Leonid Kogan
- Deputy Director, Professor:Faculty of Humanities / Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
- Laboratory Head:Faculty of Humanities / Laboratory for Middle Eastern and North African Languages and Culture
- Programme Academic Supervisor:The Arab World: Language, Literature, Culture
- Leonid Kogan has been at HSE University since 2017.
Education and Degrees
- 2020
Doctor of Sciences*
HSE University - 2001
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
- 1996
Degree
St Petersburg 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.
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.
* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
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
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023, 2022
Courses (2023/2024)
- Ancient Hebrew (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Geez (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Quran and Hadith Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Language of the Quran (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Ancient Hebrew (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Comparative Semitic Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Quran as a Founding Religious Text of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Science Research Seminar Ugaritic Language and Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Akkadian language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Ancient Hebrew (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Ancient Hebrew Language and Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Language and folklore of South Arabia peoples (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History of Ancient Hebrew" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Akkadian language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Arabic Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Arabic Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Akkadian language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Ancient Hebrew Language and Literature (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Arabic Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Arabic Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Ancient Hebrew (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Arabic Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
20241
Article Arkhipov I., Kogan L. Royal Ratification of Property Transfer in Early Dynastic Syria: Towards a New Interpretation of ARET 16, 27 // Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie. 2024 (in press)
20231
Article Arkhipov I., Kogan L., Markina E. Corruption and Violence in Early Dynastic Mari (As Seen from Ebla): A New Attempt at ARET 13, 15 // Journal of the American Oriental Society. American Oriental Society. 2023. Vol. 143. No. 3. P. 537-553. doi
20223
- Article Balakhvantsev A. S., Kogan L., Lyavdansky A., Tunkina I. V. An Unpublished North West Semitic Inscription from the Collection of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople // Vestnik Drevnei Istorii. 2022. Vol. 82. No. 4. P. 911-940. doi
- Article Arkhipov I., Kogan L. The Ebla Chancery Texts in the Light of Recent Linguistic Research // Altorientalische Forschungen. 2022. Vol. 49. No. 2. P. 183-196. doi
- Article Naumkin V., Kogan L. The Soqotri Lexical Archive: The 2013 Fieldwork Season // Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. 2022. Vol. 172. No. 2. P. 1-23. (in press)
20212
- Article Gintsburg S., Kogan L. Lulling Babies to Sleep in Soqotra: What Can we Learn from the Soqotri Lullaby? // Folklore. 2021. Vol. 132. No. 4. P. 390-411. doi
- Article Bulakh M., Kogan L., Issa A., Gumaan I., Mohammad M. The Causative Stem in Soqotri: The data // Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics. 2021. Vol. 13. P. 239-287. doi
20204
- Book The Third Millennium: Studies in Early Mesopotamia and Syria in Honor of Walter Sommerfeld and Manfred Krebernik / Отв. ред.: I. Arkhipov, L. Kogan, N. Koslova. Leiden : Brill, 2020. doi
- Article Bulakh M., Kogan L., Issa A., Gumaan I., Mohammad M. The causative stem in Soqotri: The analysis // Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 2. P. 260-285. doi
- Article Kogan L. Writing on Islamic Apologetics in an Unwritten Tongue. An Unusual Sample of Transitional Prose from the Island of Soqotra // RILCE. Revista de Filologia Hispanica. 2020. Vol. 36. No. 4. P. 1415-1433. doi
20197
- Article Kogan L. Additions and Corrections to Wolf Leslau’s Comparative Dictionary of Ge‘ez (1987–2017) // Journal of the American Oriental Society. American Oriental Society. 2019. Vol. 139. No. 4. P. 893-906. doi
- Article Markina E., Kogan L. Language and Administration in a Recently Published Collection of Sargonic Documents // Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. 2019. Vol. 169. No. 2. P. 281-312. doi
- Article Kogan L., Bulakh M., Cherkashin D., Наумкин В. В., Gumaan I., Issa A., Mohammad M. Studies in the Verbal Morphology of Soqotri III/1: The Second Stem // Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik. 2019. Vol. 69. No. I. P. 61-93. doi
- Article Cherkashin D., Kogan L., Наумкин В. В., Gumaan I., Issa A., Mohammad M., Bulakh M. Studies in the Verbal Morphology of Soqotri III/2: a List of Sound and Weak Verbs Belonging to Second Stem in Soqotri // Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik. 2019. Vol. 70. P. 73-91. doi
- Article Kogan L., Cherkashin D. ‘The Lord’: An Apology for the Muslim Faith from the Island of Soqotra // Journal of Semitic Studies. 2019. Vol. 64. No. 2. P. 535-563. doi
20181
Book Naumkin V., Kogan L., Bulakh M., Cherkashin D., Vizirova E., Gumaan I., Issa A. Corpus of Soqotri Оral Literature. Vol. 2 (Т. 2) Vol. 2. Leiden : Brill, 2018. doi
20172
- Article Kogan Leonid, Bulakh M. On some poorly known or unrecognized verbal categories in Soqotri: 1905–2015 // Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics. 2017. Vol. 9. No. 1-2. P. 73-105. doi
- Book Kogan L., Bulakh M. The Arabic-Ethiopic Glossary by al-Malik al-Afḍal: An Annotated Edition with a Linguistic Introduction and a Lexical Index. Leiden : Brill, 2017.
