Natalia Kraevskaia

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1981	Ph.D. in Philology, Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Mos.
1974	B.A./M.A. (Graduated), Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) State University, Faculty of Philology.

Work experience

2021 – 2023	Associate Professor, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (HSE), Moscow.
2007 – 2017	Associate Professor, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH), Moscow.
2004 – 2022	Associate Professor, International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
1990 – 2005	Founder and Director, Salon Natasha (First independent contemporary art space in Hanoi), Vietnam.
1990 – 1991	Lecturer, Hanoi Branch of the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Vietnam.
1985 – 1990	Associate Professor, Astrakhan State Technical University, Russia.
1983 – 1985	Lecturer, Hanoi Branch of the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Vietnam.
1974 – 1977	Assistant Professor, Astrakhan State Technical University, Russia.

Main official research projects

2020 – 2022	The Realities of Traditional Material Culture in Languages and Folklore Texts of Southeast Asia. Collective state research project supported by the Russian Foundation for for Fundamental Researches (participant).
2017 – 2019	Endangered Languages of the Vietic Group of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa Provinces of Vietnam: Structural and Socio-Linguistic Description. International joint project sponsored by the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Researches and the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (Participant).).
2005 – 2018	Research on the Image of the City in Vietnamese Visual Art. Collaborative project with Dr. Lisa Drummond (York University, Toronto). Results published in conference papers, journals, and art catalogues. Curated art exhibitions organized.
2014 – 2016	Picture of the World and the Language Worldview of the Thai Ethnic Group Residing in Vietnam: Analysis of Folklore Texts and Weaving Ornaments (An Ethnolinguistic Approach). Supported by the Russian Foundation for Humanities and the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences. Project Head.
2010 – 2014	Creation of the Archive of Salon Natasha for Asia Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong. Joint project with Dr. Nora Taylor. Completed an online collection consisting of 8,500 curated files, accessible via the Asia Art Archive Platform.
2010 – 2012	Creation of the Digital Archive: Art in the Age of ‘Đổi Mới’. Developed for the Southeast Asia Digital Library, Northern Illinois University (USA), in collaboration with Dr. Nora Taylor and Dr. Boi Tran Huynh-Beattie.
1980 – 2000	Russian Oral Scientific Speech. Core research team member. Completed findings published in numerous articles, chapters across a 4-volume publication, and a co-authored monograph.

Art-related activity

In 1990, N. Kraevskaia co-founded Salon Natasha, the first private, independent art space in Hanoi, Vietnam, specialized in contemporary art. From 1990 to 2005, she curated and organized approximately 80 solo and group exhibitions featuring Vietnamese and international artists, alongside non-profit workshops and art happenings.
Salon Natasha is globally recognized as one of Southeast Asia's most historically significant spaces for avant-garde art. Its legacy has been comprehensively archived by the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, and structural highlights have been exhibited digitally at the National Gallery Singapore. She continues to work actively as an independent curator, researcher, and art writer.

Curatorial Practice

Exhibitions and art projects in Vietnam and abroad

(excluding exhibitions organized at Salon Natasha)

Curator	"Hanoi in the Visual Arts" (project comprising 3 exhibitions) dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi (co-curated with Lisa Drummond), Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2010 (book/catalogue).
Jury Member	"Young Talent Prize" (painting competition) organized by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Embassy of Denmark, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2010. Curator for the winners' exhibition (catalogue).
Nominator	of Vietnamese art, Signature Art Prize 2008, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 2008.
Curator	"Hanoi: 5000 Hoan Kiem Lakes" exhibition, part of the "City and Arts: Hanoi’s Future?" project implemented by the P_art group, Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2007 (catalogue).
Curator for Vietnamese Art	"Urban Art 2003: melbourneconnectionasia," Melbourne, Australia, 2003 (catalogue).
Co-curator	"Viêt Nam: Art actuel," Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, 2002 (catalogue).
Curator	"Other Banks," a solo exhibition by Vu Dan Tan, Astrakhan State Art Gallery, Astrakhan, Russia, 2002 (catalogue). “Human – Nature” – exhibition of three young artists, Gallery of Hanoi Fine Arts Institute, 2000.
Curator	"Human – Nature" (exhibition of three young artists), Gallery of the Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2000.
Co-curator	(with Maritta Nurmi), "Spirit of Hanoi: Contemporary Art from Vietnam – Salon Natasha as an Installation" project and two corresponding exhibitions: Art Association of Oulu and BAU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 1998 (catalogue).
Co-curator	(with Bonney Bombach), "Crosscurrents" (a collaborative mail-art project between Vietnamese and Australian artists), Australian Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1998; toured 10 venues in Australia, 1998–2000 (catalogue).
Curator for Vietnamese Art	"Contemporary Vietnamese Art," 12th International Asian Art Exhibition, Macao, 1997.
Curator	"Composition: Mouvement et immobilité," French Cultural Center (L'Espace / Alliance Française), Hanoi, Vietnam, 1995 (catalogue).

