Konstantin Bogdanov

He obtained his undergraduate degree in Classical Philology and Russian Language and Literature at St. Petersburg State University.

In 1992, Dr. Bogdanov completed his PhD with the dissertation: “Magic Spelling in Russian Folklore: A Structural Analysis:.

During this time, he obtained a grant from the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and produced an investigation of Social Thought in 19th Century Russia.

He has vast experience in teaching Greek, Latin, and Russian language courses (beginning, intermediate and advanced levels).

His major scholarly interests focused on historical and theoretical aspects of 18th-20th Russian literature and culture.

2001-2003 he has a two years Research Project on History of Translation and Adaptation of European Rhetoric in 17-18th Century Russia (German Title "Rhetorische Begriffsbildung als Adaptations- und Übersetzungsprozess im ostslavischen Raum des 17. und 18.

2007 was started a new research project of Konstantin Bogdanov supported by DFG about the History of Mathematik and Humanities in the Soviet Union (German Title "Ziffer und Buchstabe.

He has also been instrumental in planning the Round Table on Rhetorics of Soviet Science in 2006 and 2007 at the University of Constance in Germany, in addition to their 2003 conference on Russian literature and medicine.