Виноградов Андрей Юрьевич

Academic biography

Dr Andrey Vinogradov is Associate Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies. He is an expert on the history, architecture, and epigraphy of the eastern Roman empire in the Middle Ages (commonly known as Byzantium).

Andrey did his undergraduate and graduate studies in ancient and medieval history at the Faculty of History, Moscow State Lomonosov University. His doctoral project on the early Greek narrative tradition on the Apostle Andrew, was done at the Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences. He joined HSE in 2010 after extensive teaching and research experience at his alma mater as well as a number of other centres, including Trier University.

Andrey is member of the International Association of Byzantine Studies (AIEB), International Association for Christian Apocrypha (AELAC), and the leading member of the IOPSE project which successfully lauhced a fully searchable online database of inscriptions from the Northern Black Sea.

Academic interests

Dr Andrey Vinogradov has published widely on Byzantine political and cultural history, architecture, and epigraphy. A particular focus of his studies has recently been the complex dynamics of mutual interaction between centre and periphery in Byzantium. Patterns of architectural developments in the Caucasus region, as influenced by Syria and Armenia, loom large on his research agenda. Tracing the enigmatic origins and medieval historical trajectory of the Crimean Goths, including the remnants of their language as well as doctrinal affiliations.

Alongside this, Andrey has worked much on wider political and cultural history of Byzantium as element of the wider historical matrix of the Christian middle ages; the manyfold connections between the Byzantine empire and the nascent Russian state are among his research priorities.

Education and Degrees

2020

Doctor of Sciences*
HSE University

2002

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Historiography, Source Study and Methods of Historical Research
Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Greek Lives of apostle Andrew : the problem of sources and the critical edition

1998

Degree
Lomonosov Moscow State University

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2023, 2015–2016, 2011–2013
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2012–2013)

Courses (2024/2025)

Archaeology of Late Antiquity and Early Byzantine Period (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
Archaeology of Late Antiquity and Early Byzantine Period (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Byzantine Art (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Epigraphy and Palaeography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History, field of study Philology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Biblical studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Digital Humanities: Actual Analysis of Medieval Written and Material Sources" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar: Christian Archeology and Architecture in the Middle Ages (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

2014: Member of the Editorial Board , Богословские труды.

2011: Member of the Editorial Board , Аристей. Aristeas: Вестник классической филологии и античной истории.

2010: Member of the Editorial Board , Вопросы эпиграфики.

Dissertation for a degree of Doctor of Science

2020
A. Vinogradov Греческая письменность на северной периферии византийского мира и ее функционирование в иноязычной среде

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
D. Kosourov Byzantine-Georgian Political Relations in The Conditions of Formation of The Kingdom of Georgia in The Second Half of 10th — 11th century, 2024
2
Manuscript Tradition and Literary Context of the Greek Forgeries in the Confessional Controversy in Western Europe in the 16th Century: the Casus of Constantine Paleocappa, 2024
3
Understanding Byzantine Thomism through Gennady II Scholarius' Reading of the Aristotelian-Thomistic Corpus
4
The Hagiographical Traditions and Cults of Saints in Asia Minor in IV-VII centuries in comparative perspective
5
Images of Architecture in Byzantine Visual Culture of the 4–15th centuries

20

Aug

2024

Unearthing the Past: What a Human Fossil Reveals About Origins, Diet, and Stress

On August 15, Russia celebrates Archaeologist’s Day. The HSE Faculty of Humanities offers programmes to master this profession. Archaeology is taught to undergraduate students who wish to major in history, and there is also a Master's programme 'Classical and Oriental Archaeology’ for those who want to continue their studies. In an interview with the HSE News Service, professors from HSE University discuss the benefits of archaeology, why young people are drawn to it, and what modern methods are used in the field.

31

Mar

2021

Dr Arkadiy Avdokhin secures funding for a major joint Russian-Austrian research project

On 26 March 2021, it was announced that Dr Arkadiy Avdokhin, Associate Professor at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, Senior research fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies, HSE University, was successful in his application for a research grant to fund a 4-year Russian-Austrian project on pilgrims’ inscriptions in Byzantium and Old Rus’. The project has received funding from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Austrian science fund (FWF Der Wissensсhaftsfond).

16

Oct

2019

HSE Researchers and Students Discover Burials on Archaeological Expedition

History students and colleagues from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences travelled to an excavation site in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia. HSE News Service spoke with Professor Andrey Vinogradov of the Faculty of Humanities about the burials they discovered, field work, and the joys of archaeology.

14

Mar

2015

Electronic Version of Volume V of the Byzantine Inscriptions of the North Black Sea Presented by Project ISOPE 3 at King’s College London

On the 10th March at King’s College London, the IOSPE 3 project involving Russian French and British funding and researchers presented the electronic version of Volume V of Byzantine Inscriptions from the Northern Black Sea.

12

Feb

2015

‘As long as we think about the Middle Ages as a dark time, we will remain dark ourselves’

Every era builds its own version of the Middle Ages, and the modern age is no exception. Oleg Voskoboynikov, the youngest full professor at the Higher School of Economics, talks about the reason for the popularity of metaphors that refer to that era, why the ‘Suffering Middle Ages’ group on VKontakte [Russia’s largest social media site — Ed.] is not the same thing as medieval studies and how the desire to be different from everyone else can lead a student to study the Middle Ages.

Andrey Vinogradov