Conferences and conference panels organized

2017	Panel	“Colonial Art and Visual / Acoustic Culture during the Modern Time” (co-convenor with Yongwoo Lee), conference: “Vietnam and Korea as 'Longue Durée' Subject of Comparison: From the Pre-modern to the Early Modern Periods”, joint project of Seoul National University Asia Center (Seoul), Vietnam National University (Hanoi), International Institute for Asian Studies (Leiden), Leiden University (Leiden), and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), Hanoi.
2016	Panel	“Poles of Power: Language, Identity and the State in Contemporary Vietnam” (convenor), conference: “Language, Power and Identity in Asia: Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries”, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, Netherlands.
2007	Conference	“Hanoi: 5000 Hoan Kiem Lakes – City and Arts,” National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam (co-organized with Lisa Drummond).
1998	Conference	“Crosscurrents” (featuring Vietnamese and Australian artists), the Australian Embassy, Hanoi.
1995	Conference	Conference: “Art and Music” (in collaboration with Eric Leroux), French Cultural Center, Hanoi.

Selected Conference Presentations

Preserving the Present: The Rise of Digital Archives for Vietnamese Art. Conference “Vietnam Up Close: Heritage Continuity Future”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University, 13–15 November 2025.
Being Contemporary: The Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Art Practice of Vũ Dân Tân. Conference “100 Years of Vietnamese Art from an Interdisciplinary and Liberal Perspective”, Vietnam National University - SIS, Hanoi, 26 December 2024.
Les dialogues artistiques France-Asie-Pacifique: regards croisés dans les arts visuels modernes et contemporains (with Iola Lenzi). Launch of the revue “La Francophonie en Asie-Pacifique" (FAP), #7. L’Institut Francophone International – VNU, Hanoi, 13 October 2023.
Hanoi: Between Utopia and Reality. Evolution of Urban Theme in Art. Conference “Countries of SEA in the Past and at Present”, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State Lomonosov University, 2019.
Visions of New Urban Space: Hanoi as an Art Subject. “Art and Action: Contemporary Art and Discourse in Southeast Asia” An International Art History Conference, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, 3–5 December 2018.
Lost in Transition: The Restricted Globalized Policies of Russian Art Museums (with Albina Legostaeva). International Conference “Changing Global Hierarchies of Value? Museums, Artifacts, Frames, and Flows”, University of Copenhagen / National Museum of Denmark, 20–22 August 2018.
Art Spaces in Vietnam in the 1990s. MA Asian Art Histories Forum: "Outside Official: The Role of Independent Art Spaces and Artist Collectives in Late 20th-Century Southeast Asian Art History", LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, 2017.
Modernity in Vietnamese Art: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism – Opposed or Compared? International Conference “Vietnam and Korea as 'Longue Durée' Subject of Comparison: From the Pre-modern to the Early Modern Periods”, organized by International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden; Seoul National University Asia Center; VNU-University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2017.
Vietnamese Art in the World: The Role of International Exhibitions in Creating Art Historical Sustainability (with Iola Lenzi). The 5th International Conference on Vietnamese Studies (ICVS 2016) “Sustainable Development in the Context of Global Change”, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2016.
The Digital Archive and Vietnamese Art: The Future of the Art Historical Past (with Nora Taylor). International Conference “Archival Documents about Vietnam in Modern and Contemporary History – Values and Accessible Possibilities”, Vietnam National University (University of Social Sciences and Humanities) and University of Aix–Marseille, France, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2016.
Forum on Southeast Asian Contemporary Art in conjunction with the BACC exhibition "Concept Context Contestation: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia", Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2016.
Participation in the Art and Art History Talks Series sponsored by the National Arts Council of Singapore in the context of Art Stage, 23–25 January 2015, Singapore, 2015.
Salon Natasha: Opposing the Sanctioned Mainstream. Symposium organized in conjunction with the exhibition “Concept, Context, Contestation: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia”, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2014.
Contemporary Vietnamese Art. Toulouse: In the framework of the Festival of Asian Cultures “Made in Asia”, organized by the City Administration of Toulouse, France, February 2014.
From Cultural Isolation to the International Scene: Contemporary Vietnamese Art at Asian Bi/Triennials During the Last Two Decades. IACS (Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Conference) 2013, Singapore, July 2013.
Participation in the Round-Table "Parallel, Alternative, or Historically Particular?" Roundtable on Archiving Artist-run Spaces, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, June 2013.
Independent Art Spaces in Vietnam in the 1990s: Opposing the Sanctioned Mainstream. International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 8), Macao, June 2013.
Negotiating Cultural Hybridity at the Turn of the Century Vietnam: Visual Art as a Test-Case. "Stranger Parallels: Foreignness in Southeast Asian Arts" (with Iola Lenzi), 2nd Annual Southeast Asian Studies Symposium at University of Oxford, 9–10 March 2013.
Cultural Exchange in Vietnamese Contemporary Art: Loss or Gain? (with Iola Lenzi). 4th International Conference of Vietnamese Studies, Hanoi, November 2012.
Presentation about SEA Art During the Last Two Decades at the seminar at the Singapore Art Museum (together with Iola Lenzi), Singapore, May 2011.
Art and the City: Hanoi as Portrayed by Vietnamese Artists (with Lisa Drummond, York University, Toronto). Conference of Hanoi Fine Arts Research Institute, 2010.
Hanoi: The Horizons of the Utopian Model. International Conference “Hanoi 2010", Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, 2010.
Life in Trips. Vu Dan Tan, 1946–2009. Presentation for the members of the Long March Project, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Hanoi, 2010.
City in Art. Hanoi: Visual History and Myth. ICAS 6 (International Convention of Asia Scholars), Daejeon, Korea, 6–9 August 2009.
City in Art. Hanoi Between Fantasy and Reality. The 3rd International Conference of Vietnamese Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008.
City and Art. Projects and Works by Contemporary Vietnamese Artists. Artists’ Workshop for the Signature Art Prize 2008, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 2008.
Art and Music: The New is the Well-Forgotten Old. The Annual Conference, Hanoi Fine Arts Research Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008.
Collectivism and Individualism in Society and Art After Doi Moi. Symposium: Modern & Contemporary Vietnamese Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 2008.
After Doi Moi: A Highway of Collectivism and Individual Paths. Hanoi Fine Arts Research Institute, 2007.
Hanoi: Dreams of a Utopian Model. International Symposium “Hanoi 2010 – Transformation of a City”, Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2007.
Some Aspects of Conceptualization of River’s Image in Art. International Conference “Great Rivers and World’s Civilizations”, State University of Astrakhan, Russia, 2006.
Contemporary Vietnamese Art: New Trends. Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, USA, 2005.
Presentation of the "Vietnam. Art Actuel" Exhibition, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 2002.
Politics of Renovation and Renovation of Visual Arts. Conference at the Centre d’exposition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, 2002.
Folk Art in the Red River Delta: Vietnamese Popular Pictures. International Conference "Traditions and Innovations in Folk Art", Astrakhan, Russia, 2002.
Modern Vietnamese Art: Change, Stagnation, Potential, Strategy. Conference on “Vietnamese Art of the 20th Century”, Hanoi Fine Arts Research Institute, 2000.
Vietnamese Art After Đổi Mới. Art Association of Oakland, USA, 1999.
Vietnamese Contemporary Art. Conference of the 12th Asian International Art Exhibition, Macao, 1997.

