SHUVALOV
Key-words: Late Antiquity, written sources, numismatics, archaeology, Goths, Huns, early Slavs, Venedae, Ptolemy, Jordanes, Procope of Caesarea, barbarian invasions, Balkan hoards of the Byzantine folles of the 6th century, Lower Danube limes, East-Roman Army, Pseudo-
Maurice, fur trade.
Born: April, 20 1963 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), USSR (now Russian Federation).
1970-1980: Primary school N 67 with Spanish and English languages in Leningrad. German language learned at home.
1980-1985: Leningrad (St.Petersburg) State University, Faculty of History, Dpt. of Medieval History and some disciplines on the Dpt. of Archaeology and Dpt. of Classical History, with the theme “Slavic Inroads into the Territory of Byzantine Empire in the 6th cent. AD”. Studying additionally Archaeology, Classic History, Classic-Greek, Latin, Rumanian, Italian and French. Diploma n 1829, 06/26/1985
From 1984: taking part in the work of the archaeological seminar of Prof. Ph.D. Mark Shchukin (State Hermitage) dealing with the themes of the origin of the Slavic culture, of the archaeological chronology of the Roman barbaricum and of the role of the Roman frontier
fortresses in the interaction between the Romans and barbarians.
12/25/1986-12/24/1988: Post-graduate study at the Institute of Archaeology (Leningrad branch) on the theme «Ethno-Cultural Processes on the Territory of Danube-Dnyestr Region in the Middle of the 1st mill. AD», dealing with Roman(Byzantine)-barbarian (i.e. Slavic, German, Nomadic) relations in the 6th century AD. The defense of the thesis for the Ph.D. (“kandidat nauk”) degree, diploma n IT 014251 03/29/1989.
From 02/01/1988 till 06/30/1998: working as scientific researcher in the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of USSR (now the Institute for the History of the Material Culture of the Academy of Sciences of Russia) in St. Petersburg - at the Department of the Classical Archaeology; the investigation field was the absolute and relative chronology based on coins in the archaeology of the late antiquity and the Roman-barbarian relations in the 4th - 7th centuries AD.
From 1992 till 1998 working additionally: in the Classical Gymnasium and later in the Academically Gymnasium – with school pupils, in the Institute of Management and Economics – the courses for graduate students “Early and Classic History” and “Word History”; in Russian Christian Humanitarian Institute and in Greek-Latin School – the courses for graduate students “Roman History” and “Roman Mode of Life”;
From 1992: member of the editorial boards of the archaeological journals “Peterburgskij Arxeologiceskij Vestnik” and “Stratum-plus”.
1994/95: working on the theme “The Late Classic Coins as the ground for the Chronology in the Archaeology and History”, supported by International Scientific Fond (grant No. ZZ4000/045);
1994/95: working on the theme “The problems of the absolute Chronology of South-East Europe: the Bronze Coin Hoards of the AD 337-641” supported by Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst (Kennziff. A/94/12276 the new PKZ : А/86/09020) in Seminar für Griechische und Römische Geschichte, Abteilung II: Epigraphik, Numismatik, Papyrologie sowie Geschichte und Kultur der römischen Provinzen; Fundmünzen der Antike – FMRD/SFMA in Frankfurt am Main University;
from 1997: taking part in the Slav-Sarmatian Expedition of the State Hermitage Museum, excavations in Moldavia (Rudi) and in Crimea (Alusta, Taraktas).
07/01/1998: working as assistant professor and
from 06/29/2000 as associate professor in St.Petersburg State University, Faculty of History, Dpt. of Classical History: the courses for graduate students “The History of the Later Roman Empire” and “The Political and Social System of the Late Antiquity”, “The History of the Roman Empire”, “The History of the Classical Greek and Latin Literature”, “The Sources for the Classical History”.
From July 1998 till July 2000: the leader and grant holder of the collective (4 persons) scientific project of Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Support Foundation, grant 841/1998 with the theme “Warfare of the Barbarian Peoples of South-Eastern Europe in the 2nd–6th Centuries A.D. ( As Described by the Late Classical Authors)”.
25.10.2000–8.11.2000 the voyage to Paris to work in Collège de France – CNRS-Centre d‘histoire et civilization de Byzance supported by the Travel Program Open Society Institute HAT058.
From November 14 till December 3, 1998: working in Paris in Collège de France – CNRS-Centre d‘histoire et civilization de Byzance supported by the Travel Program Open Society Institute TAB 829 on the theme “Circulation of the bronze coins on the Balkans and Aegis in the 6th
century AD”.
2000–2002: taking part in the collective scientific project of the RGNF (Moscow) on the theme “Eastern Europe according to the “Geography” of Claudius Ptolemy” with Prof. D.Sc.Mark Shchukin (State Hermitage) at the head.
