Polina A. Gadzhikurbanova

Date and Place of birth

January 8, 1975. Moscow, Russia  

Degrees

• Cand. Sc. Philosophy [Ph.D.], Institute of Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov University, 2002.
• [B.A.] Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov University, 1997.

Professional
appointments
Full-time

• Research fellow, Ethics Department, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences (2002 – present).

Half-time 
 

• Part-time Lecturer, State Academic University of Humanities (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow: 2003 – present;
• Part-time Lecturer, “Russian Anthropology School” Institute (Russian State University for the Humanities), 2008 – present;
• Part-time Lecturer, Moscow State University of psychology and pedagogy: 2002 – present.

University courses

• Ethics: Systematic Course for Students Majored in Philosophy (120 hours), Moscow: State Academic University of Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow: 2003 – present; 
• “The Logic of Sense” in Doctrines of Stoics and G. Deleuze: Special Course for Sudents Majored in Philosophy (40 hours), Moscow: “Russian Anthropology School” Institute (Russian State University for the Humanities), 2008 – present; 
• Philosophy and Methodology of Science: Introductory Course for Post-graduate students (20 hours), Moscow State University of psychology and pedagogy: 2002 – present;
• Philosophy: Introductory Course for Students Majored in Psychology (80 hours), Moscow State University of psychology and pedagogy: 2002–2009.

Grants 

• Ethical Utilitarianism of John Stewart Mill (group project, member), – Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2008–2009;
• Ideology in Historical Knowledge. The Aesthetic and Ethical Bases of the Analysis (group project, member), – Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2006–2008;
• Stoic Ethics as object of philosophical reflection (individual project), – Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2004–2005.

Publications:

• “The Summum bonum of classical Utilitarianism”, in Eticheskaya Mysl (Ethical Thought), Issue 10, ed. Abdusalam Gusseinow. Moscow, Institute of Philosophy Press, 2010, pp. 114–130.
• “Ecological Ethics of Hans Jonas”, in Environmental Ethics: the Power of Ethics for Sustainable Development, eds. Nijolé Vasiljeviené, Agné Jurčiukonyté. Vilnius, Mykolo Romerio universiteto Leidybos centras, 2010, pp. 203–218 (with N. Kozlova).
• “‘Spiritual exercises’ or ‘Care of the Self’” (Stoic ethics in interpretation of Pierre Hadot and Michael Foucault), in Eticheskaya Mysl (Ethical Thought), Issue 9, ed. Abdusalam Gusseinow. Moscow, Institute of Philosophy Press, 2009, pp. 27–42.
• “Aristotle and Stoics about the nature of virtue”, in Philosophy and Ethics: Festschift devoted to the 70th Anniversary of Professor Abdusalam Guseynov, ed. Ruben Apressyan. Moscow, Alfa-M, 2009, pp. 171–183. 
• “History. Ideology. Language”, in Applied Linguistics and Linguistic Technologies: MegaLing-2007. Kiev, Dovira, 2008, pp. 68–77 (with F. Blukher and S. Gourko).
• “What means to be a dog?”, in Siniy Divan 10/11, ed. Helena Petrovskaya. Moscow, “Tri kvadrata” Press, 2007, pp. 232–243.
• “Stoic Ethics as object of philosophical reflection”, in Vestnik RGNF (The Bulletin of Russian Foundation for Humanities) 1(46). Moscow, 2007, pp. 100–108.
• “Metahistory and Ideology”, in Orientiry, Issue 4, ed. Tatyana Lubimova. Moscow, Institute of Philosophy Press, 2007, pp. 120–139 (with F. Blukher and S. Gourko).
• From Cynosarg to Stoa, in Eticheskaya Mysl (Ethical Thought), Issue 7, ed. Abdusalam Gusseinow. Moscow, Institute of Philosophy Press, 2006, pp. 110–126.

• “The Paradoxes of Ethics in Early Stoic Ethics”. – Finnish-Russian Philosophy Symposium, Helsinki, June 14–15, 2010.
• “The Stoic concept of the logos endiathetos in Christian philosophy”. – International Conference: “True and Dialogue: Christian Values in Intellectual and Spiritual Culture”, St. Petersburg, May 29–31, 2008.
• “Moral Judgements in Historical Texts”. – International Scientific Conference: “MegaLing-2007. Horizons of Applied Linguistics and Linguistic Technologies”, Parthenit, Crimea, Ukraine, September 24–28, 2007.
• “Ethics of the social responsibility”. – Symposium “Public Morality: Research Methods, Normative-ethical, and Applied-ethical Issues”, Kiev, Ukraine, 2006.