Publications on Art

Books

Hanoi: A City in Art

Kraevskaia, Natalia & Drummond, Lisa (concept, curatorial execution, and texts)
(Exhibition Catalogue). Hanoi: Goethe-Institut, 2010. 94 p

From Nostalgia Towards Exploration: Essays on Contemporary Art in Vietnam

Kraevskaia, Natalia (Published in 2 volumes; available in English, French, and Vietnamese versions)
Hanoi: Kim Dong Publishing House, 2005

Edited Books and Journals

La Francophonie en Asie-Pacifique (FAP), #7, 2021 – Les dialogues artistiques France-Asie-Pacifique: regards croisés dans les arts visuels modernes et contemporains

In collaboration with Iola Lenzi
L'Institut Francophone International – VNU, Hanoi; Université d'Aix-Marseille

Vũ Dân Tân. Money for All Times

Exhibition Catalogue. Hanoi: Salon Natasha, 2010

Vũ Dân Tân. Lithography

Exhibition Catalogue. Hanoi, 2010

Selected art articles, book chapters and essays on art

Kraevskaia Natalia. “Being Contemporary: The Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Art Practice of Vũ Dân Tân.” VNU Journal of Interdisciplinary sciences and arts, vol.1, #2, 2025, p. 42-54.
Kraevskaia, Natalia & Taylor Nora A. “Moscow’s Outreach to Hanoi: Artistic Ties Between the Soviet Union and Vietnam.” Art History, November 2022, p. 952-973.
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8365.12688
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Beyond the Boundaries of Geography, Canons and Convention. The Art of Emeric Feješ and Vũ Dân Tân.” In Beyond the Boundaries of Geography, Canons and Convention. The Art of Emeric Feješ and Vũ Dân Tân. Exhibition catalogue. City of Novi Sad, 2022, pp. 7-10.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Dialogue interculturel : un artiste bénéficiaire, contributeur et médiateur.” [“Eric Leroux au Vietnam. Intercultural dialogue: an artist as beneficiary, contributor and mediator. Eric Leroux in Vietnam.”] In La Francophonie en Asie-Pacifique (FAP), #7/printemps 2021, 95-112.
Lenzi, Iola and Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Dialogues artistiques France-Asie-Pacifique: regards croisés dans les arts visuels modernes et contemporains.” In La Francophonie en Asie-Pacifique (FAP), #7/printemps 2021, pp. 1-4.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Ханой: между утопией и реальностью. Эволюция темы города в искусстве.” [“Hanoi: between Utopia and Reality. Evolution of the Urban Theme in Art.” In Юго-Восточная Азия: от прошлого к современным трендам развития. Коллективная монография. [Southeast Asia: from the Past to Contemporary Development Trends. A collective monograph.] Moscow: VKN publishing house, 2020, pp. 184-202. (In Russian.)
Lenzi, Iola & Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Globalisation as a Motor of New Visual Art Languages in turn-of-the-century Southeast Asia.” In Intercivilizational Contacts in Southeast Asia: Historical Perspectives and Globalization.Collection of essays. Sankt-Petersburg, 2017, p. 75-96.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Modernity in Vietnamese Art: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism – opposed or compared?” In Vietnam and Korea as “Longue Durée” Subject of Comparison: From the Pre-modern to the Early Modern Periods. Abstracts of the international conference organized by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden; Seoul National University Asia Center; VNU-University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2017, p. 92-93.
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Taylor, Nora. “The Digital Archive and Vietnamese Art: the Future of the Art Historical Past.” In Archival Documents about Vietnam in Modern and Contemporary History – Values and Accessible Possibilities. Collection of Abstracts of the International conference. Hanoi: University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, October 2016, p. 57.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “From Cultural Isolation to the International Scene: the Rise of Contemporary art in Vietnam after Doi Moi.” [“Từ sự cô lập văn hóa tới bối cảnh quốc tế: sự trỗi dậy của nghệ thuật đương đại việt nam sau Đổi Mới.”] In Be Open. 30 years of Fine Art after Doi Moi. Exhibition catalogue. Hanoi: Thế Giới publishing house, 2016, pp. 97- 108. (In Vietnamese and English.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Власть и искусство: инструменты контроля и формы сопротивления.” [“Power and Art: Instruments of Control and Forms of Resistance.”] In: Власть и общество в странах Юго-Восточной Азии. История и современность. Коллективная монография / Моск. гос. Ун-т им. М.В. Ломоносова. Ин-т стран Азии и Африки. М.: Языки Народов Мира: ТЕЗАРИУС, 2015. С. 33– [In: Power and Society in SEA Countries. History and Modernity. Collective monograph / Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Asian and African Countries. Moscow: TESAURUS, 2015, pp. 33-71.] (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Vũ Dân Tân và những cuốn "sách của nghệ sỹ".” [“Vu Dan Tan and the Artists Books.”] Tia Sáng, #23, 05.12.2015, pp. 52-53. (In )
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Văn de lý thuyết về hoa văn.” [“Problems of the ornament theory”.] Nghiên cứu mỹ thuật. Tạp chí của trường Đại học Mỹ thuật Việt Nam. [Researches of Fine Arts. The magazine of Vietnam Fines Arts University.] Hanoi, № 02, 06/2015, (06), pp. 4-13. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Salon Natasha. Opposing the Sanctioned Mainstream.” In Concept Context Contestation: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia. Exhibition Ed. Iola Lenzi. Bangkok: BACC, Thailand, 2014. pp. 186-189.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Вьетнамское изобразительное искусство в свете взаимодействия культур: заимствования, адаптация и отторжение.” [“Vietnamese Fine Art in the Context of Cultural Interaction: Borrowing, Adaptation and Rejection.] In Страны Юго-Восточной Азии и Запад: многообразие форм взаимодействия. История и современность [Southeast Asia and the West: Multiplicity of Interactions. History and Modernity]. Proceedings of the Conference in the memory of Alexander Gouber (1902- 1971), issue 3. Moscow: TESAURUS, 2013, pp. 200-214. (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Drummond, Lisa. “Chân dung Hà Nội trong mất nghệ sĩ mỹ thuật Việt Nam.,” [“The Portrait of Hanoi in the Eyes of the Artists in Vietnam”] Văn hóa nghệ thuật [Culture and Art], # 328, October 2011, pp. 41-46. