D.Sc. in Philology

Academician RAS (since May 22, 2003)

Professor

Scholarly Director of the A.M. Gorky IWL RAS,

Member of the Presidium of RAS

Member of the Board of the Philological/Historical Division of RAS

 

Ph.D. Thesis: Major Genres of Hispano-Arabic Classical Poetry in the Age of Flourish (From the late 10th Century to the Mid-12th Century) (1970)

 

Dr. Hab. Thesis: The Concept of Canon in the Medieval Arabic Poetics (1985)

 

Research interests: Oriental Studies, history of Classical and Modern Arabic Literature, history of Oriental literature, cross-influences between Eastern and Western literature, comparative studies, literary theory.

 

Professional services:

2002–2013: Deputy Academician-Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Historical and Philological Division of RAS and Head of the Section for Languages and Literatures of RAS

Head of the "Alexander N. Veselovsky" Awards Committee (RAS)

Co-President of the Scientific Council of RAS for Classical Philology and Comparative Linguistic/Literary Studies

General Editor of three academic book series: Monuments of World Literature, Literary Heritage, Written Masterpieces of the Orient.

Representative (delegate) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in The Union Académique Internationale (UAI, The International Union of Academies)

Member of The Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI, Association of European Arabists and Islamicists)

 

Awards

Winner-Laureate of the Veselovsky Prize (RAS) for the monograph Arabic Literature: Poetics, Stylistics, Typology, Connections. Moscow, 2003 (2005)

Cavalier of the Order of Al-Fakhr (II class), for the great merit in research and promotion of the monuments of Arabic and Islamic Cultural Heritage and for the excellence in teaching and preparing new orientalists and scholars of Islam (2009)

 

Selected Works

 

Monographs

- Istoriograficheskie i literaturavedcheskie aspekty "Zhizneopisanie proroka" Ibin Iskhak-Ibn Hisham [Historiographic and Literary Aspects of "The Life of the Prophet" by Ibn Ishāq – Ibn Hishām]. Moscow, Otdelenie istoriko-filologicheskikh nauk RAN Publ., 2017. In Russ.

- Literaturnye vzaimosviazi Zapada i Vostoka v XIX veke i formirovanie kontseptsii "mirovaia literatura" [Literary Interconnections between the West and the East in the Nineteenth Century and the Making of the Concept "World Literature"]. St. Petersburg, Peterburgskii gumanitarnyi universitet profsoiuzov Publ., 2011. In Russ.

- Ibn Ishak-Ibn Hisham. "Zhizneopisanie proroka". Velikaia bitva pri Badre [Ibn Isḥāq – Ibn Hishām. "The Life of the Prophet" (Al‑sīra al-Nabawiyya). The Great Battle of Badr]. Moscow, Institut Evropy RAN Publ., Russkii Suvenir Publ., 2009. (Co-authored with D.V. Frolov, M.S. Nalich). Russian translation with extensive notes and scholarly introduction, Arabic text included. 

- Arabskaia literatura: Poetika. Stilistika. Tipologiia. Vzaimosviazi [Arabic Literature: Poetics, Stylistics, Typology, Connections]. Moscow, Iazyki slavianskoi kul'tury Publ., 2003. In Russ.

- Srednevekovaia arabskaia poetika (Vtoraia polovina VIII-XI v.) [Medieval Arabic Poetics: The Second Half of the 8th – 11th Centuries]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1983. In Russ.

- Klassicheskaia arabo-ispanskaia poeziia [Classical Hispano-Arabic Poetry: The late 10th cent. – the mid-12th Centuries]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1973. In Russ.

 

Scopus, Web of Science

- "Zapadno-vostochnie poeticheskie sochineniia pervoi treti XIX v: ot 'Divana' Gete do 'Soneta-Gazeli' Mitskevicha-Topchi-Bashi" ["West-Eastern Poetic Compositions of the First Third of the 19th Century: from Goethe’s Divan to the 'Sonnet/Ghazal' by Mickiewicz / Topczi-Baszy"]. Studia Litterarum, vol. 5, no. 3, 2020, pp. 68–103. https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2020-5-3-68-103 In Russ.

- "Belletristicheskie elementy v 'zhizneopisanii proroka' Ibn Iskhaka - Ibn Khishama" ["Belletristic Elements in The Life of The Prophet by Ibn Isḥāq — Ibn Hishām"]. Studia Litterarum, vol. 4, no. 1, 2019, pp. 28–69. http://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2019-4-1-28-69 In Russ.

- "Formy prozaicheskoi rechi v 'Sire' Ibn Iskhaka - Ibn Hishama" ["The Forms of Prosaic Speech in Al-sīra by Ibn Ishāq — Ibn Hishām"]. Studia Litterarum, vol. 2, no. 4, 2017, pp. 44–63. http://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2017-2-4-44-63 In Russ.

- "Zhizneopisanie proroka' Ibn Iskhaka - Ibn Khishama: mezhdu istoriografiei i literatury" ["'The Life Of Muhammad' By Ibn IsḤāq — Ibn Hishām: Between Historiography and Literature"]. Studia Litterarum, vol. 1, no. 1–2, 2016, pp. 91–107. http://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2016-1-1-2-91-107 In Russ.

- "Kuda idet rossiiskaia kul'tura? (Materialy 'Kruglogo stola')" ["Where is the Russian Culture Heading? (Materials from the Round-Table Discussion)"]. Voprosy filosofii, no. 9, 2010, pp. 3–59. In Russ.

- "'Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya' by Ibn Ishaq - Ibn Hisham: the History of the Texts and the Problem of Authorship". Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 16, no. 1, 2010,  pр. 6–12. In English

- "Muhammad Abdu's Letter to Leo Tolstoi (History of the Russian-Arabic Cultural Dialogue in the Beginning of the 20th Century)". Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 15, no. 1, 2009, pр. 41–49. In English

- "Russian Philology at the Modern Stage of Development." Vestnik Rossiiskoy Akademii nauk, vol. 78, no. 3, 2008, pр. 196–202. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. VIII: Formulaic Expressions in Sirat 'Antar'." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2008, pр. 57–67. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. IX: On Interpreting the Elements of 'Miraculous' in 'Life of the Prophet' by Ibn Ishaq - Ibn Hisham". Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2008, pр. 15–20. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. VII: 'The Life of the Prophet' by Ibn Isḥāq – Ibn Hishām as a Monument of Medieval Arabic Literature. Attempt at a Literary Analysis". Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 12, no. 2, 2006, pр. 36–49. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. V: a Romantic Epos about Majnun and its Arabic Roots." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 11, no. 2, 2005, pр. 11–20. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. VI: Family-Matrimonial Relations in the 5th _ 7th Centuries Arabia and Their Reflection in the Early Arabic Poetry." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 11, no. 3, 2005, pр. 8–12. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. I: Medieval Arabic Graphic Culture (from Pictorial Figures to Drawing Script)." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 10, no. 1, 2004, pр. 4–11. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. II: to the Problem of Correlation of the Traditional and the Original in Medieval Poetics (about 'Imitation'  in Classical Literature of the Near and Middle East)." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 10, no. 2, 2004, pр. 30–33. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. III: Early Arabic Poetry: an Attempt of Historical-Functional Analysis." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 10, no. 3, 2004, pр. 21–30. In English

- "Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. IV: Medieval Arabic Panegyric: Tradition and Creative Personality." Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, vol. 10, no. 4, 2004, pр. 20–26. In English

 

Teaching experience

Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Countries (Lomonosov Moscow State University).