Fedorova Ekaterina S.

Personal Details: Date and place of birth: 13.07.1989, Leningrad, USSR.

Education:

• 2012 – 2015: PhD Programme in History and Theory of Culture, St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy. PhD Thesis: “Philosophy of music in Muslim medieval culture” (2015, supervisor Prof. Tigran Tumanian).
• 2007 – 2012: Undergraduate Programme in Cultural Studies (major: Arab-Muslim Culture), Specialist Diploma, St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Philosophy.

Professional positions:

• Since 2023: Senior Lecturer, Department of History of the Middle East countries, SPbSU.
• Since 2016: Museum conservator, North-Western State Medical University n.a. I.I.Mechnikov.

Research interests:

• Music in Muslim civilization, Islamic Philosophy of music, history of Middle Eastern medicine, history of Japanese medicine.

Teaching:

• History of Muslim civilization
• Orientalism
• Arts of the Middle East countries

Publications: 17

1. Fedorova Е.S. Musical culture of the Islamic world in the context of globalization // Islam in Russia: cultural traditions and modern challenges. St.Petersburg, 2013. P.120-123.
2. Fedorova Е.S. The ethical aspect of music in al-Ghazali’s treatise “The Revival of Religious Sciences” // ASIATICA. V.7. P.144-155.
3. Fedorova Е.S. Views of Medieval Muslim philosophers on musical creativity and knowledge // ASIATICA. V.8. P.114-122.
4. Fedorova Е.S. Philosophical foundations of traditional music of the Middle East / Ethnosocium and international culture. №3(69). P.173-176.
5. Fedorova Е.S. Music in Islamic Sufi rituals // Islamic studies. №3. P.65-71.
6. Fedorova Е.S. “Music and Islam” as an issue in conflict management // Conflictology. №1. P.194-202.
7. Fedorova Е.S. Philosophy of Music in the “Epistles of the Brethren of Purity”// Islamic studies. 2015. №1(23). P.19-28.
8. Fedorova Е.S. Music and education in Medieval Muslim culture // ASIATICA. №9. P.81-86.
9. Fedorova Е.S. Medicine in Arabic, Persian and Turkish miniatures of X-XVIII centuries // Features of the formation and modernization of natural science museums. Petersburg, 2017. P.114 – 118.
10. Fedorova Е.S. “Science of music” in Medieval Muslim treatises // Thoughts on Music in the Abrahamic Traditions. Мoscow, 2017. 85 - 87.
11. Fedorova Е.S. Development of Muslim music therapy // Traditional and alternative medicine in the cultures of the world. St.Petersburg, 2018. P.74 - 77.
12. Fedorova Е.S. Health issues and health care in Japanese classical literature of XVII-XVIII centuries // Medicine and society in Peace and War. Petersburg, 2021. P.41-53.
13. Fedorova Е.S. Kamakura and Muromachi periods’ medical views in Japanese culture // STUDIA CULTURAE. V.1(47). P.82-94.
14. Fedorova Е.S. Pythagorean theory of music in the Epistle on music of the Brethren of purity // ASIATICA. 2023. V.17., №1. P.80-99.