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Drummond, Lisa. “Nghệ thuật và thành phố - Chân dung Hà Nội trong mất nghệ sĩ Việt Nam.” [“Art and the City: Hanoi as Portrayed by Vietnamese Artists.”] In Về bản sắc văn hóa Hà Nội trong văn học nghệ thuật thế kỷ XX. Kỷ yếu hội thảo. [About Hanoi's Cultural Identity in twentieth-century Literature and Arts. Conference proceedings.] Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Tri Thức, 2010, pp. 149-156. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Money for All Times.” In Vu Dan Tan. Money for All Times. Exhibition catalogue. Hanoi, 2010, pp. 13-19.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “A Prayer. The art of Nguyen Minh Thanh.” In 12 Contemporary Artists of Vietnam. Dao Mai Trang. Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers, 2010, pp. 88-101.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “A Journey into the World of lLthography.” In Vu Dan Tan. Lithography. Exhibition catalogue. Hanoi, 2010.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “The City in Art. Hanoi between Fantasy and Reality.” Vietnam Literature Review, vol. III, 2009, pp. 171-173.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Collectivism and Individualism in Society and Art after Doi Moi.” In Essays on Modern and Contemporary Vietnamese Art. Singapore: Singapore Art Museum, 2009. pp. 103-110.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “City in Art. Hanoi. Visual History and Myth.” In Collection of Abstracts: ICAS 6 (International Congress of Asian Studies), Daejeon, Korea, 6-9 August 2009, pp. 202-203.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Nghệ thuật của Nguyễn Minh Thành. Một lời nguyện cầu.” [“Art by Nguyen Minh Thanh. A prayer.”] Văn hóa Nghệ thuật [Culture and Art], # 305, 11 - 2009, pp. 47-51. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “A Point of departure. A Point of Destination.” In Oh! City. Do Tuan Anh. Exhibition catalogue. Hanoi: Studio Tho Asia Fine Art., 2009, pp. 11-17.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Nghệ thuật và âm nhạc. Cái mới - cũng là cái cũ đã bị lãng quên.” [“Art and Music. The New is the Well Forgotten Old.”] In Nghệ thuật Việt Nam trong bối cảnh toàn cầu hóa. Kỷ yếu hội thảo khoa học. [Vietnam Fine Arts in the Global Background. Proceedings of the scientific conference of Hanoi Fine arts research Institute]. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Mỹ thuật, 2008, 66-71. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Sau đổi mới: những lối đi cá nhân bên một xa lộ tập thể.” [“After Doi Moi: A Highway of Collectivism and Individual Paths.”]. In 20 năm mỹ thuật thời kỳ đổi mới 1986-2006. Kỷ yếu hội thảo khoa học. [20 years of Vietnamese Art after Doi Moi. Papers of the scientific conference. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Mỹ thuật, 2007, pp. 237-242. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “ The Horizons of Utopian Model.” In Hanoi. 5000 Hoan Kiem Lakes. Exhibition catalogue, Hanoi, 2007, pp. 19-23.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Obstacles + Transitions. Contemporary Vietnamese art. Perspectives from Asia.” Kyoto Journal, #65, 2007, pp. 2-
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Mỹ thuật Việt Nam đương đại: Những trở ngại cho sự chuyển minh.” [“Vietnamese Contemporary Art: Barriers on the Way of Transformation.”] Văn hóa nghệ thuật [Culture and Art], 2006, #3, tr. 62- (In Vietnamese.).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Некоторые аспекты концептуализации образа реки в искусстве.” [“Some Aspects of Conceptualization of River’s Image in Art”.] In Papers of the international conference “Great Rivers and World’s Civilizations”. Astrakhan, 2006, pp. 89-94. (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Tiềm năng của một hình thức nghệ thuật mới. Nghệ thuật sắp đặt Việt nam.” [“The Potential of New Forms. Vietnamese Installation Art.”] In
1. Papers of the conference on the Vietnamese Contemporary Art, Hanoi Fine Arts Research Institute, Hanoi, 2005;
2. Nghiên cứu mỹ thuật. Tạp chí của trường Đại học Mỹ thuật Việt Nam. [Researches of Fine Arts. The magazine of Vietnam Fine Arts University.] Hanoi, № 02 (14), 07/2005, pp. 33-46. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “A Highway of Collectivism and Individual Paths.” In Out of Context. Exhibition catalogue. Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, USA, 2005, 6-9.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Tradition Responds to Change.” In Lotus Flower. Art from Vietnam. Exhibition catalogue. Helsinki, 2005, 43-47.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Contes et legends du laque. Bui Huu Hung.” Passions Viêt Nam, # 16, Mai 2003, pp. 26-
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Contemporary Vietnamese Art. Obstacles of Transition.” FOCAS (Forum on Contemporary Art & Society), # 4, Singapore, 2002, pp. 362-383.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Utopie et réalité : Le thème de la ville dans l'art visuel contemporain.” In Enjeux modernes d'une ville millénaire. Montréal : Edition Trames. Université de Montreal, 2002, pp. 54-63.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Другие берега.” [“Other Banks.”] In Other Banks. Exhibition Catalogue. Astrakhan: Astrakhan Government Art Gallery, Russia, 2002. (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “From Artifice toward Honesty.” In Vietnam Art Actuel. Exhibition catalogue, Montreal: Université de Montreal, 2002, 8-12.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Hania Galan at the Goethe Institute.” Asian Art News, 11, #3, July/August 2001, pp. 93-94.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Tales from the Simple Life.” Asian Art News, vol.10, #6, Nov/Dec 2000, pp. 86-88.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Mỹ thuật đương đại Việt Nam. Sự thay đổi. Sự trì trệ. Tiềm năng. Chiến lược.” [“Modern Vietnamese Art. Change. Stagnation. Potential. Strategy.”] In:

