Sergey Arkadievich Ivanov FBA (; born 5 October 1956) is a Russian

Historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

and

Byzantinist Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination ...

, expert in the

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culture. Sergey Ivanov is professor at the

Higher School of Economics HSE University (), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics () is a public research university founded in 1992 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Along with its main campus located in the capital, the university ...

. He is best known as the author of the books ''Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond'' (2006) and ''In Search of Constantinople'' (2022). Ivanov is a corresponding fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

. In 2012 Ivanov was awarded the Enlightener Prize, nomination "Humanities".

Career

Sergey Ivanov was trained as

classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

. Ivanov teaches at the

since 2013; since 2020 he is the chair of the department of ancient history and Byzantium at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies of this university. In 2023 Ivanov taught at Classics department,

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

(Evanston, Illinois). He also taught at the Institute of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU; ) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the be ...

(2003–2015), and at the section of Byzantine literature, department of philology,

(1996–2003). From 1979 to 2013 he served as a research associate in the Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Some works

In total Sergey Ivanov has over 200 scholarly publications (1981-2023).

Selected Books

* Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond. Oxford,

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, 2006. - 479 pp. 015 - Czech translation, 2005, 2009, 2019 - Russian originalref name="fools" /> * In Search of Constantinople. A Guidebook through Byzantine Istanbul and Its Surroundings. Istanbul, “Kitapyaynevi”, 2021. – 568 pp. [2023 - Serbian translation (forthcoming), 2020 - Turkish translation, 2014 - Bulgarian translation, 2011, 2016, 2020 - Russian original * Византийская культура и агиография [Byzantine Culture and Hagiography]. Moscow, YaSK, 2020. – 536 pp. * Pearls Before Swine: Missionary Work in Byzantium. Paris, “Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance”, 2015. – 272 pp. [2011 - Czech translation, 2003 - Russian original]

Selected chapters and articles

* The Saint// Cambridge History of Russian Literature/ Eds. S.Franklin, E., Widdis. Cambridge:

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, (forthcoming, due 2023) * Slavic, in: The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Literature. Oxford :

, 2021, P. 662-681 * The Second Rome as seen by the Third: Russian debates on "the Byzantine legacy", in: The Reception of Byzantium in European Culture since 1500.

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, 2016, р.55-80. * Religious Missions// Cambridge History of Byzantium, ed. J. Shepard. Cambridge,

, 2008, 305-332 * The Slavonic Life of Saint Stefan of Surozh// La Criméе entre Byzance et le Khaganate khazar/ ed. C. Zuckerman. Paris,

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, 2006, 109-167 * Eupraxia of Olympos, an Unknown Transvestite Saint// Analecta Bollandiana, 2008, vol.126, n 1, 31–47.

Lectures and Papers

Byzantium as ‘East’ and as ‘West’ in the Russian Public Perception
(Vienna, 28.06.2021)
Anthony of Novgorod in Constantinople in 1200: A tour guide behind a pilgrim's report
(The invited lecture at

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, Istanbul, 8.12.2021)
Byzantium as Seen by the White Russians in Constantinople
The invited lecture at the

Harriman Institute The Harriman Institute, the first academic center in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the Soviet Union, was founded at Columbia University in 1946, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, as the Russi ...

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

(New York, 02.05.2022)
Exploring the monuments of Byzantine Constantinople

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Sergey 21st-century Russian historians Russian Byzantinists 1956 births Living people Moscow State University alumni Fellows of the British Academy Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics Academic staff of Moscow State University Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Russian science communicators