Dr. Tatiana Vaizer
© Dr. Tatiana Vaizer
Research Associate
NameDr. Tatiana Vaizer
Chair of Slavic Literatures
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Office hours:
- Thursday:
- 10:00 - 12:00
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Academic and research experience
| since 2019 |
Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies of the TU Dresden Habilitation on “The Phenomenology of the Early Soviet Public Sphere” |
| since 2016 |
Publishing house „Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie“ (New literature review) https://www.nlobooks.ru/, since 2022 editor in chief of journal „Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie“ |
| 2015 – 2019 | Higher School of Economics (MSSES), Moscow Faculty of Social Sciences Lecturer, Head of the Master’s programme 'Politics. Economics. Philosophy' |
| 2011 – 2017 | Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration of the Russian Federation, Moscow Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences Lecturer for Philosophy and Ethics |
| 2006 – 2011 | Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow Institute for History and Philology Lecturer (French language and culture) |
Education
| 2008 – 2009 | Paris Diderot University, Paris Lab: History and text and image semiology by Yulia Kristeva Degree: PhD Focal area: Humanities and social sciences |
| 2007 – 2008 | Paris Diderot University, Paris Faculty: Humanities and social sciences Department: Philology, Art, Cinematography Degree: Magister II Focal area: Modern Reflection |
| 2005 – 2007 | French College at the State University Moscow, Moscow Degree: Magister I (together with Paris Diderot University) Focal area: Intellectual culture and literature in France |
| 2004 – 2009 | Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Division for Philosophy of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow Degree: Doctor Focal area: Social philosophy |
| 2002 – 2004 | Graduate School of European Cultures of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow Degree: second university education, lecturer for history and cultural theory with German language skills Focal area: Theory and history of European cultures |
| 1999 – 2004 | Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, Moscow Degree: university education Focal area: Criticism and history of theatre |
Focal areas of research
- Political philosophy, political phenomenology
- History, theory and critical phenomenology of the public sphere
- History of Russian political culture
Stays abroad
| 2005-2006 | Annual study cycle at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Focus: Political Philosophy, Cultural Studies |
Awards and Scholarships
| 2010-2011 | Fulbright Scholarship for Lecturers, University of Washington Saint-Louis, New York, New York, USA |
| 2008-2009 | Scholarship from the French government for doctoral studies at the University of Paris VII Denis Diderot, Paris |
| 2007-2008 | Stipendium Region Ile-de-France für einen Magister-Abschluss der Universität Paris VII, Denis Diderot, Paris |
| 2006-2007 | Scholarship from the Russian government for doctoral studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow |
| 2005-2006 | Rotary Club Research Fellowship for Study and Materials Collection for a one-year study cycle at Justus Liebig University, Germany |
Memberships
- Member of the German Society for Phenomenological Research
- Committee member of the Association for social and political philosophy (ASPP)
Current Curses Winter Semester 2025/2026 (Teaching Areas)
- Seminar: „Im Licht der Idee...“: Lichtmetaphern im frühsowjetischen Projekt der 1930er Jahre
Conferences
2024
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Dec. 13-14: “Seeing correctly”, “putting in the right light” as the basis of the early Soviet public (or why James Joyce was not popular with proletarian writers). VIII. International Scientific Conference “Republicanism: Theory, History, Modern Practices” (“Enlightenment as a Republican Project”)
2023
- Dec. 15-16: The Metaphor of “Light” in Public Sphere Studies: from the European Enlightenment to the (Post)Soviet Panopticon. VII. International Academic Conference “Republicanism: Theory, History, Modern Practices” (‘Öffentlichkeit’ and “Öffentlichkeit” als politische Formen: Clash of Traditions and Future Scenarios").
2019
- Dec. 13-14: “Vom privaten ‘Unbedeutenden’ zum Öffentlichen ”politisch Bedeutsamen“ (Projekt ”Ich kann sprechen“ im Lichte feministischer Kritik von Hannah Arendt)”, lecture at the conference “Republikanismus: Theorie, Geschichte, moderne Praktiken” of the European University in Sankt-Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia.
2018
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Oct. 24-26: Head of the section “Regime of Public Relations in Russia: Investigation of Changes in Public Relations” // International Conference “Freedom-Liberation-Democracy” / Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki.
2017
- May 19: Transformation of the Public Sphere in Post-Soviet Russia // The New Green Talks EURussia 2017: The Transformation of Political and Civil Society Institutions in Russia and the European Union: Causes and Consequences / Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin.
2015
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Oct. 21-23: Participation in the discussion section “Syndrome of Public Muteness in Russia”, Conference “Culture and Russian Society”, Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki.
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June 25-26: “Right to speak in the absence of listening in the contemporary Russian public sphere”, lecture at the conference “Democracy”, Association for Social and Political Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
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March 12: “Neopatriotic Discourse and Trauma Languages in Post-Soviet Poetry”, lecture at the Seminar of the Department of Russian and Other Slavic Languages, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, Oxford.