Bài phát biểu tại Hội thảo Mỹ thuật Việt Nam thế kỉ XX, Hà nội, 2000. [Papers of the conference on the Vietnamese Fine Art in the 20^th century.] Hanoi, 2000, pp. 253- (In Vietnamese.);
Fine Arts Today, #28, 2000, pp. 42-45; (In English.)
Vietnam Cultural Window, #2, 2000, pp. 24-25; (In English.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. From Nostalgia toward exploration. Essays on contemporary art in Vietnam. Hanoi: Kim Dong Publishing House, 2005, pp. 41-47.

Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Ha My Ly and Le Ngoc Hieu at the Galerie Dauphin.” Asian Art News, vol.10, # 3, 2000, pp. 94-95.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Windows on Life. The art of Nguyen Minh Thanh.” Art Asia Pacific, issue 24, 1999, pp. 48-53.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “” In Bui Huu Hung. A Novel Tradition. Exhibition catalogue. Hanoi, 1999, pp. 88-91.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Mouvement et métamorphose. Lê Hồng Thái.” In Les nouveau courant du Vietnam du fleuve Rouge au Mékong. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Centre Wallanie Brussels à Paris, France, 1997, pp. 38-39.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Vu Dan Tan.” In The catalogue of the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia, 1996. Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1996, p. 106.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Composition : mouvement et immobilité.” In Mouvement et immobilité. Exhibition catalogue.Hanoi : Le centre culturel français, 1995.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Ву Зан Тан.” [“Vu Dan Tan.”] In Vu Dan Tan. Exhibition catalogue. Moscow: Union of Soviet societies of friendship and cultural ties with foreign countries, 1989. (In Russian)

Academic activity in other disciplines

Selected conferences on linguistics, ethnography and literature (since 2005)

