Lyudmila Igumnova

Position: Associate professor, Department of Political Science, History and Regional Studies, Irkutsk State University

Contact information

Address: Chkalov st., 2, Irkutsk, 664003

E-mail: lyudmila.o.igumnova@gmail.com, lyudmila_igum@mail.ru

Education

1997-2002: PhD student, Department of World History and International Relations, Irkutsk State University

Thesis title: New Zealand and ANZUS: on the way to independent foreign policy

Qualification awarded: PhD (historical sciences candidate)

1992-1997: Student, History faculty, Irkutsk State University

Area of specialization: World history and international relations

Qualification awarded: Higher Education Diploma with honors

Work experience

2016 – to present: Associate professor, Department of Political Science, History and Regional Studies, Irkutsk State University

2015 – 2018: Jean Monnet Chair

2005 – 2016: Associate professor, Department of World History and International Relations, Irkutsk State University

2003 – 2005: Vice-dean, History Faculty, Department of International Relations, Irkutsk State University

2002 – 2005: Senior Lecturer, Department of World History and International Relations, Irkutsk State University

Courses

• Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union

• Regional Aspects of Contemporary International Relations: EU Case

• Russia and Europe: Mutual Perceptions

• European Identity: Theory and Practice

• International Law

• International Law Workshop

• International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

• Contemporary History of Europe and America (Part 1): 1918-1945

• Political Systems in Asia-Pacific Countries

• Contemporary Foreign Policy Strategy of Russia and International Conflicts

Research interests

Foreign policy of the European Union, European foreign policy concepts, Normative power Europe, EU’s image in Russia, European identity

Languages: Russian – native, English – fluent

Grants & Fellowships

• Jean Monnet Chair (2015-2018). Project title: "EU studies program at Irkutsk State University: foreign policy and identity issues".

• Research stay at ARENA Center for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway, September 2017.

• Research stay at Central and East European Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands, April-May 2017.

• Research fellowship, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden, January - June 2013 (Swedish Institute scholarship within the Visby Program).

• Research fellowship, European Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK, April-May 2012.

• Research fellowship, Department of Politics, Institutions and History, University of Bologna, Italy, February-November 2010.

• Research fellowship, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, January-March 2009.

• Training Course on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament organized by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the Urals State University, Novouralsk, May 2009.

• Carnegie fellowship (Visiting Scholars Program), University of California, Berkeley, April-May 2007.

• Tempus–Tacis Jep "Siberian Network of EU Studies Centers", Trainee and coordinator (2003-2006).

• A series of 4 workshops (methodological schools) on European integration in the framework of Tempus-Tacis project at Tomsk, Irkutsk and Kemerovo state Universities and Novosibirsk State Technical University, 2004-2006.

• Study trip to the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, October 2005.

• Study trip to Free University of Brussels, Belgium, October - November 2005.

• Summer University, Central European University, Budapest, July 2003.

• MGIMO-University, Moscow, January-February 2001, April-May 2002.

Some Publications

Foreign Policy and International Affairs of the European Union: Comprehending the Role of the EU in the World / L.O. Igumnova, O.G. Lekarenko, Iu.G. Agafonov and others; ed. by L.O. Igumnova. Collective monograph. Irkutsk: Publishing House "Ottisk", 2018. 340 p.

Presidential and parliamentary elections in Russia in assessments of the European Union institutions (2007-2018) // Europe and the European Union through the eyes of scholars / Ed. by L.V. Deriglazova. Tomsk: Tomsk State University Press, 2018. P. 292-304.

Normative Power of the EU in Communications of the European External Action Service with Russia // Contemporary Europe. 2017. № 6. P. 81-93.

Method of Modeling and Imitation in Foreign Policy of the EU // Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. History Series. 2015. Vol. 3 (63). Book. 2. P. 184-189.

General and Special Features of the EU's and Russia'sImperial Models // Political Science: Facing the Challenges of Contemporary Politics. Materials of the 7th All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists, Moscow, November 19-21, 2015 / Ed. by О.V. Gaman-Golutvina, L.V. Smorgunova, L. N. Tomofeeva. "Aspect Press", 2015.  P. 995-997.

Imperial Identity of the European Union and Russia // Herald of Tomsk State University. History Series. 2014. Vol. 6 (32). P. 45-55.

Russia and the European Union: a textbook / ed. by S.M. Yun. Tomsk: TSU Publishing House, 2014. 330 p. (Coauthor)

Normative Power Europe Critique in Russia // Herald of Irkutsk State University. Political science Series. 2014. Vol. 7. P. 122-133.

Aims and Motives of the European Union as a Norm Entrepreneur // Herald of Tomsk State University. History Series. 2012. Vol. 1 (17). P. 80-88.

European Mechanisms of Diffusion of Universal Values and International Norms // Herald of Irkutsk State Technical University. 2012. Vol. 1. P. 233-239.

Normative Power Europe and Militarization of the EU: Discussions in European Academic Community // Herald of Eastern-Siberian State University of Technology and Management. 2012. Vol. 2. P. 167-170.

Model Power Europe Concept: Theoretical Backgrounds and Practical Implementation // East-West in the Context of World History: View from Siberia: International research conference (Irkutsk, April 21, 2011). Irkutsk: Irkutsk State University. 2012. P. 253-264.

Russia's Strategic Culture Between American and European Worldviews // The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 2011. Vol. 24: 2. P. 253 - 273.

Normative Power Europe in the Context of Russia-EU Relations: Problem Definition // The EU and Russia: Paths of Modernization: International Conference Abstracts. Tomsk: TSU Publishing House. 2011. P. 13-17.

Normative Aims of European Foreign Policy // Herald of Irkutsk State University. History series. 2011. Vol. 1 (1). P. 154-169.

Some Problems of Resent Research of Normative Power Europe // East-West in the Context of World History: View from Siberia. Irkutsk: Irkutsk State University. 2011. P. 196-200.

Mechanisms of the EU’s Normative Power: the Problem of Choice of Foreign Policy Instruments // Siberian International Yearbook. Vol. 5. Tomsk: Tomsk State University. 2010. P. 68-85.

To my Dear Teacher // Historian of 'Land of the Seas': 75 Anniversary of Professor V.P. Oltarzhevsky. Essays. Biobibliography. Irkutsk: Ottisk. 2010. P. 57-58.

American Conservative Foreign-Policy Tradition and Its Influence on the Present-Day US-EU Relations // The EU and Russia in the XXI century: Materials of the International Conference / Ed. by Alexey Timoshenko, Sergey Yun. Tomsk. 2008. P. 87-99.

Between Europeanism and Atlantism: The Development of the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy and its Implications for Transatlantic Relations // EU and Russia: Face to Face: Materials of the International conference / Ed. by Larisa Deriglazova, Anselm Skuhra (editor-in-chief), Stefan Fritsch. Tomsk, 2007. P. 221-238.