Оксана Мороз

Academic Qualifications

Graduated in 2009 with distinction from Russian State University for the Humanities (History and Theory of Culture specialisation) In 2012 got PhD in Cultural Studies (RSUH, research question — «Cultural Trauma in Russian Postmodern Literature»);

In 2012 got PhD in Cultural Studies (RSUH, research question — «Cultural Trauma in Russian Postmodern Literature»).

Professional Biography

2012–2017 — Associate Professor and Vice-dean, Department of Cultural Studies (RSUH);

2014–2020 — Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Social Communication (RANEPA);

2017–2020 — Programme leader, MA Media Management, BA Management in the Creative Arts (MSESS, U of Manchester);

2020–2024 — Associate Professor, School of Media (HSE University);

2022–2024 — Programme leader, MA Curatorial Practices in Contemporary Art (Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, HSE University).

Scholarships/Certificates

2014, 2013 — Karamzine Scholarship (Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation, RANEPA);

2017, 2021 — Learning Management System for Educational Institutions, certificate (RANEPA), certificate (MSESS);

2019 — Strategic and Project Management in Cultural Practices, certificate (RANEPA); Contemporary Aesthetic Theories: Narrative, Discourses and Practices, certificate (RANEPA);

2024 — Trauma and Recovery by Judith L. Herman, M.D., certificate (The International Academy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy).

Cultural Projects

2017–present — Expert, Postnauka Online Educational Platform;

2018–2020 — Author and editor, The New Ethics Project, N+1 Popular Science Online Journal;

2018–2020 — Head of Expert Group, The Prosvetitel.Digital Award;

2021 — Anchor, Flashbacks from the Future Educational Podcast;

2021–2022 — Reader, The Lubimovka Young Russian Playwrights Festival;

2022–2023 — Anchor, On Culture with Fun Radio Show (Silver Rain Radio);

2023–2024 — Anchor, Binary Code TV Show (RTVI);

2023–present — Expert and Academic Adviser, Palaty na Lva Tolstogo Cultural Project.

Professional / Research Areas

Cultural / Media Representation and Public Sphere Trauma Studies (Digital) Memory Studies (Digital) Death Studies DEIB.

Publications (selected list)

Сложные чувства. Разговорник новой реальности: от абьюза до токсичности. М.: издательство Individuum, 2022. C. 23-35, 70-83, 141-152 (Complex Feelings. A Phrasebook of the New Reality: From Abuse to Social Toxicity, RUS);

The Technology of Constructing Meanings in Digital Ecosystems: Agents, Platforms, and Ethics // Horizon scanner: the role of informational technologies in the future of civil society. Cogito-Centre, Moscow, 2021: 50-72 (ENG);

Смертельная чувствительность // Археология русской смерти. № 1, том 6, 2018. С. 6-30 (The Deathlike Sensibility: on Principles of Thanatosensitivity, RUS).

Scientific editor

Cantavella A.J., Duthie E. Dying to ask. 38 Life and Death Question on Dying. Moscow, Samokat Publishing House, 2024;

Manovich L. The Language of New Media. Moscow, Ad Marginem, 2018;

Manovich L. AI Aesthetics. Moscow, Strelka Press, 2022.