Alexander Meienberger
Alexander Meienberger
Dr.
Administrative ERC project coordinator
GCE-HSG
Büro 52-7140
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
9000 St Gallen
Büro 52-7140
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
9000 St Gallen
Publications
Main Focuses
Nineteenth-, twentieth-centuries and contemporary Russian literature
Medical Humanities
Fields of research
Eastern European studies
Literary and cultural studies
Further fields of research
Literature and Cultural Studies
Philosophy
Biomedical Ethics
Education
- 2018 - 2023 Ph.D. in Organization Studies and Cultural Theory at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- 2017 Master of Arts (M.A.) (Eastern Europe: History and Media)
- 2016 four-month research stay at the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, France
- 2014 - 2017 Master studies of Eastern European history and media at the University of Konstanz
- 2014 Specialist Diploma (International Affairs )
- 2013 four-month exchange semester at the University of Konstanz, Germany
- 2009 - 2014 Diploma Degree in International Affairs at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU) Moscow, Russia
Professional Career
- since 2023 Executive director of the Center for Governance and Culture in Europa (GCE-HSG)
- since 2022 Assistant to the Vice-Rector for External Relations
- since 2021 Program manager Public Lectures Program HSG Events Office
- since 2019 Program manager Early Career Programme
- 2019 - 2022 Assistant at the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe (GCE-HSG)
- 2011 - 2014 Internship in Marketing and Communications Department at Bosch Security Systems, Moscow
- 2010 - 2010 Internship in the Press Department in the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Moscow
Teaching Activities
- Russian special path? Empire, invasion, isolation (University of St.Gallen HS 2023)
- Food in the Russian literature (University of Konstanz SoSe2023)
- "Russkij mir": Ideology and Literature (University of Konstanz WiSe 2020/21)
- Discourses on peace and war in Russian culture (in cooperation with Dr. Renata von Maydell, University of Konstanz SoSe 2019)
Projects
- 2018-2023 Dissertation project "The Foundation "Russkiy mir" as an ideological network".
- since 2023 The portrayal of medicine in modern Russian literature.
Affiliations
- 2020 - 2021 Speaker of the young DGO
- Swiss Academic Society for Eastern European Studies (SAGO)
- German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Talks
- 29.3.2023 The concept “Russian World” and its (geo)political implication.
- 30.3.2023 Mayonnaise. The quintessence of Russian cuisine.
Editorial Board
- Since 2021, Co-Editor of the online journal Euxeinos