Sergey A. Ivanov
- Sergey A. Ivanov has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education and Degrees
Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Byzantine Holy Foolery
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dept. of Letters
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.
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; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar 'History of Byzantine Literature' (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities 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 field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 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 field of study Philology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problems of Greek and Roman Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problems of Greek and Roman Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 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 field of study History; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Problems of Greek and Roman Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 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
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
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.
The Politics of a Kiss
Who Kissed Each Other and Why in Byzantium
HSE Scholars at 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Belgrade
Professor Sergey Ivanov and Lecturer Varvara Zharkaya presented papers on Byzantine Culture
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’.
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.
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.