Dr. Assoc. Prof. Elena Semicheva

  • PhD in World History
  • Belgorod State National Research University

Personal information

  • Elena Alexandrovna Semicheva
  • E-mail: semicheva@bsu.edu.ru
  • Date of Birth: 18 November 1970

Education

  • Since 1997 PhD in World History (Moscow Pedagogical State University)
  • 1988 – 1993 undergraduate studies (Belgorod State Pedagogical Institute)
  • Major Field of studies: History, pedagogy
  • Qualification: Teacher of History, social and political disciplines; methodologist of educational work

Work Experience and Employment

  • September 2001 – present
    Belgorod State National Research University
    Faculty of History and Philology, Department of World History
    Associate professor
  • The courses I teach:
    History of Ancient World
    History of the Antique Culture
    Methodological aspects of historical science
    History of the world's religions
  • The sphere of my science interests:
    Greek and Rome mentality, Everyday life, Problems of identity, Greek religion, Literature of Late Antiquity (Postclassical World)

Publications

Litovchenko E., Bolgov N., Bolgova A., Semicheva E., Prokopenko S. Sidonius Apollinaris as a flexible thinking person of Fifth-Century Gaul // Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics. – 2019. – Vol. 10. – Pp. 363-370

The paper deals with the personality traits of Gallo-Roman author Sidonius Apollinaris (~430–489) who was a representative of Late Roman nobility and clergyman as well. It wasn’t unusual situation for 4th-6th century’s Mediterranean world, when intellectual elite was a fueler for religious leaders. Nonetheless some of them underwent the crisis of identity, others continued to hold old values and way of life. Authors suggest the idea that Sidonius was a unique person who was able to rebuild his world perception, not breaking with the old attitudes associated with the aristocratic life, but at the same time accepting Christian morality with all his heart and becoming its proponent. It is possible if we consider him as a flexible thinking person on the base of achievements of psychology science. Sidonius was a flexible thinking person who react suitable on all changes without breaking, crisis of identity, because he saw the way how to adapt his old values and merits to new world. It means that antique and medieval culture aspects coexisted peacefully in his mind.