{"id":16683,"date":"2023-04-13T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/?post_type=portfolio&p=16683"},"modified":"2023-04-18T14:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:44:50","slug":"sergei-zotov","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/en\/portfolio-item\/sergei-zotov\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergei Zotov"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sergei Zotov,\u00a0<\/strong>a PhD student in Anthropology from the Russian University for the Humanities in Moscow, came to study at the Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona for four months in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt UAB I studied history of science, but mostly I worked in different archives, libraries, took part in conferences, gave a talk about my project and had a lot of conversations with researchers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>after my Erasmus+ experience, I started another project and was granted with DHI Moscow stipendium for historians specializing on German history for 2 months, which I have spent in HAB, Wolfenb\u00fcttel, Germany. Then I was granted with 5 months\u2019 research stay in the same place by DAAD. After that I also was invited to work there on an iconographical project about alchemy, which topic was very similar to mine. I am still there and I like this work very much.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

During my Erasmus+ stay in Barcelona I have not only worked on my project and\u00a0 met great people from all the world interested in Middle Ages and history of science, but also started writing a book about Middle Ages, \u00abDark Ages in Agony\u00bb (https:\/\/telegra.ph\/Medieval-Suffers-promotional-excerpt-01-28<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0), together with two friends of mine. I have used a lot of material from the libraries in Barcelona, which was very useful for parts of the book. I have never expected the success of this project: more than 40 thousand copies of our book have been printed, and even an audiobook has been made. \u201cDark Ages in Agony\u201c has been short-listed for \u00abProsvetitel\u00bb (\u201eEnlightener\u201c in Russian,\u00a0http:\/\/premiaprosvetitel.ru\/en\/info\/?572<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0) award for non-fiction books. Our book is in all the bookshops and libraries in Russia, and in some bookshops all over the world too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anything that was difficult? Everything connected with money took me an enormous amount of time to resolve. I had lot of problems with my bank in Spain. During my stay I found out that renting a room in a flat in Barcelona is very expensive, and almost all my grant funds were spent on paying the rent and buying food. Nevertheless, I was very happy during these months. I could advise to find the flat before your mobility experience. I recommend to use on every mobility opportunity one can find, and spend this time working a lot and with fun\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>