Andrey Zeltyn

Education

1974

Degree in Foreign Languages
Military University of the USSR Ministry of Defense, Eastern

Professional Interests

globalization Islamic policy Middle East@North Africa the Mediterranean

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2023, 2015–2021, 2013

Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Expert

Member of the Association of Arabists of Russia

Courses (2026/2027)

Arabic Language: Advanced Course (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Area Studies: Middle East (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations, Public Policy and Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Business and Entrepreneurship in Asia and MENA Countries (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Business and Entrepreneurship in Asia and MENA Countries (Mago-Lego; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1-4 module)Eng
Classical Oriental Language (Arabic Language) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Contemporary Challenges of West Asia: Beyond Political Economy (Mago-Lego; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 module)Eng
Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette in Asian Countries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Islamic Factor in the Development of Eastern Civilizations (Mago-Lego; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)Rus
Middle East: Regional Security System – Challenges and Solutions (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Middle East: Regional Security System – Challenges and Solutions (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Middle East: Regional Security System – Challenges and Solutions (Mago-Lego; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)Rus
Political Processes in Asia and Russia (Minor; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)Rus
Russia and Countries of the East (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2025
II Международная научная конференция Цивилизации Востока: взгляд из XXI века (Москва). Presentation: Афганские арабы в контексте "нового джихада". Абдулла Аззам и его Караван.
«Внерегиональные акторы на Ближнем Востоке» (Москва). Presentation: Комментарии к ситуации в Секторе Газы. Точка ресентимента или "новое Эльдорадо".

2024
VI Международная конференция «Мировое большинство на пути к новому международному порядку» (Москва). Presentation: Израилецентричный Ближний Восток? Последствия для Центральной Азии

2022
III-2 Международный научный форум "Россия – Африка: политика, экономика, история и культура" (Казань). Presentation: Ливия: выбор судьбы или судьба выборов
III-2 Международный научный форум "Россия – Африка: политика, экономика, история и культура" (Казань). Presentation: Ливия: выбор судьбы или судьба выборов

2019
1-я Международная научно-практическая конференция "Преподавание арабского языка в России: актуальные проблемы и перспективы" (Москва). Presentation: Зачем студенту, изучающему арабский язык, читать средневековые арабские тексты (на примере географического трактата Аль-Химьяри "الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار")”
Международный научный Конгресс по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки: к 150-летию академика В. В. Бартольда (1869-1930) (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Revisiting Lybian Salafism

2016
Актуальные вопросы арабской филологии и методики преподавания арабского языка (Грозный). Presentation: Геймификация в преподавании арабского языка на продвинутом этапе обучения

2015
International Conference “Minorities and Conflicts: Asian and African States in the Modern World” (Cанкт-Петербург). Presentation: Practices of Islamic State (ISIS) in the Context of Islamic Eschatology

2014
Traditions and Transformations in the East: New Modalities in Asian Studies (Москва). Presentation: The Development of Museology in Malta: the Case of Arab Islamic Heritage
II International Conference "Methods of Teaching Oriental Languages: Actual Problems and Trends" (Москва). Presentation: Role-Playing Game as a Means of Non-Formal Monitoring and Development of Communication Abilities in Advance Stage of Teaching Arabic
13th International Conference of Africanists "Society and Politics in Africa: Traditional, Transitional and New" (Moscow). Presentation: Eric Walberg and the Great Game III: North African Countries in the Post-Spring Space; the Roads They Take
27th Congress of the Union Europeenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (Хельсинки). Presentation: Political Islam from the End of 20th to the beginning of the 21th Century: Impetus for Transformation

