Lev Lukhovitskiy
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
- Lev Lukhovitskiy has been at HSE University since 2021.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2022–2024
Courses (2024/2025)
- History of Byzantium (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar Problem of Byzantium Historiography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- History of Byzantium (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Photius and Beyond (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus
- Photius and Beyond (Optional course (faculty); 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problems of Classical and Byzantine Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar: Scientific Problems of Graeco-Roman and Byzantine History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Photius and Beyond (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History and Culture of the Byzantine World" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 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 (2021/2022)
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2024
Character Construction in Byzantium (Прага). Presentation: Role-playing the Heretic: Characterization through Speech in Anti-Iconoclastic Hagiography
Character Construction in Byzantium (Прага). Presentation: Role-playing the Heretic: Characterization through Speech in Anti-Iconoclastic Hagiography
- 2022
III Online Workshop on Rewriting in Byzantium (Мадрид). Presentation: Hagiographical rewriting in the Palaeologan period: new metaphrasts and old saints under the shadow of Symeon Metaphrastes
Romanian Society for Byzantine Studies lecture series (Бухарест). Presentation: The forbidden word: historical reflections and unspoken accusations in the icon controversy under Alexios I Komnenos
- 2021
«Византия… и не только»: Чтения, приуроченные к 65-летию д.и.н. проф. С. А. Иванова (Москва). Presentation: «Античное принуждение и византийское очарование»
Классическая филология в контексте мировой культуры 14: Научные чтения, посвященные памяти проф. Д. Е. Афиногенова (28.08.1965–28.08.2021) (Москва). Presentation: Анонимное житие Михаила Синкелла (BHG 1296) как полифонический эксперимент
- 2016
23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Белград). Presentation: Dissecting the miraculous: Nicephorus Gregoras’ ‘speeding up’ and ‘freezing up’ psychologizing techniques in the Lives of Theophano and Anthony Kauleas
ХХI-я Всероссийская научная сессия византинистов РФ «Империя ромеев во времени и пространстве: центр и периферия» (Белгород). Presentation: Благочестивое приношение или литературное состязание? Самосознание Палеологовского агиографа в письмах Константина Акрополита
- 2011
22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (София). Presentation: Historical Memory of Byzantine Iconoclasm during the Hesychast Controversy: The Case of Nicephorus Gregoras and Philotheos Kokkinos
Employment history
- May 2014 – September 2021: Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Medieval Studies Dpt., research fellow
- March 2010 – April 2014: Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Medieval Studies Dpt., junior research fellow
- June 2010 – present: Ecclesiastical research center “Orthodox encyclopedia”, History of the Eastern Churches Dpt., senior scholarly editor
- April 2008 – June 2010: academic publishing house “Great Russian Encyclopedia”, Literary Studies Dpt., senior scholarly editor
Teaching
- Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University: Modern Greek (2008–2009), Ancient Greek (2008–2014), History of Byzantine literature (2011–2014), Byzantine instrumenta studiorum (2015–2016)
- St Tikhon’s Orthodox University, Theological Faculty: History of Byzantine literature (2012–2013, 2017–2021)
- Sretensky Theological Seminary: Cult of saints in Byzantium (2016–2017), Byzantine history (2020–2021)