The Floral Ornamental Patterns in the Weaving of the Thai People of Vietnam: Images and Realities (in collaboration with I. Samarina). - Maklay readings, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of Russian Academy of Science, Sankt-Petersburg, 19-20 September, 2022.
“A Cup of Poison” by Vu Dinh Long. History of the Creation of the Play. - Launch of the book “A Cup of Poison” by Vu Dinh Long, organized by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Hanoi, Vietnam, 23^rd December 2021.
The cosmogonic myth "Am Et Luong" (Ẳm Êt Luông) of the Thai people of Vietnam: Semantics of the Mythological Text and its Reflection in the Modern Worldview. – Maklay readings, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of Russian Academy of Science, Sankt-Petersburg, 13&14 December 2021.
“A Cup of Poison” – What Do Archives Tell? – Launch of the book “A Cup of Poison” by Vu Dinh Long, an online conference organized by the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (HSE), Moscow, on 23rd October 2021.
Realities of Material Culture in Weaving. Objects in the Ornament of the Thai people of Vietnam. – Maklay readings, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of Russian Academy of Science, Sankt-Petersburg, 11&13 November, 2020.
Традиционные реалии в образах и текстах (на материале культуры народа тхай Вьетнама) (Traditional Realia in Images and Texts (on material of culture of Thai people of Vietnam). International Conference “75 years of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam: a historical retrospective”. Institute of Far East of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 2020.
Scientific Collaboration in the Field of Language Documentation and Ethnolinguistics with the support of the Russian Foundation for Humanities, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences). – in co-authorship with I. Samarina. International Conference “70th anniversary of Vietnamese-Russian Relations in the Field of Science and Education)” Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2020.
Linguistics and a Transdisciplinary perspective. 2019 International Graduate Research Symposium “Linguistics. Foreign Language Education. Interdisciplinary Fields. University of Languages and International Studies – VNU, Hanoi, 26 October 2019.
Vu Dinh Long. ‘Vietnamization’ of Russian and French literature. Cultural Influences and Aims of Literary TextTtransformation. International conference “Vietnam – Russia. Literary and Cultural Contacts and dDalogues”. Hanoi. Institute of literature of the Academy of social sciences of Vietnam, 2019.
The Personal Archive of a Playwright, Vũ Dình Long, as a Source for Reflections on Humanity Values. An international conference, “Recollections, Memories and Archival documents on Vietnam – Humanity values as seen from diverse perspectives. Hanoi, University of Social Science and Humanities, VNU, Hanoi, 24-25 October, 2019.
Vu Dinh Long. Vietnamization of French Literature. Cultural Influences and Transformation of Ideas. International conference “Vietnam. Russia. Europe: Literary and cultural contacts”. Institute of the World Literatures - Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 27-28 June, 2019.
Divers objectifs de la vietnamisation des pièces Françaises dans la dramaturgie Vietnamienne. International conference « Études francophones en Asie aujourd'hui : enjeux et perspectives ». IFI (L'Institut Francophone International), Hanoi, Octobre, 2018.
The Spiritual Practices and Ethnic Identity of Thai People Examined through a Case Study of Life-cycle Rituals. International conference “Expanding Boundaries: Ethnicity, Materiality and Spirituality”, organized by International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism in collaboration with Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and Center for SEA Prehistory, Hanoi, 2017.
Vũ Đình Long et l’Opéra de Hanoi. Inauguration et remise officiel de la visite virtuelle de l’Opéra de Hanoi. Hanoi Opera house, 2017.
Rituals of Thai People in Vietnam. The Magic Function of Ornament and the Role of Mythological Text. Miklouho-Maclay’s readings, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Russian Academy of Science, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia, 2016.
Thai People of Vietnam: Identity and Linguistic Conceptualization of Reality. International conference “Language, Power and Identity in Asia: Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries”. International Institute for Asia Studies, Leiden, Netherlands, 2016.
Specific Character of Social Functions in the Language of Thai Ethnic Group of Vietnam and Their World-View (with Nguyen Huu Hoanh) Russia –Vietnam Conference “Functional Development of Languages in Poly-ethnic Countries”, Institute of Linguistics of Russian Academy of science and Institute of Linguistics of Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2015.
Report as a Form of Oral Professional Communication: Linguistic and Methodological Approaches inSstudy. National conference “Russian Language in Vietnam in New Time: Status and Problems of Teaching and Researching”, Vietnam National University, Institute of Foreign Languages, Hanoi, 2015.
Weaving and Folklore in the Cultural Life of Thai People in Vietnam. International conference “Vietnam: The Problem of Civilization Choice”, Far-East Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia, 2015.
Innovative Management in Higher Education in Russia: Global Demands versus Local Experiences. International conference in Innovative Management in Higher Education in the Context of Globalization. Vietnam National University, Hanoi (International School), Hanoi, 28^th November, 2015.
Globalization, Internationalization and Educational Reforms in Russia. Russian Vietnamese Cooperation in Education. International Conference on Internationalization of Higher Education: North-South perspectives, Vietnam National University (International School), Hanoi, July 2012.
Globalization and Education Reforms in Russia: copy–paste. International Conference “Korean Language and Culture. Teaching and Research in the Context of Global Integration, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2009.
Cultural Heritage and World’s Picture of the White Thais. Weaving and Folklore.
International conference “Oriental Languages and Cultures”, The Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, 2007.
Weaving and folklore. A Picture of the World by the Eyes of White Thai. The 6^th Congress of Ethnography and Anthropology, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia, 2005.

