Andrey Vinogradov
- Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Chief Research Fellow: Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies / Laboratory of Linguo-Semiotic Studies
- Andrey Vinogradov has been at HSE University since 2010.
Academic biography
Dr Andrey Vinogradov is Associate Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies. He is an expert on the history, architecture, and epigraphy of the eastern Roman empire in the Middle Ages (commonly known as Byzantium).
Andrey did his undergraduate and graduate studies in ancient and medieval history at the Faculty of History, Moscow State Lomonosov University. His doctoral project on the early Greek narrative tradition on the Apostle Andrew, was done at the Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences. He joined HSE in 2010 after extensive teaching and research experience at his alma mater as well as a number of other centres, including Trier University.
Andrey is member of the International Association of Byzantine Studies (AIEB), International Association for Christian Apocrypha (AELAC), and the leading member of the IOPSE project which successfully lauhced a fully searchable online database of inscriptions from the Northern Black Sea.
Academic interests
Dr Andrey Vinogradov has published widely on Byzantine political and cultural history, architecture, and epigraphy. A particular focus of his studies has recently been the complex dynamics of mutual interaction between centre and periphery in Byzantium. Patterns of architectural developments in the Caucasus region, as influenced by Syria and Armenia, loom large on his research agenda. Tracing the enigmatic origins and medieval historical trajectory of the Crimean Goths, including the remnants of their language as well as doctrinal affiliations.
Alongside this, Andrey has worked much on wider political and cultural history of Byzantium as element of the wider historical matrix of the Christian middle ages; the manyfold connections between the Byzantine empire and the nascent Russian state are among his research priorities.
Education and Degrees
Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Greek Lives of apostle Andrew : the problem of sources and the critical edition
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.
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 — 2023, 2015–2016, 2011–2013
- Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2012–2013)