Maksim S. Shchavlinskii

 

Research Associate, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Department of Russian Literature of the Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries, IMLI RAS

Education:

  • 2025 – Defended dissertation “I.A. Bunin’s Book The Temple of the Sun: Textology, Literary Context, Reception” at IMLI RAS.
  • 2021–2024 – Completed postgraduate studies at IMLI RAS. Specialization: “Russian Literature and Literatures of the Peoples of the Russian Federation.”
  • 2019–2021 – Completed Master’s degree at St. Petersburg State University (SPbU), Faculty of Philology, Department of Russian Literature. Specialization: “Russian Literature” (degree with honors). Final thesis: “I.A. Bunin’s Collection The Shadow of the Bird: Origins, Sources, Meaning.”
  • 2015–2019 – Completed Bachelor’s degree at St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture (SPbGIK), Library and Information Faculty, Department of Information Analytics and Documentation. Specialization: “Analysis of Information in Book Publishing, Arts, and Business” (degree with honors). Final thesis: “I.A. Bunin’s Reading Circle: An Information Study.”

Research Interests: Russian literary process of the late 19th – early 20th centuries, I.A. Bunin’s works, textology, Russian East, Russian emigration, reading circle.

Participation in Grant Projects:

  1. Ponomarev, Evgenii Rudolfovich, 20-012-41004 A. Bunin and Palestine, 2020–2022. Participants: Shchavlinksii M.S., Anisimov K.V., Ponomarev E.R., Dvinyatina T.M.
  2. Ponomarev, Evgenii Rudolfovich, 22-28-01340 Complete Works of V.N. Muromtseva-Bunina: Archival Research, Comprehensive Study, Publication, 2022–2023. Participants: Ponomarev E.R., Shchavlinksii M.S.
  3. Polonskii, Vadim Vladimirovich, 22-18-00347 Early Works of I.A. Bunin: Poetry, Prose, Criticism, Journalism, Translations (1883–1902), 2022–2024. Participants: Polonskii V.V., Morozov S.N., Ponomarev E.R., Dvinyatina T.M., Bakuntsev A.V., Protopopova A.V., Zakruzhnaya Z.S., Zaitsev D.V., Shchavlinksii M.S., Sviridov V.Iu.
  4. Ponomarev, Evgenii Rudolfovich / Sergei Nikolaevich Morozov, 24-18-00425 N. Muromtseva-Bunina – Chronicler of the Silver Age and Russian Emigration, 2024–2026. Participants: Ponomarev E.R., Shchavlinksii M.S., Morozov S.N., Bakuntsev A.V., Shvets A.V., Sapunova I.P.
  5. Kornienko, Nataliia Vasil’evna, 075-15-2024-549 Russian and European Classics in the 21st Century: Preparation of Digital Scholarly Commented Editions, 2024–2026. Participants: Over 80 IMLI RAS staff, a large-scale project linked to the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
  6. Morozov, Sergei Nikolaevich, No. 22-18-00347-P Early Works of I.A. Bunin: Prose, Poetry, Criticism, Journalism, Translations (1883–1902), 2025–2027. Participants: Morozov S.N., Ponomarev E.R., Dvinyatina T.M., Bakuntsev A.V., Protopopova A.V., Zaitsev D.V., Shchavlinksii M.S., Sviridov V.Iu., Arov Ia.I.

Selected Publications:

