiotics of Reality”.

Teaching

Konstantin Bogdanov started his career as a teacher of Russian Language for foreign residents of Berlin and St. Petersburg. After his Doctoral defense, he taught as a visiting professor for the University of Constance in Germany. His areas of focus included Russian history and cultural anthropology, and a history of science fiction in the Soviet Union. In 2003, Dr. Bogdanov taught a lecture course on humanities and medicine for the Russian State University in Moscow.

Professional Activities

Dr. Bogdanov is an active organizer of professional conferences, most notably being active in the annual conference on “Mythology and Day-to-day Life” by the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. He has also been instrumental in planning the Round Table on Rhetorics of Soviet Science in 2006 and 2007 at the University of Constance in Germany, in addition to their 2003 conference on Russian literature and medicine.

Konstantin Bogdanov has had his work supported through several grants. The most recent is a grant for his work at the University of Constance, a project that he is currently completing. Prior to this he completed a study of: “Cholera Epidemics and Russian Culture of the 19th Century” for the Soros Foundation though the Institute “Open Society”

References

Curriculum Vitae of Konstantin BogdanovUniversity of Constance Faculty InformationBooksCrocodiles in Russia: A History of Exoticism and Loan Words. Moscow:NLO, 2006. 345 pp.

Everyday Life and Mythology: Studies on Semiotics of Folklore Reality. St. Petersburg: Iskusstvo, 2001, 438 pp.

Homo Tacens: Anthropology of Silence. St. Petersburg: Russian Christian Institute for the Humanities Press, 1998, 354 pp.

Money in Russian Folklore. St. Petersburg: Bell, 1995, 125 pp.

Physicians, Patients, Readers: Patographical Texts of Russian Culture of 18-19th Centuries. Moscow: OGI, 2005, 520 pp.

Selected Papers

Peter the Great about Medicine. A Game of the Nature, The Order of Government. Petr Velikij (ed. By E. Anisimov). Moscow: OGI, 2007.

Science in The Epic Epoche: the Classics of Folklore, Classical Philology and The Solidarity of the Classes. Moscow: NLO, 2006, Vol. 78.

Folk and Russian Folklore Studies of 19th Century: A Short History of Russian Folklore Studies. St Petersburg, Proppovskjj Centr, University of St Petersburg, 2004.

The Perspectives of Studies in Folklore and in Anthropology. (In Russian and in English). An Interview for Antropologiceskij Forum/ Anthropological Forum, Moscow-Oxford, 2004, No. 1, 12-15.

The Soviet Queue: Sociology and Folklore. Symvoly, obrazy I stereotypy sovremennoj kul’tury, St. Petersburg, 2000, 40-52 pp.

Sneezing: Phenomenon, Superstition, Etiquette, Almanach “Kanun”, Antropologija religioznosti, Nr. 4,, St. Petesburg, 1998, 21-42 pp.

Magic Spells and Riddles. Russkij fol’klor, T XXIX, St. Petersburg, 1996, 35-48 pp.