Sergey Yurievich Neklyudov (Russian: Сергей Юрьевич Неклюдов) (born March 31, 1941) is a Soviet and Russian philosopher, folklorist and orientalist. As of 2023[update], he is professor and scientific director of the Center for Typology and Semiotics of Folklore at the Russian State University for the Humanities.[1]
In 1965 he graduated from the department of philology, Moscow State University and in 1973 earned his kandidat (Ph.D.) degree with the thesis "Epic traditions of the peoples of Central Asia and the problem of literary contacts between East and West in the Middle Ages".[1] In 1985/1986 he earned the degree of doktor nauk.[2]
He is an author of over 500 articles, translated in many languages. His research interests inlcude:[1]
- theoretical folkloristics, with emphasis on functional-semantic study of oral narrative forms
- persistent themes and motifs in world literature
- folklore of the Mongolian peoples
- Russian epics and fairy tales
- Modern urban folklore, urban songs
He was a visiting professor in Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Brasil, Estonia, and Poland.[1]