Лявданский Алексей Кимович

Responsibilities

Member of the Moscow Circle for Aramaic Studies

Education

1997

Degree
Moscow Humanities Distance Learning University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Kurdish Language Autumn School (KLAS2017). University of Bamberg (Germany). 4^th-15^th September 2017.

One-year study programme at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem at the Bible Department. 1996-1997.

Professional Interests

Semitic Languages Aramaic Neo-Aramaic folklore discourse markers field linguistics Classical Hebrew

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2021

Courses (2024/2025)

Ancient Hebrew Language and Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Literature and Religion of the Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia Minor (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar Texts in Hebrew and Aramaic (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

25

Mar

2021

“Magic in Mesopotamia”: a lecture by Dr. JoAnn Scurlock

24 March, Dr. JoAnn Scurlock (Elmhurst College, emerita) presented her lecture “Magic in Mesopotamia” at the seminar “Traditions of Magic in the Near East and Caucasus” (moderator: Alexey Lyavdansky, Senior Lecturer, IOCS HSE).

11

Mar

2021

“Saints and Magic”: a paper by Dr. Anna Rogozhina

Dr. Anna Rogozhina (Assistant Professor, HSE University) presented her paper “Saints and Magic: hagiographical topoi in Armenian magical texts” at the seminar “Traditions of Magic in the Near East and Caucasus” (moderator: Alexey Lyavdansky, Senior Lecturer, IOCS HSE).

4

Feb

2021

“How aggressive is Aramaic aggressive magic?”: a paper by Chaja‑Vered Dürrschnabel

February 3, 2021, Chaya-Vered Dürrschnabel (Researcher, University of Bern) presented her paper “How aggressive is aggressive magic? Apotropaic aspects of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic curse bowl texts” at the seminar “Traditions of Magic in the Near East and Caucasus” (moderator: Alexey Lyavdansky, Senior Lecturer, IOCS HSE).

Alexey Lyavdansky

Responsibilities

Education

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Professional Interests

Awards and Accomplishments

Courses (2024/2025)

Courses (2023/2024)

Courses (2022/2023)

Courses (2021/2022)

Courses (2020/2021)

Timetable for today

“Magic in Mesopotamia”: a lecture by Dr. JoAnn Scurlock

“Saints and Magic”: a paper by Dr. Anna Rogozhina

“How aggressive is Aramaic aggressive magic?”: a paper by Chaja‑Vered Dürrschnabel