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conceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte), media and communication history, 20th century Europe, totalitarianism, Soviet Union, systems theory
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Biography

Kirill, an Ikerbasque Visiting Professor of History at the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain) and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian literature and culture at the University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland), taught previously at Russian State University of the Humanities (Moscow, Russia). Smolny College (St. Petersburg, Russia) University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA) and University of Constance (Constance, Germany). He also was an invited fellow in Munich, New York, Graz, Vienna, London, Paris and Potsdam. His major research interests include conceptual history of European political sphere, media and communication history of 20th century Europe, comparative history of totalitarianism, theory and history of poetry and historical sociology of identity.

Activities

Employment (10)

Helsingin Yliopisto: Helsinki, FI

2013-12-05 to present | Adjunct Associate Professor (Modern Languages)
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Universidad del País Vasco: Bilbao, País Vasco, ES

2013-12-01 to present | Ikerbasque Guest Professor (Derecho Constitucional e Historia del Pensamiento y de los Movimientos Sociales y Políticos)
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Queen Mary University of London: London, London, GB

2011-12-01 to 2013-11-30 | Marie Curie Fellow (Russian)
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Ecole normale superieure, rue d'Ulm: Paris, Paris, FR

2010-09-01 to 2010-12-31 | Guest Research Professor (Sciences Sociales)
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Universitat Konstanz: Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2008-09-01 to 2010-07-31 | DAAD Visiting Professor (Macrosociology)
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Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Saint Petersburg, RU

2006-08-31 to 2008-08-31 | Chair (Sociology and Anthropology)
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Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, RU

2005-08-31 to 2006-08-31 | Associate Professor/AFP Returning Fellow (Sociology and Anthropology, Literature)
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University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA, US

1998-06-01 to 2005-08-31 | Assistant Professor (Slavic Languages and Literatures)
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University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA, US

1998-01-01 to 1998-05-31 | Visiting Assistant Professor (Slavic Languages and Literatures)
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Russian State University for the Humanities: Moscow, Moscow, RU

1992-01-01 to 1996-08-31 | Assistant Professor (Theoretical and HIstorical Poetics)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Helsingin Yliopisto: Helsinki, Helsinki, FI

2013-11-01 to 2013-12-05 | Docentship (habilitation) (Modern Languages)
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Moskovskij gosudarstvennyj universitet imeni M V Lomonosova: Moskva, Moskva, RU

1989-09-09 to 1992-06-31 | Ph. D (kandidat nauk) (History of Russian literature)
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Moskovskij gosudarstvennyj universitet imeni M V Lomonosova: Moskva, Moskva, RU

1984-09-01 to 1989-05-31 | Diplom (History of Russian literature)
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Funding (25)

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2011-09 to 2011-11 | Award
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, DE)
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2011-01 to 2011-07 | Salary award
Institute for Advaced Studies (Paris, FR)
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2010-09 to 2010-10 | Grant
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, DE)
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2010-08 to 2010-09 | Grant
Kone Foundation (Helsinki, FI)
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2010-05 to 2010-07 | Grant
German Academic Exchange Service (Bonn, DE)
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2010-04 to 2010-05 | Grant
German Histirical Institute (Moscow, RU)
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2010-04 to 2010-05 | Grant
Center of Excellence-16 (Constance, DE)
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2009-05 to 2009-07 | Grant
German Academic Exchange Service (Bonn, DE)
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2007-11 to 2008-02 | Grant
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris, FR)
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2007-06 to 2007-08 | Award
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, DE)
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2006-10 to 2007-08 | Grant
Andrew Gagarine Trust (Moscow, RU)
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2006-09 to 2007-08 | Grant
Open Society Foundations (NY, NY, US)
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2005-09 to 2007-08 | Salary award
Open Society Foundations (NY, NY, US)
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2005-09 to 2007-08 | Grant
Open Society Foundations (NY, NY, US)
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2005-07 to 2005-08 | Grant
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, DE)
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2004-09 to 2005-07 | Grant
Institute of Multimedia Literacy (Los Angeles, CA, US)
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2002-01 to 2002-02 | Award
British Academy (London, GB)
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2001-06 to 2002-09 | Grant
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, DE)
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1999-09 to 2000-05 | Award
Zumberge Foundation (Los Angeles, CA, US)
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1997-01 to 1997-08 | Grant
Fulbright Commission (Washington, DC, US)
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1996-07 to 1996-09 | Grant
PRO HELVETIA (Zürich, CH)
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1994-10 to 1996-07 | Grant
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, DE)
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Russian solemn ode

1994-05 to 1994-06 | Grant
International Science Foundation (Moscow, Moscow, RU)
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E. K. Medtner: A Biography

1993-10 to 1993-12 | Grant
PRO HELVETIA (Zürich, CH)
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Russian 18th century poetry

1993-05 to 1993-06 | Award
International Science Foundation (Moscow, Moscow, RU)
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Works (14)

Introduction

2024-12-06 | Book chapter
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Reading John Reed's Ten Days That Shook the World

2024-12-06 | Book chapter
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Self-Destruction of Complex Systems

2024-12-06 | Book
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Semantic Inflation and Systemic Breakups in Nature and Society

2024-12-06 | Book chapter
Contributors: Xavier Márquez; Kirill Postoutenko
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Studying Communicative Mechanisms of Self-Destruction in Complex Systems

2024-12-06 | Book chapter
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah

Contributions to the History of Concepts
2023-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Keeping the Spirit in the Bottle: On Pathological Reduction of Information in Totalitarianism

Information
2022-12-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Personality Cults from a Communicative Standpoint

Religions
2022-07 | Journal article | Author
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Flattery, Fake News and Conspiracy: Three Scenarios of Pathological Complexity Reduction

2022-04-12 | Conference paper
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Redundancy, Noisy Signaling, and Semantic inflation: Studying the Patterns of Self‐Destruction in Complex Systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Kay Junge; Kirill Postoutenko
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Temporal comparisons, historical semantics of interaction and ‘post-war consensus’ in British Parliament: Studying time references in a deliberative environment

Time & Society
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko; Olga Sabelfeld
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Temporal comparisons: Evaluating the world through historical time

Time & Society
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Willibald Steinmetz; Zoltán B Simon; Kirill Postoutenko
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Soviet Culture: Codes and Messages

2010 | Book
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3866880855

Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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Онегинский текст в русской литературе

1998 | Book
ISBN:

8875457905

Contributors: Kirill Postoutenko
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