Selected publications on ethnography, textiles, ethnolinguistics, and culture (since 2005)

Gordienko, E.V., Kolotov, V.N., Kraevskaia, N.M., Nikulina E.V. “Scholars of the World on Vietnam and Eastern Asia. Survey of the 6th International Conference on Vietnamese Studies, October 28-29, 2021, Hanoi, and the 2nd International Scientific Conference on Culture and Education, November 26, 2021, Hue.” In Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 5, №4, 2021, pp. 179-191. https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/96454/pdf DOI: 10.54631/VS.2021.54-179-191
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Samarina, Irina. “Научное сотрудничество в области документирования языков и этнолингвистики при поддержке Российского гуманитарного научного фонда, Российского фонда фундаментальных исследований и Вьетнамской академии общественных наук.” [“Scientific Cooperation in the fFeld of Language Documentation and Ethnolinguistics with the Support of the Russian Foundation for Humanities, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences.”] In 70-летие вьетнамо-российских отношений в области науки и образования. Материалы международной конференции 19 октября 2020 г. [70 Years of Vietnam –Russia Relations in the Field of Science and Educations. Proceedings of the international conference, 19 October, 2020.] Hanoi, VNU, 2021, pp. 368-390. (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Традиционные реалии в образах и текстах (на материале культуры народа тхай Вьетнама).” [“Traditional Realities in Images and tTxts (based on the material culture of Thai people of Vietnam).”] In Независимый Вьетнам: национальные интересы и ценности. [Independent Vietnam: National Interests and Values.] М.: ИДВ РАН, 2021. С. 377–391. [Moscow: Institute of Far East of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021, pp. 377-391.] (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Похоронные обряды народа тхо Вьетнама: опыт сопоставительного анализа.” [“Rituals of the Tho People of Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis.”] Вьетнамские исследования, серия 2, №4, 2019, с.57–71. [The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies, series 2, vol.3, #4, 2019, pp. 57-71 (In Russian). http://www.ifes-ras.ru/images/vs/2019/vs_2019_4-57-71.pdf
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Магическая функция орнамента в ткачестве народа тхай Вьетнама.” [“The Magic Function of Ornament in the Weaving of Thai People of Vietnam.”] In Орнаментика в артефактах традиционных культур. Материалы Пятнадцатых Санкт-Петербургских этнографических чтений. СПб: ИПЦ СПГУТД, 2016. С. 133– (412 c.) [Ornaments in Artefacts of Traditional Cultures. Materials of the 15^th St. Petersburg Ethnographic Conference. St.-Petersburg, 2016, pp.133-136). (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Функции орнамента ткачества и роль фольклорного текста в похоронных обрядах народа тхай Вьетнама.” [“Function of the Woven Ornament and the Role of the Folklore Text in the Funeral Rituals of Thai people of Vietnam.”] Universum: Philology and Art Studies, #9 (31), September 2016, pp. 8-11. (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Thai People of Vietnam: Identity and Linguistic Conceptualization of Reality.” In Language, Power and Identity in Asia. Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries. Programme and Book of abstracts, IIAS Conference, 14-16 March 2016, Leiden, the Netherlands, p. 62.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Ткачество и фольклор в культурной жизни народа тхай Вьетнама.” [“Weaving and Folklore in the Culture of Thai People of Vietnam.”] In Вьетнам: проблема цивилизационного выбора (1945-2015 гг.). Материалы международной научно-практической конференции. Владивосток, 29-30 апреля 2015. [Vietnam: the Problem of Civilization Choice (1945 – 2015). Papers of the conference 29-30. 04. 2015.] Vladivostok: Far-East Federal University, 2015, pp. 95-108. (In Russian.)1.
Kraevskaia, Natalia, Nguyễn, Hữu Hoành. Thế giới quan ngôn ngữ - văn hóa dân tộc Thái trên cơ sở phân tích ngôn ngữ văn bản văn hóa dân gian và hoa văn trang trí thổ cẩm.” [“Cultural and Linguistic Picture of the World of Ethnic Thai Based on Language Analysis of Folkloric Texts and Ornamentation of Weaving (the idea of a research project).”] Lexicography & Encyclopedia, Part 1 - № 6 (32), 11-2014, pp. 86-93. Part 2 - №3 (35), 5-2015, pp. 99-103. (In Vietnamese.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia, Samarina, Irina. The Cultural Heritage and "World Picture"of White Thai Ethnic Group. Weaving and Folklore. // Oriental Languages and Cultures / Edited by Indira Gazieva. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, pp. 47-48.
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Samarina, Irina. “Культурное наследие и картина мира белых тхаев (по материалам ткачества и фольклора).” [“Cultural Heritage and World’s View of White Thai (by the materials of weaving and folklore)”.] In Восточные языки и культуры. Материалы 1 международной научной конференции 23-27 ноября 2007 года. [Oriental languages and cultures. Papers of the 1^st International Conference 23-27 November 2007.] Moscow: Russian University for Humanities, 2007, pp. 230-234. (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Samarina, Irina “Ткачество и фольклор. Картина мира глазами белых тхаев.” [“Weaving and Folklore. A Picture of the World in the Eyes of White Thai”.] In 6-й конгресс этнографов и антропологов России. Тезисы. [Proceedings of the 6th Congress of Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Russia.] Sankt-Petersburg: Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2005, p. 156. (In Russian.)

Publications on Literature

Edited Books

Ву Динь Лонг. Чаша яда [Vũ Đình Long. A Cup of Poison.]

Kraevskaia, Natalia.
Ed. M., СПб: Нестор-История, 2021. – 232 с. [Moscow, Sankt Petersburg: Nestor-Istoria, 2021.] – 232 pp. (In Russian, Vietnamese and French.)

Tuyển tập kịch Vũ Đình Long [Selected Plays of Vu Dinh Long.]

Kraevskaia, Natalia.
Ed. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Hội Nhà văn, 2009. [Hanoi: Publishing house of the writers’ association, 2009. – 500 pp. (In Vietnamese.)

