Lev Lukhovitskiy
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
- Lev Lukhovitskiy has been at HSE University since 2021.
Education and Degrees
- 2010
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
- 2006
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.
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.
Courses (2023/2024)
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- History of Byzantium (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Photius and Beyond (Optional course (faculty); 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Problems of Classical and Byzantine Historiography" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar: Scientific Problems of Graeco-Roman and Byzantine History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Advanced Seminar "The Image of Byzantium Across Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Byzantium: Emperors and Saints (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "45.03.01. Филология", field of study "46.03.01. История"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Old Greek language and Authors (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Photius and Beyond (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "History and Culture of the Byzantine World" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar 'History of Byzantine Literature' (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Publications25
- Article Lukhovitskiy, Lev, Zharkaya, Varvara. A generic experiment of Ioannes Phokas: imaginary guide and dialogical appropriation of Palestine in the Brief ekphrasis of the Holy Land // Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 2023. Vol. 116. No. 3. P. 813-836. doi
- Article Lukhovitskiy L. Some corrections to the treatise "On councils and heresies" by Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople (ch. 1-15) // Travaux et Memoires. 2023. Vol. 27. P. 337-353.
- Chapter Lukhovitskiy L. The Oration on St John of Damascus by Constantine Akropolites (BHG 885) and its source (BHG 884): a spatial reading, in: Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography. Abingdon : Routledge, 2023. doi Ch. 5. P. 105-125. doi
- Book Луховицкий Л. В. Слова и образы: Иконоборчество глазами византийцев VIII—XV вв. СПб. : Дмитрий Буланин, 2023.
- Article Lukhovitskiy L. Additional Considerations on the Iconoclast Issue in the Hesychast Controversy // Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Theologia orthodoxa. 2022. Vol. 67. No. 2. P. 185-199. doi
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Агиография раннепалеологовской эпохи: «старые» и «новые» святые в тени Симеона Метафраста // Античная древность и средние века. 2022. Т. 50. С. 283-311. doi
- Chapter Lukhovitskiy L. Emotions, Miracles, and the Mechanics of Psychology in Nikephoros Gregoras’ Lives of Empress Theophano and Patriarch Anthony II Kauleas, in: Metaphrasis in Byzantine Literature. Turnhout : Brepols Publishers, 2021. doi P. 155-174. doi
- Chapter Lukhovitskiy L., Zharkaya V. The Authorial Self of a Hagiographer through the Lens of his Letters: The Case of Konstantinos Akropolites, in: Byzantine Authors and their Times. National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Historical Research, Department of Byzantine Research, 2021. Ch. 15. P. 325-341.
- Article Луховицкий Л. В., Солопов А. И. Дмитрий Евгеньевич Афиногенов // Вестник Московского университета. Серия 9: Филология. 2021. № 5. С. 233-236.
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Памяти Дмитрия Евгеньевича Афиногенова (28.08.1965–28.08.2021) // Византийский временник. 2021. Т. 105. С. 406-410.
- Article Zharkaya V., Lukhovitskiy L. Socrates the judge: a not-so-platonizing dialogue on the deposition of Patriarch Nicholas IV Mouzalon // Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 2020. Vol. 113. No. 1. P. 219-248. doi
- Article Lukhovitskiy L. Speaking as an Iconoclast: Another’s Voice in 9th-Century Hagiography // Travaux et Memoires. 2020. Vol. 24. No. 2. P. 359-376.
- Article Lukhovitskiy L., Zharkaya V. The Age of Πειθανάγκη. A Note on Remembrance and Reinvention of Ancient Words under the Komnenoi // Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinistik. 2020. Vol. 70. P. 271-288. doi
- Article Lukhovitskiy L., Vardazaryan O. The Letter to the Armenians of Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople // Travaux et Memoires. 2020. Vol. 24. No. 2. P. 65-103.
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Художественный мир поствизантийской хронистики: на материале «Хронологического изложения» 1-й пол. XVI в. // Античная древность и средние века. 2020. Т. 48. С. 172-188. doi
- Chapter Lukhovitskiy L. Perception of Iconoclasm in Late Byzantine Hagiographical Metaphraseis, in: Byzantine Hagiography: Texts, Themes & Projects. Turnhout : Brepols Publishers, 2018. P. 341-363. doi
- Article Луховицкий Л. В., Жаркая В. Ю. «Сила» убеждения: Peithanagke в диалоге о низложении патриарха Николая IV Музалона // Логико-философские штудии. 2018. Т. 16. № 1-2. С. 25-26.
