Sergey Arkadievich Ivanov FBA (russian: Серге́й Арка́дьевич Иванов; 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 race; as well as the st ...

and

Byzantinist Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music, science, economy, coinage and politics of the Eastern Roman ...

, expert in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

culture. Sergey Ivanov is professor at the

Higher School of Economics HSE University (russian: link=no, «Высшая школа экономики», ВШЭ), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics (russian: link=no, Национальный исследовательский ун ...

. 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 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 same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ...

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

Career

Sergey Ivanov was trained as

classicist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

. 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 is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

(Evanston, Illinois). He also taught at the Institute of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of Saint Petersburg State University (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 The Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Институт славяноведения РАН) is an integral part of the Historical and Philological Studies Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It ...

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. Ashgate Publishing, 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,

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...

, 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

Koç University Koç University ( tr, Koç Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç University ...

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

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

(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 Science communicators