Essays

Kraevskaia, Natalia. "Заметки редактора. «Чаша яда» – свидетельства автора, отзывы современников, оценки критиков.” [Notes of editor. “A Cup of Poison” - Author's Testimonies, Reviews of Contemporaries, and Critics' Assessments.] In: Kraevskaia, Natalia. Ed. Ву Динь Лонг. Чаша яда. M., СПб: Нестор-История, 2021. С. 10–17. [Vũ Đình Long. A Cup of Poison Moscow, Sankt-Petersburg: Nestor-Historia, 2021, pp. 10-17.] (In Russian.)
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “The Personal Archive of a Playwright Vũ Dình Long as a Source for Reflections on Humanity Values”. In: Humanity Values as Seen from Diverse Perspectives. Abstracts of the international conference “Recollections, Memories and Archival Documents on Vietnam” – University of Social Science and Humanities, VNU, 24-25 October, 2019. Hanoi: VNU, 2019, p. 64. (In English.).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “La dramaturgie moderne Vietnamienne face aux influences françaises : le cas de Vũ Đình Long”. La Francophonie en Asie Pacifique (FAP), # 3 Septembre, 2019, pp. 59-80. (In French.)

Articles and book chapters on the theory of Russian oral speech, communication in science, and methods of teaching the Russian language to foreigners

Selected publications (since 2005)

Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Linguistics and a Transdisciplinary Perspective.” In Proceedings of the 2019 International Graduate Research Symposium “Linguistics. Foreign Language Education. Interdisciplinary Fields. University of Languages and International Studies” – VNU, Hanoi, 26 October 2019. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, 2019, pp. 21-30.
Kraevskaia, Natalia and Skorikova, Tatyana. “Проблема обучения иностранцев публичной научной речи” (“The Problem of Teaching Public Scientific Speech to Foreigners”). In Неделя русского языка во Вьетнаме. Методические материалы (Proceedings of the Event “A Week of Russian Language in Vietnam”). Hanoi: Russian Centre of Science and Culture, 2016, pp. 35-46. (In Russian).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Innovative Management in Higher Education in Russia: Global Demands versus Local Experiences.” VNU Journal of Science, vol. 31, no. 4, 2015, pp. 52-57.
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Сообщение как жанр устного профессионального общения: лингвометодический подход в описании” (“Report as a Genre of Oral Professional Communication: Linguo-Methodological Approach”). In Kỷ yếu Hội thảo khoa học Quốc gia “Dạy – Học và nghiên cứu tiếng Nga tại Việt Nam trong giai đoạn mới” (Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference “Teaching, Learning and Researching Russian Language in Vietnam in the New Era”). Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, 2015, pp. 105-112. (In Russian).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Учет национальной языковой ментальности при обучении типологически далеким языкам” (“Considering the National Linguistic Mentality in Teaching Typologically Distant Languages”). In Русский язык во Вьетнаме в контексте нового времени. Сборник статей (Russian Language in Vietnam in a New Context: Collection of Essays). Hanoi: Russian Center of Science and Culture, 2014, pp. 2-12. (In Russian).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Особенности национальной языковой ментальности. Типологически далекие языки и проблемы обучения” (“Peculiarities of the National Linguistic Mentality: Typologically Distant Languages and Learning Problems”). Вестник РУДН. Серия Вопросы образования: языки и специальность (Vestnik RUDN. Series: Questions of Education: Language and Speciality), no. 4, 2009, pp. 41-48. (In Russian).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Новые формы обучения во вьетнамских вузах и развитие навыков учебно-профессионального общения студентов на русском языке” (“New Training Methods in Vietnamese Universities and Development of Students’ Professional Communication Skills in the Russian Language”). In Русское языковое пространство в контексте межкультурной коммуникации. Сборник докладов конференции (Russian Linguistic Space in the Context of Intercultural Communication: Conference Papers). Hanoi – HCMC, 2007, pp. 37-42. (In Russian).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Программа обучения устному учебно-профессиональному общению на начальном этапе (подготовительном факультете) (учебно-методические материалы)” (“The Program of Teaching Oral Professional Communication for Beginners (Educational and Methodological Materials)”). In Методический семинар повышения квалификации вьетнамских преподавателей русского языка. Рабочие материалы (Seminar for Training Vietnamese Teachers of Russian Language: Working Materials). Hanoi, 2006, pp. 84-87. (In Russian).
Kraevskaia, Natalia. “Новое – хорошо забытое старое. Лингвокульторология: к вопросу о предмете” (“The New is the Well-Forgotten Old. Linguoculturology: On the Question of the Subject”). In Проблемы функционирования и преподавания русского языка в Юго-Восточной Азии. Доклады и сообщения международной конференции (Problems of Functioning and Teaching of the Russian Language in Southeast Asia: Collection of Papers of the International Conference). Hanoi, 2005, pp. 250-255. (In Russian).

Selected films with the references to Salon Natasha activity

“Crosscurrents” video-film, made by the Community printmakers from Murvillimbah, Australia, 1998.
Documentary film by Hermut Idzko, German TV, 1 APD, 2000.
Documentary film by Uwe Kroeger, German TV –ZDF, 2000.
Documentary film by NHK TV channel, Japan, 30/11. 2000.
Documentary film by RTR "A Country of the Gold Dragon", Russian TV, June 2001
Documentary film by VTV 5, October 2012
Documentary film by VTV 4, October 2013

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