Maria A. Vasilieva

Candidate of Philological Sciences (2009) 

Honored Cultural Worker of the City of Moscow (2017) 

Scientific Secretary of the House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn 

**Education:** 

- Gorky Literary Institute (1985–1990) 

- Postgraduate studies at the Gorky Literary Institute (1990–1993) 

**Career History:** 

- Head of the Department of Contemporary Literature at the journal *Literary Review* (1993–1996); 

- Author of original special courses on the literature of the Russian diaspora at Bauman Moscow State Technical University and the Higher Directing Courses (1992–1994); 

- Head of the Methodological Sector at the Library-Fund of the Russian Diaspora (1998–2004); 

- Scientific Secretary of the House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn (since 2004); 

- Editor-in-Chief (together with O.B. Vasilevskaya) of the scientific series *House of Russian Diaspora named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Materials and Studies* (published since 2000; Moscow: Russian Path); 

- Member of the editorial board of the scientific series *Ex cathedra* (published since 2006; Moscow: House of Russian Diaspora named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn; Russian Path); 

- Member of the editorial board of the scholarly periodical *Yearbook of the House of Russian Diaspora named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn* (published since 2010; Moscow: House of Russian Diaspora named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn); 

- Member of the scientific committee of the international scientific series *Pagine di Russia* / *Stranitsy Rossii* by the Italian publisher Stilo Editrice (Bari); 

- Member of the editorial board of the scientific series *Emigrantica* (published since 2024; Moscow: IMLI RAS). 

**Grants:** 

- RFH, 2002, grant No. 02-01-150213, participation in the international scientific conference “Dmitry Chizhevsky: Personality and Work” (Prague, June 13–15, 2002); 

- Robert Bosch Foundation, 2002, grant No. 12.5.2040.2166.0, project “Russian Berlin: 1920–1945”: organization and conduct of an international scientific conference, publication of a collection of scholarly materials; 

- RFH, 2007–2010, grant No. 08-04-00337a, research project “D.I. Chizhevsky: Archives, Biography, Texts,” jointly with O.V. Marchenko and A.I. Reznichenko; 

- RFH, 2006, No. 06-04-14030g, project “Alfred Ludwig Bem and Humanitarian Projects of the Russian Diaspora”: organization of an international scientific conference, publication of a collection of materials; 

- RFH, 2010, No. 10-01-03422g/R, project “Russian Paris Between the Two World Wars”: organization of an international scientific conference; 

- RFBR, 2017–2019, No. 17-04-00126-OGN, project “Russian Presence in Italy in the First Half of the 20th Century.” 

**Organizer of International Scientific Conferences:** 

- “The Return of Gaito Gazdanov” (Moscow, Library-Fund “Russian Diaspora”; December 4–5, 1998); 

- “Pushkin and the Culture of the Russian Diaspora” (Moscow, Library-Fund “Russian Diaspora”; July 1–3, 1999). With financial support from the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation); 

- “S.N. Bulgakov and the Religious-Philosophical Path,” jointly with A.P. Kozyrev (Moscow, Library-Fund “Russian Diaspora”; March 5–7, 2001). With financial support from the Russian Public Foundation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn; 

- “Russian Berlin: 1920–1945” (Moscow, Library-Fund “Russian Diaspora”; December 16–18, 2002). With participation of the German Embassy in Moscow, Goethe-Institut in Moscow. With financial support from the Bosch Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation; 

- “Gaito Gazdanov: A Writer at the Intersection of Traditions, Cultures, and Civilizations. A View from the 21st Century,” jointly with T.N. Krasavchenko (Moscow, INION RAS, Library-Fund “Russian Diaspora”; December 3, 2003). With financial support from the Franco-Russian Center for Social and Humanitarian Sciences; 

- “A.L. Bem and Humanitarian Projects of the Russian Diaspora” (Moscow, Library-Fund “Russian Diaspora”; November 16–18, 2006). With participation of the Czech Cultural Center in Moscow. With financial support from RFH; 

- “Russian Palestine: Russia in the Holy Land” (Moscow, House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn; October 21–22, 2009). Joint participation in preparation and conduct. With support from the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IPPO), the Pilgrimage Center of the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation (within the RFH targeted program “Russia in a Multipolar World: Image of the Country”); 

- “Russian Paris Between the Two World Wars” (Moscow, House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn; December 1–3, 2010). With participation of the French Embassy in Russia. With financial support from RFH; 

- “Italy and Russian Medievalists” (Moscow, House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn; November 25–26, 2014). With financial support from the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Intesa Bank JSC; 

- “Humanities of the Russian Diaspora: To the 140th Anniversary of P.M. Bicilli’s Birth” (Moscow, Institute of World Literature named after A.M. Gorky RAS, Library-Museum “House of A.F. Losev,” House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn; November 18–19, 2019); 

- “100 Years of the ‘Russian Action’ by the Czechoslovak Government: A View from the 21st Century” (Moscow, House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn; October 19, 2021). With financial support from the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow; 

- “Gaito Gazdanov and Boris Poplavsky” (Moscow, House of Russian Diaspora named after A. Solzhenitsyn; December 6–7, 2023). 

**Head of Ongoing Initiatives:** 

- Permanent popular science seminar “Russian Diaspora: Unknown Pages” (jointly with O.A. Korostelev until 2017; 2013–2022); 

- International scientific seminar “Emigrantica: New Projects” (jointly with E.R. Ponomarev, IMLI RAS; since 2022 to the present); 

- Multimedia project “Map of the Russian Diaspora.” 

**Invited Lecturer:** 

- Jagiellonian University (Poland), 2014; 

- University of Vienna (Austria), 2015; 

- University of Geneva (Switzerland), 2016; 

- University of Macerata (Italy), 2016, 2019; 

- University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy), 2019.