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 Summer Semester 2025 (Teaching Areas)
- Soviet Panopticon: Vision as a political project in early Soviet culture (Sowjetisches Panoptikum: Das Sehen als politisches Projekt in der frühsowjetischen Kultur)
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
- Poselyagin, Nikolai - Weiser, Tatiana (Guest editors): Russische Literatur und Öffentlichkeit. Russian Literature (NL). Ed. Ellen Rutten, 2024 (im Druck) (in Russian)
- Weiser, Tatiana: "Melodie des wilden Herzens": Heterotopie der Ek-Stase und akustische Phänomenologie der Grenzerfahrung. («Мелодия дикого сердца»: гетеротопия ek-stasis и акустическая феноменология предельного опыта) Versus Vol. № 3 (2023)
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"Starke demokratische Institutionen basieren auf der Notwendigkeit zum Dialog." Interview mit politischer Philosophin Tatiana Weiser («Сильные демократические институты базируются на принуждении к диалогу». Интервью с политическим философом Татьяной Вайзер) // Republic. 6.12.2021
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Weiser, Tatiana - Atnashev, Timur - Veližev, Mikhail: An imperfect public sphere: History of public sphere regimes in Russia Novoje Literaturnoe obozrenie, 2021 (in Russian)
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Weiser, Tatiana: Phenomenology of the (In)visible in Public (Прозрачная демократия? Феноменология (не)видимого в публичной сфере) // VERSUS. № 1. 2021. (in Russian)
- 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: Public Sphere: From free judgment to civic self-awareness. (Публичная сфера: от свободного суждения к гражданскому самосознанию) Republic. 29. Jan. 2020. (in Russian)
- 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: Putin’s Slangy Newspeak as a Paradox of His Public Communication. The Public (Javnostʼ). Special issue: „The Liquefaction of Publicness: Communication, Democracy and the Public Sphere in the Internet Age“. 2018. Vol. 25. № 1–2.
- Weiser, Tatiana: WTC 9/11 von Steve Reich: Stille hören als Beteiligung an der Erfahrung einer Katastrophe. Novoje Literaturnoe obozrenie. 2017. Nr. 148. p. 105–118 (in Russian)
- Weiser, Tatiana: Musik als Diktatur des Heterogenen (Zur Dissoziation von Mimik, Körper und Sprache im Film von Michael Haneke „Die Klavierspielerin“). Novoje Literaturnoe
- Weiser, Tatiana: Falsche Feinde der politischen Stabilität. Umdenkende Ordnung: Idiome der Stabilität und Destabilisierung. Hrsg. von Andreas Langenohl. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2015. p. 203-223 (in English)
- Weiser, Tatiana: Überdenken der Unmündigkeit von Kant in der posttotalitären Reflexion von Arendt. Denken an die Aufklärung: Gegenwart und ihre Auswirkungen. Hrsg. von Martin Davies, Großbritannien: Routledge. 2015. p. 48-67 (in English)
- 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. S. 80-93 (Auf Eng.).
- Weiser, Tatiana – Lorenz, D.: Poétique de la transgression, de Georges Bataille à Valère Novarina. Zeitgenössisches Schreiben 11, Valère Novarina die Sprache in der Szene. Hrsg. von F. Detue, O. Dubouclez. Caen: Moderne Kleinbuchstaben, 2009. p. 65-85 (in French)