Sergey A. Ivanov

Professor: Faculty of Humanities / Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies

Sergey A. Ivanov has been at HSE University since 2013.

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Education and Degrees

1997

Doctor of Sciences* in World History
Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Byzantine Holy Foolery

1984

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in World History
Thesis Title: Procopius of Caesarea on the Slavs

1978

Degree in classics
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dept. of Letters

* 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 — 2019–2022, 2014
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2021

Courses (2024/2025)

Research Seminar 'History of Byzantine Literature' (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar 'History of Byzantine Literature' (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Problems of Greek and Roman Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Problems of Greek and Roman Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Individual in Medieval Eastern Europe (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Problems of Greek and Roman Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Individual in Medieval Eastern Europe (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

2007: Member of the Editorial Board , Scripta & e-Scripta.

Grants

scholarly grant of HSE

Conferences

2019
ΧΧΙΙ Всероссийская сессия византинистов (Екатеринбург). Presentation: Антоний Новгородец и его византийский гид

2018
Восточная Европа в древности и средневековье: XXX чтения памяти чл.-корр. РАН В.Т. Пашуто (Москва). Presentation: Нашествие Святослава на Византию в Житии Нифонта Константианского
The Byzantine Commonwealth 50 years on: Empires and their Afterlife (Oxford). Presentation: The Reluctant Empire
Mission als transkulturelles und transnationales Phänomen (Шанхай). Presentation: Die byzantinische Mission und das chinesische Christentum
Byzantine Commonwealth 50 years on (Оксфорд). Presentation: the reluctant Empire

2017
Constantinople: en mémoire de G Dagron (Paris). Presentation: Constantinople in the Oldest Versions of the Life of Basul the Younger

2016
23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Белград). Presentation: Slit Noses, Flush Toilets and Other Byzantine realia as Reflected in the Oldest Version of the Life of Basil the Younger
Theoretical Approaches to Byzantine Reception Studies (Стокгольм). Presentation: Byzantium and Russia Between East and West
XXIII International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Белград). Presentation: Flush toilets, Torn nostrils and Other Byzantine realia in the Oldest Slavic translation of the the Life of Basil the Younger
XXI Всероссийская научная сессия византинистов (Белгород). Presentation: Телеграф Льва Математика: история, астрология, сказка
Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society 10th Annual Conference (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: The Survival of Extravagant Saintliness in the Mid-Byzantine Period

Employment history

Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies of the Academy of sciences

teaching at different universitites since 1996

Aug

2021

HSE Academics Elected Fellows of the British Academy

Galin Tihanov, Chief Research Fellow of Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities and Professor of Queen Mary University of London, and Sergey Ivanov, Professor of the HSE Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies (IOCS) have been elected fellows of the British Academy. In an interview with the HSE News Service, Sergey Ivanov speaks about this important event, his new responsibilities as a fellow of the Academy, and his short-term research plans.

Sep

2020

The Politics of a Kiss

Who Kissed Each Other and Why in Byzantium

Sep

2016

HSE Scholars at 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Belgrade

Professor Sergey Ivanov and Lecturer Varvara Zharkaya presented papers on Byzantine Culture

Sep

2015

The Holy Fools Symposium in Munich

Sergey Ivanov, Professor at the School of Philology took part in the international symposium ‘The Holy Fools’ as co-organizer of the event. The symposium was held on September 11-12 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Ivanov presented the report ‘Holy Foolery as an Ambiguous Sanctity by Nicon of the Black Mount’.

Sep

2015

Monography by Sergey Ivanov Translated into Czech

Czech publishing house ‘Pavel Mervart’ issued the translation of the monography ‘Fools for Christ: A Cultural History’ by Sergey Ivanov, Professor at the School of Philology.

Sep

2015

Monography by Sergey Ivanov Translated into Czech

Czech publishing house ‘Pavel Mervart’ issued the translation of the monography ‘Holy Fools: A Cultural History’ by Sergey Ivanov, Professor at the School of Philology.