Employment history

1968 -‐ 1974	MIFL -‐ cadet
1970 – 1972	Egypt – interpreter
1974 -‐ 1978	OAC – interpreter, trainee
1978 – 1980	Lybia -‐ interpreter
1980 – 1982	Syria, Algeria, Jordan, Qatar, Yemen -‐ interpreter
1982 – 1984	Syncronous translator
1984 – 1986	UN – Syria, Egypt, Labanon – Senior Observer
1986 – 1989	General Staff – training department – India, Nigeria
1989 – 2001	«AVSTROKOP» (Austria) – manager, senior account manager, head of Branch -‐ Risk Management MENA. JSC "Aquarius Ltd" -‐ documentaries for Arabic TV channels -‐ programmes author. Nortel Networks, Moscow ofUice, special account manager
2001 – 2002	JSC «Corporation UNI» (telecom) – advisor the president
2002 – 2003	JSC «Gaztelecom» (Gazprom) Deputy to the General director.
2003 – 2004	Representative of JSC «Gazprom» in Turkmenistan
2003 – 2006	Deputy Head of Foreign Department, JSC «Gazprom»
2006 – 2009	Independent consultant (MENA)
2010 -‐ 2011	IC "Horizon" investment company -‐ advisor to the President (Islamic Finance)
2011 -‐ 2012	Independent consultant (MENA)
2012 -‐ current	School of Asian Studies -‐ Senior Lecturer-‐ Higher School of Economics

2013 - Higher School of Economics: LMS Efront, Study course

International Conference Participation

October, 2012: Khakimov Readings “Russia and the Arab World: History and Modernity”, Ufa; Paper Subject “Arab Spring – Contradictory Contemporaneity, Vague Future"

September, 2013: II International Scientific Conference "Socio-Humanitarian Issues of Modernity: Language, Society and Culture", Krasnoyarsk; Paper Subject "Political Islam: Victorious Defeat"

November, 2013: Round Table of School of Asian Studies, Higher School of Economics "International Strategies of Near and Far Eastern States in the context of global challenges"; Paper Subject "Eric Walberg and Great Game III. Middle East and North Africa in Postspring Environment: the Roads of their Choice"

November, 2013: 3rd International Annual Research Conference, Laboratory of Comparative Social Studies, Higher School of Economics : "Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective"; Paper Subject "Reassessing the Obvious: Political Islam ant the Faith of the Faithful" Reassessing the obvious_Chuprygin.docx LCSR conference programme.pdf

Grants

2013 - Faculty of Philosophy, National Research University "Higher School of Economics"; field of research "Political Islam end of 20 beginning of 21 Century"

Lecturing Subjects

1. Economics of the Middle East countries, BA courses

2. Globalisation in the East and the Multipolar World, BA courses
3. International Trade, Finance and Capital Markets: Asia and the World, BA courses
4. Conflicts and Interactions in the East, BA courses
5. Perspectives of the Economic Development of the Western Asian Countries, BA courses
6. Economic Translation: Practical Course, BA courses
7. Modern Arabic: Professional Reading, BA courses

Лекци

6

Feb

2026

HSE University Professor’s Seminar Featuring Pakistan’s Ambassador Faisal Niaz Tirmizi

On 3 February, the School of Regional Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of HSE University held a professor’s seminar featuring H.E. Mr Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Russian Federation.

18

Feb

2025

HSE Students Win European Universities Arabic Debating Championship

A team of students from the Bachelor’s programme ’Asian and African Studies’ at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs—the only team from Russia—has won first prize at the European Universities Arabic Debating Championship (EUADC) (a QatarDebate regional championship), beating other teams from non-Arabic-speaking countries.

10

Feb

2025

International Round Table “The Current Situation in the World and the Middle East: Key Trends and Pressing Issues”

On February 6, the School of Regional Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University in collaboration with the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and with the support of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, held an international round table titled“The Current Situation in the World and the Middle East: Key Trends and Pressing Issues.”

12

Nov

2024

Central Asia as a Regional Subsystem of the World Majority

On October 29, 2024, as part of the VI International Conference “The World Majority towards a New International Order”, held in partnership with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences a session titled “Central Asia as a Regional Subsystem of the World Majority” took place.

10

Apr

2023

Expert Round Table “The Middle East in the New Geopolitical Realities”

The School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University organized an expert round table “The Middle East in the New Geopolitical Realities” on April 6, 2023 within the framework of XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.