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Андроник Каматир о споре Мануила I Комнина и папских легатов: опыт литературного прочтения // Античная древность и средние века. 2018. Т. 46. С. 179-196. doi
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Византийская ойкумена в иконоборческой полемике // Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Серия 2: История. История Русской Православной Церкви. 2017. Т. 77. С. 23-40. doi
- Article Lukhovitskiy L. Recollection, Reevaluation, Distortion: Symeon Metaphrastes' Narrative Techniques in Retelling the History of Iconoclasm // Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 2016. Vol. 109. No. 2. P. 785-808. doi
- Article Луховицкий Л. В., Жаркая В. Ю. «Не надевай маску друга, но суди беспристрастно»: агиографические труды Константина Акрополита в его переписке // Византийский временник. 2016. Т. 100. С. 129-144.
- Article Lukhovitskiy L. Nikephoros Gregoras’ Vita of St. Michael the Synkellos. Rewriting Techniques and Reconstruction of the Iconoclast Past in a 14th cent. hagiographical Metaphrasis // Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinistik. 2014. Vol. 64. P. 177-196. doi
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Споры о святых иконах при Алексее I Комнине: полемические стратегии и выбор источников // Византийский временник. 2014. Т. 73. С. 88-107.
- Article Lukhovitskiy L. Ἀσεβὴς Εὐσέβιος: Eusebius’ of Caesarea image in 14th century Byzantium and its sources // Byzantinoslavica. 2014. Vol. 72. P. 234-246.
- Article Луховицкий Л. В. Миссия прп. Михаила Синкелла и братьев Начертанных в источниках IX–XIV вв.: принципы метафразы и историческая память об иконоборчестве // Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Серия 3: Филология. 2013. Т. 34. № 4. С. 58-73.
Conferences
- 2022III Online Workshop on Rewriting in Byzantium (Мадрид). Presentation: Hagiographical rewriting in the Palaeologan period: new metaphrasts and old saints under the shadow of Symeon Metaphrastes
- Romanian Society for Byzantine Studies lecture series (Бухарест). Presentation: The forbidden word: historical reflections and unspoken accusations in the icon controversy under Alexios I Komnenos
- 2021«Византия… и не только»: Чтения, приуроченные к 65-летию д.и.н. проф. С. А. Иванова (Москва). Presentation: «Античное принуждение и византийское очарование»
- Классическая филология в контексте мировой культуры 14: Научные чтения, посвященные памяти проф. Д. Е. Афиногенова (28.08.1965–28.08.2021) (Москва). Presentation: Анонимное житие Михаила Синкелла (BHG 1296) как полифонический эксперимент
- 201623rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Белград). Presentation: Dissecting the miraculous: Nicephorus Gregoras’ ‘speeding up’ and ‘freezing up’ psychologizing techniques in the Lives of Theophano and Anthony Kauleas
- ХХI-я Всероссийская научная сессия византинистов РФ «Империя ромеев во времени и пространстве: центр и периферия» (Белгород). Presentation: Благочестивое приношение или литературное состязание? Самосознание Палеологовского агиографа в письмах Константина Акрополита
- 201122nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (София). Presentation: Historical Memory of Byzantine Iconoclasm during the Hesychast Controversy: The Case of Nicephorus Gregoras and Philotheos Kokkinos
Employment history
- May 2014 – September 2021: Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Medieval Studies Dpt., research fellow
- March 2010 – April 2014: Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Medieval Studies Dpt., junior research fellow
- June 2010 – present: Ecclesiastical research center “Orthodox encyclopedia”, History of the Eastern Churches Dpt., senior scholarly editor
- April 2008 – June 2010: academic publishing house “Great Russian Encyclopedia”, Literary Studies Dpt., senior scholarly editor
Teaching
- Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University: Modern Greek (2008–2009), Ancient Greek (2008–2014), History of Byzantine literature (2011–2014), Byzantine instrumenta studiorum (2015–2016)
- St Tikhon’s Orthodox University, Theological Faculty: History of Byzantine literature (2012–2013, 2017–2021)
- Sretensky Theological Seminary: Cult of saints in Byzantium (2016–2017), Byzantine history (2020–2021)