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Biography
Bio: Dr Maxim Fomin gained his Masters degree in History and Theory of World Culture from Moscow State University in 1998. In 2003, he has gained PhD in Cultural Anthropology, History and Theory of World Culture and History of Religion at Moscow State University by public defence of the doctoral thesis on the topic of righteous kingship in Indo-European societies, and he also graduated with a PhD in Early and Medieval Irish from University College Cork. Specialisms: Irish folklore and oral culture, comparative studies of folk beliefs and cultural practices in European and Oriental traditions, Irish oral narrative, international folktales and migratory legends, public celebrations and calendar festivals, Celto-Slavic parallels in language, medieval narrative literature and folklore, Irish-Indian connections and cultural parallels, comparative linguistics, digitisation and linguistic computing in Celtic Studies, bibliography of Celtic scholars in the 19th and early 20th cc. Affiliations: He is Secretary and Equality and Diversity Officer of the Learned Association Societas Celto-Slavica, as well as its Founding Member and General Editor of Studia Celto-Slavica series. He is board member of the Irish Humanities Alliance (RIA, Dublin). He is Fellow of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung research network, supported by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, having worked at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen in 2016-7. He was elected Associate Member of Centre for Research in Breton and Celtic (CRBC) at the University of Western Brittany, Brest (UBO) in 2019.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University College Cork
19 Mar 2000 → 2 Jun 2003
Award Date: 19 Dec 2003
PhD, Moscow State University
1 Nov 1998 → 22 Feb 2003
Award Date: 22 Feb 2002
Master, Moscow State University
1 Sep 1993 → 1 Jun 1998
Award Date: 1 Jun 1998
External positions
Associate Member
30 Nov 2019 → …
Visiting Lecturer in Irish Folklore, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale
1 Sep 2017 → …
Fellow (Experienced Researcher), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1 May 2016 → 30 Sep 2017
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Research output
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East Meets West in the Land of Fairies and Leprechauns: Translation, Adaptation, and Dissemination of ATU 707 in the 19th - 20th century Ireland
Fomin, M., 16 Mar 2020, In: Voské Divan - Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies/ՈՍԿԵ ԴԻՎԱՆ Հեքիաթագիտական հանդես. 6, p. 12-34 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ludwig Mühlhausen, Séamus Ó Caiside and Scéal Rí na Gréige: The Tale of ‘Three Golden Children’ (ATU 707) in 1937 Donegal
Fomin, M., 17 Aug 2020, 1 ed. Helsinki: Folklore Fellows Communications. 234 p. (Folklore Fellows Communications)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Name-Avoidance and Circumlocutory Terms in Modern Irish and Scottish Maritime Memorates
Fomin, M., 4 Dec 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Studia Celto-Slavica. 11, p. 51-67 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scotha cennderca cen on: A Festschrift for Séamus Mac Mathúna
Ó'Corráin, A. (ed.), de Brún, F. (ed.), Fomin, M. (ed.), Dean, M., Carey, J., Toner, G., Gillies, W., Mac Mathúna, L., Breatnach, P. A., Watson, S., Mikhailova, T., Johnston, D., Roibeard, Ó. M., Maier, B., Dillon, C., Mac Coinnigh, M., Mac Cárthaigh, C., Jivanyan, A., Ó Catháin, S., Fomin, M. & 5 others, , 7 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) 1st ed. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. 414 p. (Studia Celtica Upsaliensia; vol. 10)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
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Золотая Индия червонного золота»: изображение Индии в ирландских письменных источниках
Translated title of the contribution :"Golden India of red gold":: Depiction of India in Irish Written Sources Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Activities
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Studia Celto-Slavica (Journal)
Maxim Fomin (Member of editorial board), Séamus Mac Mathúna (Member of editorial board), Dafydd Johnston (Member of editorial board), Tatyana Mikhailova (Member of editorial board), Jadranka Gvozdanovic (Reviewer) & Gary German (Reviewer)
17 Sep 2006 → 17 Dec 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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