Dr. Andrei Volodin

Historical Information Science Department
History Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University (MSU)

Associate professor in Historical Information Science Department of the History Faculty MSU. Doctoral degree in Russian social and economic history (2006). On the staff of the History Faculty from 2003.

Fields of research and interest - (1) Russian, European and comparative social and economic history, cliometrics; (2) digital history, multimedia and information technologies application in historical studies and teaching; (3) modern and contemporary world history teaching; (4) web-based courseware, e-learning courses development and teaching techniques; (5) information design, web-content development and usability engineering.

Director of “E-Learning in History” project of Moscow State Lomonosov University.

Phone: (+7) 495 939-11-65. Fax: (+7) 495 939-11-65. E-mail: volodin @ hist.msu.ru

Book

Volodin A. Istoriya fabrichnoj inspektzii v Rossii, 1882-1914 gg. [History of Factory Inspection in Russia, 1882-1914]. M.: ROSSPEN, 2009. (207 p.; ISBN: 978-5-8243-1201-0)

Downloadable publications

Volodin A.Yu. Labour Law in Imperial Perspective (Ivan Yanzhul and Russian Factory Inspection) // Proceedings of XIV International Economic History Congress. Helsinki, Finland, 21 to 25 August 2006.
Volodin A. Russian Factory Inspection (1882-1918): Cui Bono? // Working Paper № 2008-60. Paris, 2008. (Presented at Séminaire d’histoire économique de l’École d’économie de Paris (29 octobre 2007).
Volodin A. Russian Factory Inspection: Mediation in Labour Conflict & its Social Impact // Paper prepared for the 5th European Social Science History Conference, Berlin, Humboldt University, 2004.
Volodin A. Statistics Multimedia Teaching // Abstracts. XVth International Conference of the Association for History and Computing (AHC). University of Tromsø, 2003.
Volodin A. Fabrichnaja inspektija v Rossii (1882-1904) [Factory inspection in Russia (1882-1904)] // Otechestvennaja istorija. 2007. № 1. P. 23-40.
Volodin A.Yu. “Zhalobu Donosit’ Vashemu Vsoko Rodeiu Gospodinu Inspektoru” (zhaloby rabochikh uchastkovomu fabrichnomu inspektoru na rubezhe XIX-XX vekov) [Complaints to local factory inspector: content-analysis] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 6. М., 2001.
Volodin A.Yu. “Narushenie drugikh, krome ukazannykh vyshe, uslovii dogovora naima” (vziatki na serpukhovskikh fabrikakh v kontse XIX veka) [On bribes in factories (factory inspectors’ inquiries ер еру late 19th century)] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 6. М., 2001.
Volodin A.Yu. Ob’iavlenie kak forma kommunikatsii fabrichnoi administratsii s rabochimi [Announcement as a form of communication of factory administration and workers] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 8. М., 2002. S.57-72.
Volodin A.Yu. Kak razbiralas’ zhaloba rabochego v nachale XX veka? [On workers’ complaints inquiry in the early 20th century] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 9. М., 2003. C.26-44.
Volodin A.Yu. Zhaloby rabochikh fabrichnym inspektoram kontsa XIX - nachala XX vv.: sotsial’noe iavlenie i opyt ego izmereniia [Workers complaints to factory insectors (late 19th-early 20th centuries): social phenomenon and its measuring] // Informatsionnyi biulleten’ Assotsiatsii "Istoriya i komp’iuter" (Information bulletin of Association for History and Computing), №30, 2002. S.41-42.
Volodin A.Yu. Stanovlenie instituta fabrichnoi inspektsii v Rossii (1882-1905) [Formation of factory inspection institution in Russia (1882-1905)] // Trudy IX Mezhdunarodnoi konferentsii “Lomonosov–2002” (Proceeding of 9-th International conference “Lomonosov-2002”). M., 2003.
Volodin A.Yu. Statistika zhalob rabochikh fabrichnym inspektoram v Rossii (1901-1910): kak “odet’” golye tsifry? [On labour and labour conflicts statistics in Russia (1901-1910)] // Trudy IX Mezhdunarodnoi konferentsii “Lomonosov–2002” (Proceeding of 9-th International conference “Lomonosov-2002”). М., 2003.
Volodin A.Yu. Fabrichnaia inspektsiia v elektronnykh dokumentakh [Factory inspection in digital documents] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 9. М., 2003. С.17-21.
Volodin A. Rossijskaja fabrichnaja inspektija v statisticheskoj retrospektive (1905–1914) [Russian factory inspection in statistical perspective] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 13, M., 2007. P. 45-66.
Volodin A. Trudy i dni fabrichnogo inspektora v Rossii [Works and Days of factory inspector in Russia] // Ekonomicheskaia istoriya. Obozrenie (Economic History. Review). Vol. 13. M., 2007. P. 9-33.