  1. Shchavlinksii M.S. Autobiographical Essays of V.N. Muromtseva-Bunina About Herself and Her Family: Based on Newspaper Publications and Diary Entries (1927–1936) // Summer School on Russian Literature. Vol. 20. No. 4. Pp. 314–332. DOI: 10.48612/sum/2024-20-4-314-332
  2. Shchavlinksii M.S. Textology of I.A. Bunin’s Story “Silence”: Elegy in Prose // Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Series of Literature and Language. 2024. Vol. 83. No. 4. Pp. 119–129. DOI: 10.31857/S1605788024040126
  3. Shchavlinksii M.S. I.A. Bunin and His Era in the Cycle of Memoir Essays by V.N. Muromtseva-Bunina // New Philological Bulletin. No. 2 (69). Pp. 141–155. DOI: 10.54770/20729316-2024-2-141
  4. Shchavlinksii M.S. I.A. Bunin’s Story “Late at Night”: The Poetics of Memory Through the Prism of Textology // Early Works of I.A. Bunin (1883–1902): Poetics, Textology, Commentary / Ed. by S.N. Morozov; Edited by A.V. Bakuntsev, T.M. Dvinyatina, E.R. Ponomarev. Moscow: IMLI RAN, 2024. Pp. 124–135. (Academic Bunin; 4). DOI: 10.22455/978-5-9208-0761-8-124-135
  5. Shchavlinksii M.S. I.A. Bunin’s The Temple of the Sun and Pierre Loti’s Travelogues About the Holy Land // Summer School on Russian Literature. Vol. 20. No. 1. Pp. 73–100. DOI: 10.48612/sum-2024-20-1-73-100
  6. Shchavlinksii M.S. I.A. Bunin’s The Temple of the Sun and S.S. Kondurushkin’s Syrian Stories: Points of Intersection // Moscow University Bulletin. Series 9. Philology. 2024. No. 2. Pp. 221–232. DOI: 10.55959/MSU0130-0075-9-2024-47-02-16
  7. Shchavlinksii M.S. The Diary as a Creative and Polemical Laboratory: On the History of V.N. Muromtseva-Bunina’s Essay “Yushkevich: Fragments of Memories” (1930) // Russia of Ivan Bunin and the Culture of the Russian Steppe: Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (October 24, 2024, Yelets). Yelets: YeGU, 2024. Pp. 98–104.
  8. Shchavlinksii M.S. Between N.N. Zlatovratskii and G.I. Uspenskii: Early Works of I.A. Bunin and Populist Literature // Summer School on Russian Literature. Nos. 3–4. Pp. 298–315. DOI: 10.48612/sum-2023-19-3-4-298-315
  9. Shchavlinksii M.S. Bibliography of Publications by I.A. Bunin and V.N. Muromtseva-Bunina in The New Review // Literary Fact. 2023. 1 (27). Pp. 269–277. DOI: 10.22455/2541-8297-2023-27-269-277
  10. Shchavlinksii M.S. The Disappearance of National and Colonial Discourses: Textology of I.A. Bunin’s Essay “The Shadow of the Bird” // Summer School on Russian Literature. Vol. 18. Nos. 3–4. Pp. 355–375. DOI: 10.48612/sum-2022-18-3-4-355-375
  11. Shchavlinksii M.S. Inventing a Genre: The Populist Tradition in I.A. Bunin’s “Little Tales” and “Short Stories” // Problems of Method and Genre: Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific Conference in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Professor Faina Zinovievna Kanunova (1922–2009), Tomsk, October 12–14, 2022 / Ed. by V.S. Kiselev. Tomsk: Tomsk University Press, 2023. Pp. 278–290.
  12. Anisimov K.V., Shchavlinksii M.S. The Historical-Literary Context of Bunin’s Travelogue The Temple of the Sun. Against Whom Did Bunin “Rise to Genius”? // Tomsk State University Bulletin. Philology. 2022. Pp. 183–210. DOI: 10.17223/19986645/80/9
  13. Shchavlinksii M.S. Stepan Semenovich Kondurushkin (1874–1919): Life and Work. Materials for a Biography, 1874–1905 // Textology and the Historical-Literary Process: X and IX International Conference of Young Researchers (Moscow, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philology, October 15–17, 2020, and March 18–20, 2021): Collection of Articles. Moscow: Common Place, 2022. Pp. 100–113.
  14. Shchavlinksii M.S. N.P. Kondakov and the Bunins: The Story of Their First Meeting // Professor’s Journal. Russian Language and Literature. 2022. No. 2. Pp. 43–49. DOI: 10.18572/2687-0339-2022-2-43-49.
  15. Shchavlinksii M.S. The Life of Arseniev: Why a Novel? Why Arseniev? Why The Life of Arseniev? // The Metaphysics of I.A. Bunin. Collection of Scholarly Papers Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of I.A. Bunin’s Birth. Voronezh, 2021. Pp. 267–279.
  16. Shchavlinksii M.S. Bibliography of Reviews and Scholarly Works on I.A. Bunin’s Book The Temple of the Sun / The Shadow of the Bird // A. Bunin and His Time: Contexts of Fate – History of Creativity. Moscow: Litfakt, 2021. Pp. 968–1001. DOI: 10.22455/AB-978-5-9208-0675-8-968-1001
  17. Shchavlinksii M.S. I.A. Bunin’s The Temple of the Sun – An Unfinished Project of Exploring the East // A. Bunin and His Time: Contexts of Fate – History of Creativity. Moscow: Litfakt, 2021. Pp. 934–952. DOI: 10.22455/AB-978-5-9208-0675-8-934-952
  18. Shchavlinksii M.S. The Life of Arseniev and The Life of Bunin as a Method of Conscious Speculation on Biography // Summer School on Russian Literature. 2020. Vol. 16. Nos. 3–4. Pp. 423–436.
  19. Shchavlinksii M.S. I.A. Bunin’s Reading Circle (up to 1920) // The Works of I.A. Bunin in the Historical-Literary Context (Biography, Source Studies, Textual Studies) / Edited and compiled by O.A. Korostelev, S.N. Morozov. Moscow: Litfakt, 2019. Pp. 766–774.

Participation in Preparing Editions:

  1. Issue 2: P.M. Bicilli and the Humanities of the Russian Diaspora / Compiled by M.A. Vasil’eva, Scientific Editor M.A. Vasil’eva, A.V. Bakuntsev, Edited by A.V. Protopopova, M.S. Shchavlinksii, D.V. Zaitsev. Moscow: IMLI RAN, 2024. 480 p.
  2. Issue 1: In Memory of Oleg Anatol’evich Korostelev / Edited and compiled by E.R. Ponomarev, Scientific Editor E.R. Ponomarev, M. Shrubba, Edited by M.S. Shchavlinksii, D.V. Zaitsev. Moscow: IMLI RAN, 2024. 752 p.

Organization of Conferences:

  1. International Scientific Conference EMIGRANTICA. Korostelev Readings – 2025. In Memory of Micela Venditti. IMLI RAN. April 16–17, 2025. Speakers: 97. Link: https://imli.ru/novosti-imli-ran/147-konferentsii/150-seminary-i-konferentsii-2025/6271-mezhdunarodnaya-nauchnaya-konferentsiya-emigrantica-korostelevskie-chteniya-2025-pamyati-mikely-venditti?highlight=WyJcdTA0M2NcdTA0MzhcdTA0M2FcdTA0MzVcdTA0M2JcdTA0NGIiXQ==
  2. International Scientific Conference EMIGRANTICA. Korostelev Readings – 2023. IMLI RAN. November 21–22, 2023. Speakers: 71. Link: https://imli.ru/133-konferentsii/seminary-i-konferentsii-2023/5564-mezhdunarodnoj-nauchnoj-konferentsii-emigrantica-korostelevskie-chteniya-2023

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