20165
- Article Naumkin V., Kogan L., Cherkashin D. A Dialogue Between Man and God concerning Sacrifice // Archiv Orientalni. 2016. Vol. 2. No. 84. P. 1-19.
- Book Babel und Bibel 9: Selected Papers Presented at the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International association for Comparative Semitics / Ed. by L. Kogan, S. Loesov, N. Koslova, S. Tischenko. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2016.
- Article Berezkin Y., Cherkashin D., Kogan L., Naumkin V. Motifs of Soqotri Narratives: Towards a Comparative-Typological Analysis // AULA ORIENTALIS. 2016. Vol. 2. No. 34. P. 201-243.
- Article Naumkin V., Kogan L., Cherkashin D., Gumaan A., Issa A. Soqotri Lexical Archive: the 2012 Season. // Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. 2016. Vol. 1. No. 166. P. 57-80. doi
- Article Наумкин В. В., Bulakh M., Cherkashin D., Kogan L., Issa A., Gumaan I., Mohammad M. Studies in the Verbal Morphology of Soqotri II: Weak and Geminated Roots in the Basic Stem // Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik. 2016. Vol. 63. P. 19-60. doi
20157
- Book Наумкин В. В., Kogan L., Gumaan I., Issa A., Cherkashin D., Bulakh M., Vizirova E. Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature Vol. 1. Leiden : Brill, 2015.
- Book Kogan L. Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses. Boston : De Gruyter, 2015.
- Chapter Kogan L. Semitic Etymology in A Biblical Hebrew Lexicon: the Limits of Usefulness, in: Biblical Lexicology: Hebrew and Greek Semantics - Exegesis - Translation. Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. doi P. 83-120. doi
- Article Naumkin V., Kogan L., Cherkashin D. Soqotri Lexical Archive: the 2011 Fieldwork Season // Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. 2015. Vol. 1. No. 165. P. 41-61.
- Book Naumkin V., Kogan L., Cherkashin D., al-Da'arhi I., al-Da'arhi A. Soqotri Texts in the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. An Annotated Edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Article Naumkin V., Kogan L., Cherkashin D. Three Etiological Stories from Soqotra in Their Near Eastern Setting // Journal of Near Eastern studies. 2015. Vol. 2. No. 74. P. 289-299. doi
- Article Bulakh M., Kogan L. Towards a Comprehensive Edition of the Arabic-Ethiopic Glossary of al-Malik al-Afḍal. Part III: New Readings from the Third Sheet // Aethiopica. 2015. Vol. 18. P. 56-80. doi
20121
Chapter Loesov S., Kogan L. Review of C. A. Ciancaglini. Iranian Loanwords in Syriac. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2008 (Beiträge zur Iranistik. Bd. 28). XLVII + 315 pp., in: Babel und Bibel 6: Annual of Ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Semitic Studies. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2012. P. 575-586.
20052
- Book Babel und Bibel 2: Memoriae Igor M. Diakonoff. Annual of Ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Semitic Studies / Рук.: L. Kogan. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2005.
- Chapter Kogan L., Loesov S. Review of Sh. Izre'el & E. Cohen. Literary Old Babylonian, in: Babel und Bibel 2: Memoriae Igor M. Diakonoff. Annual of Ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Semitic Studies / Рук.: L. Kogan. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2005. P. 743-772.
20041
Book Babel und Bibel 1 Ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament and Semitic Studies / Ed. by L. Kogan. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2004.
20031
Book Studia semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental inst./ Russ. state univ. for the humanities; Iss. 3) / Ed. by L. Kogan. M. : ., 2003.
HSE Creates Centre for South Arabian Studies
The new centre will operate as part of the Institute of Oriental and Classical Studies (IOCS) at the HSE Faculty of Humanities, and its flagship project will focus on the study of the language and oral folklore of Socotra Island. The centre is a trilateral international partnership between HSE University, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a consortium of leading universities in the UAE. Read on to find out about what South Arabian studies involves and what research HSE scholars do in this field.
First Book in Soqotri Published in Conjunction with HSE IOCS
November 25, 2021 marked the publishing of a corpus of Soqotri folklore texts. Translated into Classical Arabic, the texts are accompanied by a brief introduction explaining the basic principles of the Soqotri writing system, which is based on the Arabic orthography. The authors of the book are Soqotri native speakers Ahmed Isa al-Daarhi, Isa Gumaan al-Daarhi, and Maysoon Mohammed Aldarhi. It was published by Maria Bulakh and Leonid Kogan under the editorship of Prof. Vitaly Naumkin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The publication was supported by the UAE Embassy in Moscow.