International conferences

International Conference Lomonosov (Moscow, 2001-2005; Executive secretary of History panel in 2006-2010);
XVth Conference of the International Association for history and computing (University of Tromso, Norway, 2003);
Russia and Finland during Industrialisation (1870s—1930s) (Moscow, 2003, 2005; Helsinki, 2004);
Vth European Social Science History Conference (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 2004);
XIVth International Economic History Congress (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2006);
Business Systems and Globalisation – Global models in a local perspective and local models in a global perspective in a long run (Annual seminar of the Finnish Economic History Association; Helsinki, 2006);
Séminaire d’histoire économique de l’École d’économie de Paris (Paris, 2007);
VIIth European Social Science History Conference (University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008);
Summer schools “Challenges of Time and Teaching History at Universities“ (European University at St. Petersburg; Raivola, 2008, Krasnoyarsk, 2009).
VIIIth European Social Science History Conference (University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 2010);

Research grants

2003-2004 - Digital library “Evolution of Labour Relations in Russia: from Prerevolutionary Industrialization to NEP” (Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH) - 02-01-12001в; participant, content developer);
2005-2006 - Digital library “Labour Relations during Soviet Industrialization: between coercion and incentives” (RFH - 05-01-12127в; participant, content manager);
2005-2006 - “Institution of factory inspection in Russia (1882-1914)” (RFH - 05-01-01388а; head of team project);
2006-2008 - “Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development” (Marie Curie Research Training Network - MRTN-CT2004-512439; postdoc participant);
2006-2007 - “Social and Economic Agency and the Cultural Heritage of the Soviet Past” (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) & Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) 047.011.2004.039; participant);
2007-2009 - “Labour and Law in prerevolutionary industry of Russia (1861-1914)” (RFH 07-01-00282а; head of individual project).

Course syllabi

General course “The World in the Twentieth Century” (introductory survey of world history in the 20th century).
General course “Empire-Union-Federation: Russian History in the Long Twentieth Century” (lectures on political affairs, economic changes, social actions and cultural achievements from 1880 up to 2001).
General course “Russian History (c. 900-2001)”.
General course “Modern History of Europe”.
General course “Historical Information Science” - seminars (third & forth terms; in Russian).
Special course “Internet-Heuristics for Historians”.
Special course “Global Labour History: problems, approaches, results” (in Russian).
Special course “Information Heuristics in the Internet” (in Russian).
Special course “Computer Graphics for Historians” (joint authorship; in Russian).
Special course “Internet-intranet Technologies Fundamentals” (joint authorship; in Russian).
Special course “Information Design: History, Principles, Technologies” (in Russian).
Special course “Social Histories and Social Theories” (scheduled in autumn term 2010).
Special course “Economic Histories and Economic Theories” (scheduled in spring term 2011).

Visiting appointments

2009 - Visiting Professor, l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France.
2007-2008 - Post Doctoral Fellowship, Paris-Jourdan Science Économique, Paris, France.
2006 - Visiting Researcher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
2003 - Visiting Researcher, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

Academic membership

Member of the Council of the History Faculty
Member of Association for History & Computing (AHC)
Member of “Economicheskaya istoriya. Obozrenie” editorial board (Centre for economic history edition — Economic History Review)
Executive secretary of History panel of annual MSU conference “Lomonosov”
Administrator of scholar listserv “History & humanities News” and community ucmopuku (both in Russian)
Researcher of Center for Economic Police Research (CEPR)

Prizes in history

1-st degree diploma of young researchers competition (VIII conference of Russian Association for “History & Computing”; 2002)
rectorial diploma for the best paper during conference “Lomonosov-2002”
Research Design Course-ESTER diploma (European graduate School for Training in Economic and social-historical Research, 2003)
1-st degree diploma and medal of IХ-th All-Russian Conference in honour of S.F.Platonov (2003)
3-rd degree diploma of young researchers competition (X conference of Russian Association for “History & Computing”; 2006)
Russian President’s research grant laureate (2004-2005)
Moscow University award for outstanding achievements in research and teaching (2010)
Winner of “Best lecturer” prize in V.Potanin Foundation’s competition (2010)

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