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Vladimir V. Emelianov

Vladimir V. EmelianovPosition(s):

Professor
Department
Department of Semitic and Hebrew Studies, Faculty of Asian and African Studies
Contact details:
Address: Russia, 199034, St.Petersburg, Universitetskaya emb., Build. 11, Office 333.
Tel.: +7 (812) 328-7732
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Languages:
Russian (native), English (fluent), German, French, Arabic, Akkadian, Sumerian (reading)

Education:

  • 2005 Doctor of Science in Philosophy. Faculty of Philosophy, St-Petersburg State University. Diss. Hab. “Calendar Ritual in Sumerian Religion and Culture (ME’s and the Spring Festivals)”.
  • 1993-1997  St.-Petersburg Institute for Oriental Studies. Post-graduate school under Prof. Dr. Igor M. Diakonoff. Ph.D. in History “The Nippur Calendar as a Source on the History of Sumerian and Akkadian Cultures”
  • 1992 graduated from the Faculty of Asian and African Studies of St.-Petersburg State University (Department of Ancient Near East, Assyriology). Diploma Thesis “The Sumerian Consecration Incantation as Part of the Water Consecration Ceremony”.

Professional positions:

Current Professor, Department of Semitic and Hebrew Studies, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St-Petersburg State University
2011—2012 Professor, Department of the Ancient East, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St-Petersburg State University
2010—2011 Professor, Department of Theory and Methodology of Teaching Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St-Petersburg State University
2008—2010 Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Methodology of Teaching Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St-Petersburg State University
2005—2008 Associate Professor, Department of Eastern Philosophy and Cultural Studies, St-Petersburg State University
2001—2005 Senior Lecturer, Department of Eastern Philosophy and Cultural Studies, St-Petersburg State University
1999—2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Eastern Philosophy and Cultural Studies, St-Petersburg State University
1997—1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, St-Petersburg State University
1993—1997 Lecturer of Arabic and History of Ancient Near East, St-Petersburg Hebrew University
1992—1993 Teacher of Eastern mythology, secondary school N 238 (St-Petersburg)
Awards and honours
Medal in Honor of V.Ya.Struve from Pulkovo Observatory for Studies on History of Ancient Astronomy and Calendars (2014)
Professional activities:
Member of St-Petersburg Union of Scientists (1993)
Research interests:
Sumerian and Akkadian Religion, Sumerian and Akkadian Literature, Calendars of the Ancient Near East, Chronology and Heortology, Pre-philosophy.

Teaching:
Courses taught:

  • Akkadian Language
  • Sumerian Language
  • History of the Ancient Near East
  • Religions of the Ancient Near East
  • Calendars and Festivals of the Ancient Near East
  • Categories of Culture of the Ancient Near East
  • Philosophy of Islam
  • Theory and Methodology of History

Participation in RAI: 1996 (Prague), 1998 (Boston, Harvard University), 2007 (Moscow), 2011 (Rome), 2018 (Innsbruck), 2019 (Paris).
Lectures and work abroad: Tartu (2002, 2003), Helsinki (2003, 2006), Heidelberg (2010), Rome (2011), Jena (2013), Jerusalem (2015).

Publications: 242, including 6 monographs
Russian monographs:

  1. “The Nippur Calendar and the Early History of Zodiac” (1999, with Engl. Summary; 272 p.).
  2. “Cultural history of Sumer” (2001, 320 p.).
  3. “Rituals in Ancient Mesopotamia” (2003, 320 p.).
  4. “ME’s and The Sumerian Spring Festivals” (2009, with Engl. Summary; 432 p.).
  5. “Gilgamesh. Biography of the Legend” (2015, 358 p.).
  6. “Woldemar Georg Schileico. Academic Biography” (2019, with Engl. Summary; 448 p.).

English Publications:

  1. From gu4-si-su3 to GU4.AN.NA: Image, Term and Semantic Field of the IInd Nippurian Month // Intellectual Life of the Ancient Near East. Prague, 1998. P. 141-146.
  2. The Nippur Calendar: some notes // N.A.B.U 2 (1999). P. 40-41
  3. The Calendar Date of the Flood in Cuneiform Texts // N.A.B.U 2 (1999). P. 41-45
  4. The Ruler as Possessor of Power in Sumer // The Early State, Its Alternatives and Analogues (ed. by L.Grinin, R.Carneiro, D.Bondarenko, N.Kradin, A.Korotayev). Volgograd, Uchitel, 2004. P. 181-195.
  5. History of Gudea’s Procession // Third International Conference “Hierarchy and Power in History of Civilization”. Moscow, 2007. P. 3-14.
  6. On the Early History of melammu // Proceedings of the 53e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale. Vol. 1. Language in the Ancient Near East. Winona Lake, Indiana, Eisenbrauns, 2010. P. 1109-1119.
  7. Akkadian Loanwords in Sumerian Revised // Acta Linguistica Petropolitana X/1. P. 483-514.
  8. The Identity of Gudea as a Cultural and Historical Problem / Kings, Gods and People. Establishing Monarchies in the Ancient World. Muenster, Ugarit-Verlag, 2016 (AOAT 390/4). P. 63-76.
  9. First Account of a Birthday in Human History // Вестник СПбГУ (Vestnik SPbGU), серия 13. Вып. 3. СПбГУ, 2017. P. 281-294.
  10. lu2-su-a: the cat people or clan of the ruler? (On an Old Sumerian social term) // Вестник СПбГУ. Том 10. Вып. 4 (2018). С. 416-423.
  11. The Evolution of the Festival of Dumuzi in the Light of Russian Assyriology // Literary Change in Mesopotamia and Beyond and Routes and Travellers between East and West. Proceedings of the 2nd and 3rd Melammu Workshops. Edited by Rocío Da Riva, Martin Lang and Sebastian Fink. Melammu Workshops and Monographs 2. Münster, 2019. P. 89-104.
  12. Cultic Calendar and Psychology of Time: Elements of Common Semantics in Explanatory and Astrological Texts of Ancient Mesopotamia // Comparative Mythology. Volume 5, Issue 1. P. 13-32.
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