2014
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July 1-2: “Listening to the Voices of Future Generations”, lecture at the conference “Theories of Injustice” of the British Association for Social and Political Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
2013
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Dec. 20-21: “Logostraumography: Language of Violation and Language Deformation in Post-Soviet Poetry”, international conference “Post-Soviet Space as a Language Project: Media, Culture, Politics”, Moscow School of Economics, Moscow.
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June 24-28: XVI Fulbright Summer School “Academic Writing”, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
2011
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April 2: “Crisis of Communicative Rationality in Modern Education”, lecture at the Russian-American Round Table “Crisis of the Humanities”, Russian State University for the Humanities, University of Washington, Saint-Louis, USA.
2007
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May 8-9: International Conference: “History and Memory after the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, Russia and the UK”, Stanley Burton Center for Holocaust Studies. School of Historical Studies: University of Leicester, Great Britain.
2004
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10-14 April: International Conference: “60 Years On: How We See the Holocaust Today: International Perspectives”, organized by the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies. School of Historical Studies: University of Leicester, Great Britain.
Research Projects
- The Struggle for Attention in the Public Sphere. A Perspective of Critical Phenomenology. International Summer School (2023) - organised by Prof. Dr. Klavdia Smola, Dr. Tatiana Vaizer, Dr. Annelie Bachmaier, funded by Volkswagen Stiftung
- Eigen-Sinn: Citizen Empowerment and “Soft” Protest in the Soviet and Post-Soviet World. International Summer School (2022) - Prof. Dr. Klavdia Smola (TUD), funded by Volkswagen Stiftung
Selected Publications
- Weiser, Tatiana; Poselyagin, Nikolai (Guest editors): Slavic Literatures. Literature and the Public Sphere. Ed. Ellen Rutten, Netherlands, 2024.
- Weiser, Tatiana: Травматография Логоса: Язык травмы и деформация языка в постсоветской поэзии (Traumatography of the Logos: The Language of Trauma and the Deformation of Language in Post-Soviet Poetry). Moskau, NLO, 2024. Nr. 125.
- Weiser, Tatiana: «Мелодия дикого сердца»: гетеротопия ek-stasis и акустическая феноменология предельного опыта ("Melody of the Wild Heart: Heterotopia of Ekstasis and Acoustic Phenomenology of Borderline Experiences) Versus Vol. № 3 (2023)
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Weiser, Tatiana: Сильные демократические институты базируются на принуждении к диалогу». Интервью с политическим философом Татьяной Вайзер (“Strong democratic institutions are based on the need for dialogue.” Interview with political philosopher Tatiana Weiser) // Republic. 6.12.2021
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Weiser, Tatiana - Atnashev, Timur - Veližev, Mikhail: Несовершенная публичная сфера. История режимов публичности в России ("An imperfect public sphere: History of public sphere regimes in Russia Novoje Literaturnoe obozrenie"). Novoe Literaturnoe obozrenie, 2021.
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Weiser, Tatiana: (Прозрачная демократия?) Феноменология (не)видимого в публичной сфере) (Phenomenology of the (In)visible in Public ) // VERSUS. № 1. 2021.
- The Public Sphere in Russia between Authoritarianism and Liberation. Edited by Yudin, Greg; Weiser, Tatiana (guest editors). The Public (Javnostʼ) . Special issue. 2020. Vol. 27.
- Weiser, Tatiana: Публичная сфера: от свободного суждения к гражданскому самосознанию (Public Sphere: From Free Judgment to Civic Self-Awareness) // Magazine Project "Republic". 29. Jan. 2020.
- Weiser, Tatiana: Speaking Without Listening: Imitating Dissensus in the Agonistic Public Debates in Russian Political Talk-Shows in the 2010s. The Public. 2020. Vol. 27 (1).
- Weiser, Tatiana: «WTC 9/11» Стива Райха: Вслушивание в тишину как вовлечение в опыт катастрофы (Tatiana Weiser. WTC 9/11 by Steve Reich: Listening to Silence as Involvement in the Experience of Catastrophe). Novoe Literaturnoe obozrenie. 2017. Nr. 148. p. 105–118.
- Weiser, Tatiana: Музыка как диктатура гетерогенного (О диссоциации мимики, тела и речи в фильме Михаэля Ханеке "Пианистка") (Music as the dictatorship of heterogeneity (On the dissociation of facial expressions, body language, and speech in Michael Haneke's film “The Piano Teacher”). Moskau, Novoe Literaturnoe obozrenie, 1/2015. Nr. 131.
- Weiser, Tatiana: Rethinking Order. Idioms of Stability and Destabilization. Ed. by Andreas Langenohl. Bielefeld, Transcript, 2015. p. 203-223
- Weiser, Tatiana: Rethinking Kant's Nonage in the Context of Arendt’s Posttotalitarian Reflection. Ed. by von Martin Davies, London, Routledge. 2015. p. 48-67.
- Weiser, Tatiana. Logic of Intersubjective Limits within Habermas’ Community (or Why We Should Not Be a Unified Whole). Russian Sociological Review. 2014. Band 13. Nr. 4. p. 80-93
- Weiser, Tatiana – Lorenz, D.: Poétique de la transgression, de Georges Bataille à Valère Novarina. Ed. by O. Dubouclez. Caen, Lettres modernes Minard , 2009. p. 65-85