Andrey A. Iserov
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Andrey A. Iserov has been at HSE University since 2012.
- Language Proficiency
- English
- French
- Spanish
- German
- Contacts
- Phone:
+7 (495) 772-95-90
22041 - Address: 21/4 Staraya Basmannaya Ulitsa, Building 1, room 307в
- SPIN-RSCI: 5802-6017
- ORCID: 0000-0002-6291-6861
- ResearcherID: K-4850-2015
- Google Scholar
- Supervisors
- A. B. Kamenskii
- F. Azhimov
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Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2021–2023, 2013–2015
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2014–2015)
Courses (2024/2025)
- Academic Reading 1 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 2 module)Eng
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Fine Art; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry field of study Chemistry; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry field of study Chemistry; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Management, Media Communications; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Economics, Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Political Science; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Economics, Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics, Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Applied Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Information Security; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Software Engineering, Business Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Journalism; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Specialist; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Acting; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Specialist; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Cyber Security; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology field of study Geography; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations, Public Policy and Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Software Engineering, Business Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Bachelor field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Academic Reading 1 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 2 module)Eng
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Political and Economic History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations, field of study International Relations; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Political and Economic History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Public Policy and Social Sciences, field of study International Relations; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- History of International Relations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Public Policy and Social Sciences, field of study International Relations; 2 year, 1, 2, 4 module)Eng
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History of North and South America (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Old World and New World in XIX-XX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Pax Americana and the Twentieth Century (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Political and Economic History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Public Policy and Social Sciences, field of study International Relations; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
Employment history
2006–2012: Area Studies Department, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies
From 2008: North American Studies Centre, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences
HSE University and Top Chinese Universities: Partnership Based on Mutual Respect and Trust
In mid-April 2024 representatives of several leading universities in China visited HSE University in Moscow. A delegation from Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DUFL), led by Rector Liu Hong, came to sign a cooperation and exchange agreement, while representatives of Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), led by Board Member and Vice President Chao Qiuling, discussed expanding potential areas of interaction within the existing cooperation and exchange agreement.
‘The Goal of the Contest Is to Select Bold Ideas Aimed at Fostering a More Equitable Global Development’
HSE Vice Rector, Head of the BRICS Expert Council–Russia and Co-chair of the BRICS Civil Forum Victoria Panova, and Dean of the HSE Faculty of Humanities and Chair of the Contest Jury Felix Azhimov, announced the primary objectives of the contest, its format and potential participants during a press conference at TASS. Nationals from the BRICS countries, aged 18 to 45, are eligible to apply for participation in the contest. The jury will select ten winners, three of whom will be given the opportunity to attend the BRICS Civil Forum in Moscow in person.
European Values: From the Discovery of America to the First World War
The English-language course ‘Europe and the World, ca. 1500 to 1914’ has launched on Coursera. Its author, Andrey Iserov, Deputy Dean for International Affairs at the HSE Faculty of Humanities, examines a historical span of four centuries during which European states reached the peak of their economic, military, and political power. Students of the course will learn how the independence of Hispanic America by the mid-1820s influenced China, what caused the religious schism in Western Christianity in the 16th century, and how European colonial policy developed.
Russian-Polish School of Young Historians
An international school of young historians, ‘Russian – Polish Entangled History: Scientific Reconstruction and Reflection in the Collective Memory’, took place in April at the School of History (HSE Moscow). Undergraduate and master’s students from HSE and the University of Warsaw took place in the event. Alexander Kamensky, Andrey Iserov, Dariusz Klechowski, Director of the Polish Cultural Centre in Moscow, and Leonid Gorizontov, who lead the organization of the Russian-Polish meeting.
‘As long as we think about the Middle Ages as a dark time, we will remain dark ourselves’
Every era builds its own version of the Middle Ages, and the modern age is no exception. Oleg Voskoboynikov, the youngest full professor at the Higher School of Economics, talks about the reason for the popularity of metaphors that refer to that era, why the ‘Suffering Middle Ages’ group on VKontakte [Russia’s largest social media site — Ed.] is not the same thing as medieval studies and how the desire to be different from everyone else can lead a student to study the Middle Ages.