Vladimir V. Fayer

Deputy Dean for Admissions and Alumni Relations: Faculty of Humanities
Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
Senior Research Fellow: Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies

Vladimir V. Fayer has been at HSE University since 2010.

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Education and Degrees

2009

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Classical Philology, Byzantine and Modern Greek Philology
Lomonosov Moscow State University

1998

Degree
Lomonosov Moscow State University

* Candidate of Sciences
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.

Professional Interests

Homer reception of Homeric epic Alexandrian scholarship history of linguistics history of Classical studies metrics (verse)

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2022, 2011

Professional Interests

Homer and reception of his poems
Alexandrian philology
Metric of ancient Greek, Latin and Russian verse
History of Classical Philology in Russia

— Latin

— Latin in the Context of Contemporary Linguistics

— Literature of Antiquity

Courses (2024/2025)

Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Antique Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Classical Languages in Literature Lessons (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Classical Languages in Literature Lessons (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Classical Languages in Literature Lessons (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Rus
History and Theory of European Verse (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Classical and Byzantine Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Latin (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Philologist's Impression of Homer (Mago-Lego; 1-4 module)Rus
Sophocles and Around Him (Optional course (faculty); 1 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Categories of Greek and Roman Civilization (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3 module)Rus
Classical Languages in Literature Lessons (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Philology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Latin (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Rus
Odysseus and Around Him (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus
Sophocles and Around Him (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Classical Languages in Literature Lessons (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Ancient Mythology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Latin (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Ancient Literature Research Problems (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Antique Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
Categories of Greek and Roman Civilization (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Ancient Mythology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Odysseus and Around Him (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Latin in the Context of Contemporary Linguistics" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Sophocles and Around Him (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 1 module)Rus

Timetable for today

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Editorial board membership

2010: Member of the Editorial Board , Аристей. Вестник классической филологии и античной истории.

Feb

2024

‘The Competition Lets Students Feel Like Scientists’

On February 5, 2024, the award ceremony for the winners and laureates of the Student Research Paper Competition (SRPS) 2023 took place. The competition received 1,730 papers in 25 categories from university students across Russia.

Sep

2016

Andrey Poletayev Memorial Readings

On September 9, 2016, VI Poletayev Memorial Readings entitled "Natual Sciences and Humanities: New Interaction (Dis)Order" were held at the Higher School of Economics. Among the participants were two guest speakers: Karl Hall from Central European University (Budapest) and Kornelius Borck from Lübeck University (Lübeck).

Sep

2015

HSE Student Guided Tours Offer Unique Insight into Moscow

The Student Initiative Support Centre and the HSE Faculty of Humanities are jointly organising free guided tours around Moscow. The tours are designed by final year students. Most tours are in Russian but the organizers are ready to schedule additional English-language tours for international students.

Feb

2015

Dahl’s Explanatory Dictionaryand other linguistic games

On February 13 th , professors and students from the School of Linguistics held a session of linguistic games for the Russian Language finalists of the Olympiad “Vysshaya Proba” (“the purest tint”). Katerina Goncharova, Lyubov Klimenchenko, and Nikita Medyankin headed by the Associate Professor Vladimir Fayer conducted the linguistic games designed by several professors from the School of Linguistics.