Anna Alexeyevna Rogozhina
- Associate Professor: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs / School of Asian Studies
- Anna Alexeyevna Rogozhina has been at HSE University since 2015.
Education and Degrees
University of Oxford
Thesis Title: ’And from his side came blood and milk’: The Martyrdom of St Philotheus of Antioch in Coptic Egypt
University of Oxford
St Tikhon Orthodox University
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2016–2018
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Third Hiob Ludolf Centre Summer School in Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscript Studies 'The Manuscript Heritage of Ethiopia: Theory and Practice', 24-29 September 2018, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.
International Summer School "The Coptic Bible and Coptic Literature in the Digital Age," Göttingen-Hamburg, July 20 – August 1, 2015, organised by the Digital Edition and Translation of the Coptic-Sahidic Old Testament Project (Göttingen Academy of Sciences),http://coptot.manuscriptroom.com/home
Armenian Manuscripts Week Workshop, led by Dr A. Topchyan and Dr G. Muradyan, Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) Yerevan, Armenia. November 7-11, 2011. Wellcome Trust, London.
Courses (2025/2026)
- Coptic Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- History of the Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies (Bachelor field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Introduction to the Eastern Christian Literature (Mago-Lego)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Middle East) (Bachelor field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Christian Culture(s) of the Middle East (Optional course (university); 3, 4 module)Eng
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- History of the Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Power and Church in the Medieval Caucasia (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Power and Church in the Medieval Caucasia (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- The Christian East and the Islamic World (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- The Christian East and the Islamic World (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Christian Culture(s) of the Middle East (Optional course (university); 3, 4 module)Rus
- Christian Culture(s) of the Middle East and Central Asia (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- History of the Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Power and Church in the Medieval Caucasia (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Power and Church in the Medieval Caucasia (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- History of the Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Power and Church in the Medieval Caucasia (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Power and Church in the Medieval Caucasia (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- History of the Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Introduction to Culture and Literature of Eastern Christianity (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Christian Culture(s) of the Middle East (Optional course; 2, 3 module)Rus
- Culture and Art of Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- History of Asian and African Civilizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- History of the Region of Specialization (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Introduction to Oriental Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Religious and Philosophical Traditions of the Studied Region (Middle East) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2024
Дар Нила. Древние цивилизации Нильской долины II (Москва). Presentation: Генезис и трансформация концепции святости в коптском христианстве
V-я международная научная конференция «Современное искусство Востока: поводы для рефлексии» (Москва). Presentation: Современное церковное искусство коптской общины в Египте и за его пределами: аниме или икона?
- 2023
XXXIII Ежегодная Богословская конференция ПСТГУ (Москва). Presentation: Что мы знаем о коптском календарном круге первого тысячелетия? Попытки реконструкции.
III Ацамбовские чтения «Сакральная география Ближнего и Среднего Востока сквозь века и поколения» (Москва). Presentation: Святой Город в коптской агиографии: как выстроить образ святыни в противовес идеологическим противникам
Святой Нерсес Шнорали. 850-летие (Москва). Presentation: Нерсес Шнорали в армянских магических рукописях
Закат древнего мира (Москва). Presentation: Восприятие и описания «язычества» в коптском Египте
Дар Нила. Древние цивилизации Нильской долины (Москва). Presentation: Религиозное наследие Древнего Египта в коптских «путешествиях по аду»
- 2022
XLV Лавровские (Среднеазиатско-кавказские) чтения-2022 (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Ангелы и демоны в армянских магических сборниках
12th International Congress of Coptic Studies (Брюссель (онлайн)). Presentation: Hagiographic and hymnographic cycles in the early liturgical collections of the Coptic Church
- 2021
XXXI Ежегодная богословская конференция ПСТГУ. Секция История и литература христианского Востока (Москва). Presentation: Завет святому и магические тексты: как обещания Бога и святого приобретают новые смыслы
Armenian through the Ages: Linguistic and Philological Perspectives (Оксфорд). Presentation: The Anonymous Saint in the Armenian Tradition
Христианский Восток: взаимодействие с другими культурами (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: A pencase from Antinoe: a curious case of an early martyr cult
IV Международная конференция "Христианское наследие Востока" (Сергиев Посад). Presentation: Крест Христов в армянских магических сборниках
- 2019
XXIX ежегодная богословская конференция Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Секция: История и литература Христианского Востока. (Москва). Presentation: «Обмен святыми» между Египтом и Сирией по данным гимнографии
Liturgy as Practice, Space, and Theory in Eastern Christianities (Кириллов). Presentation: The impact of Сoptic hagiographic cycles on hymnographic production in Egypt
Актуальные вопросы изучения христианского наследия Востока (Сергиев Посад). Presentation: Заклинание или молитва: магия в средневековой армянской традиции
V международная конференция молодых ученых Матенадарана (Ереван). Presentation: The Anonymous Saint in Armenian tradition: ‘a Voluntary Pauper’ or ‘a Man of God’?
- 2018
XVIII Ежегодная богословская конференция ПСТГУ (Москва). Presentation: Сакральная топография Антиохии в коптской агиографии мучеников
Narrating Power and Authority in Late Antique and Medieval Hagiographies from East to West (Рим). Presentation: “O You Evil, Blood-Shedding Lion, You Dragon That Dwells in the Abyss:” Representations of Roman Imperial Authorities in Coptic Hagiography
21st Biennial Symposium of the IMSSS 'Medieval Monks, Nuns and Monastic Preaching' (Bristol). Presentation: Preaching about the fate of soul in Coptic monastic homilies and its impact on medieval Coptic hagiography
Актуальные вопросы изучения христианского наследия Востока (Сергиев Посад). Presentation: Монах или маг? Проблема колдовства и магии в коптской монашеской среде по материалам археологии и литературных источников
- 2017
XXVII Ежегодная богословская конференция ПСТГУ, зимняя сессия (Москва). Presentation: Кидан в коптской агиографии
Georgia - Byzantium - Christian East (Тбилиси). Presentation: Medieval Georgian tradition of the Martyrdom of Philotheus: in honour of Korneli Kekelidze’s publication of 1960
SEMA Annual 2017 Conference 'Holy City (Çharleston, SC). Presentation: How to build a Holy City: fictional and real Antioch in medieval Coptic hagiography
- 2016
Edinburgh Conference on Late Antiquity (Эдинбург). Presentation: Re-imagining paganism and magic in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt: magic contests in Coptic hagiography
XI International Congress of Coptic Studies (Claremont). Presentation: 'Him who brings a gift to your church I will reward sevenfold in My kingdom’ or How to encourage donations and pilgrimage by means of hagiography
- 2014
Tenth International ISLP Conference Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: ‘I swear by my great gods Apollo and Artemis!’: Greek gods of the Roman emperor in Coptic hagiographical texts’
Hymns of the First Christian Millennium (Лондон). Presentation: ‘Citizens of the Heavenly City’: an Exchange of Saints between Egypt and Syria as witnessed by Hymnographic Material’
- 2012
Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies (Рим). Presentation: A ‘tour of hell’ in the Martyrdom of St Philotheus of Antioch’
Employment history
National Research University ‘Higher School of Economics’ (HSE) 2015-present
School of Asian Studies, Moscow
University Lecturer, Department of Near East Studies
St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University, Moscow 2000-2009
Lecturer in Classics and Oriental languages (Ancient Greek, Latin, Coptic, Syriac)
Orthodox Classical Grammar School “Radonezh”, Moscow 1995-2009
Teacher of Classics and Religious Education
“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).