March 2001: visit to Switzerland, invited by Circulus numismaticus Basiliensis, Basel–March 28: Haus zum Hohen Dolder) and Zurchneres Nimismatischen Gesellschaft with the report “Die Struktur des Munzumlaufs in der Spiegelung der Munzfunde”.
11/15 – 12/15/2001: visit to Paris (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme; Collège de France–CNRS Centre d‘histoire et civilization de Byzance) with grant of Maison des Sciences de l’Homme with theme “Les relations entre les slaves et l’empire byzantin au 1er tiers du VIe siècle: la
nouvelle interpretation des sourcesè.
2001-2002 Scientific supervision (with M. Shchukin und N. Bondarko) over the translating in Russain of the Book of H. Wolfram “Die Goten”.
17-18.01.2003 – taking part in the international workshop “Slawische Ursprunge/Slavic Origins” in Vienna in Austrian Academy of Sciences.
15-18.09.2003 – taking part in the International Numismatical Congress in Madrid.
From 2003: taking part in the Academic Council of the doctoral programme in The Cultures of the Provinces of the Roman Empire: European-Mediterranean Interactions. History, Archaeology and Religions (Siena-Italy, Erfurt-Germany, Oxford, Trento-Italy, Hermitage
Museum, St. Petersburg State University).
8–15/XII.2003: grant of The Institute of International Education (№ FBSS04-19).
30/VII–11/VIII.2004: grant of The Institute of International Education (№ FBPDOSS04-15).
5–12 September 2004: taking part as an invitated coordinator in the colloquim in the programm of DFG, University of Erfurt, Faculty of Religious Studies.
20 February 2005 – 19 October 2005 : Fulbright scholarship , grant № 68428658 for the working at the Library of Congress (John Kluge Center) and in Dumbarton Oaks on the theme «Late Roman military dictrine in the epoque of Balkan wars: East European influences in the Mediterranean».
In USA: taking part in the congresses in Urbana-Champaign and Kalamazoo, giving a talk in Library of Congress (John Kluge Center) and in Dumbarton Oaks.
August 2006: working as senior researcher at the Greek Institue at St.Petersburg State University, Faculty of Philology and
from May 2007 as associate professor in St.Petersburg State University, Faculty of Philology, Dpt. of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies: the course for graduate students “The History of the Roman and Byzantine Empire”, “The Sources for the Classical and Early Byzantine History”, “The Getica of Jordanes”, “Early Slavs in written sources”.
Publications:
| 2012 – K voprosu ob ideologicheskoj podosnove ranneslavjanskoj ekspansii na Balkany [On the question of the ideological ground for the early Slavic expansion to the Balkans]. Obraz vojny v obscestvennoj mysli slavjanskix narodov epoxi srednevekov'ja i rannego Novogo vremeni. Materialy konferencii. Moskva, 134-136. | |
| 2012 – Import polittexnologij i varvarskie gosudarstva [The import of political technologies and the barbarian kingdoms]. Migracii, rasselenie, vojna kak faktory politogeneza (Vostocnaja Evropa v drevnosti i srednevekov'e, 26), Moskva. | |
| 2010 – K rekonstrukcii kodeksa nacala VIogo veka s tekstom uterjannogo voennogo traktata [On the reconstruction of the codex of the early 6th century with the text of the lost military treaties]. Vizantijskij vremennik, 69(94), 114-119. | |
| 2010 – K voprosu o ritmizirovannyx fragmentax v tekste "Getiki" Iordana, cast' 2 [On the question of the rhythmical fragments in the text of Getica of Jordannes, part 2]. Vostocnaja Evropa v drevnosti i srednevekov'e. Ustnaja tradicija v pis'mennom tekste (XXII Ctenija pamjati V.T.Pasuto), Moskva, 277-283. | |
| 2010 – (with R.B.Rudnickij) K voprosu o ritmizirovannyx fragmentax v tekste "Getiki" Iordana, cast' 1 [On the question of the rhythmical fragments in the text of Getica of Jordannes, part 1]. Vspomogatel'nye istoriceskie discipliny, 31, 62-73. | |
| 2009 – Zacatie Rusi: pusnye puti Evropy i ustnaja tradicija [The conception of Rus: the fur trade of Europe and the oral tradition]. Slozenie russkoj gosudarstvennosti v kontekste rannesrednevekovoj istorii Starogo Sveta (Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Ermitaza, 49) St.Petersburg, 75 – 88. | |
| 2009 – Izobretenie problemy (po povodu knigi Florina Kurty) [Invention of the problem (on the book of Florin Curta) – with English summary, p.20]. Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana, 2(4),2008 (St.Petersburg) 13 – 20. | |
| 2008 – The fur fashion in Late Antiquity and the cradle of Russia. Heruli, "Beowulf" and Hunuguri. Sankt-Peterburg i Grecija: prosloe i nastojascee (St.Petersburg) 2008, 262-268. | |
| 2008 – Vizantijskoe izobretenie? Po povodu knigi Curta, F. The Making of the Slavs. History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500-700. Cambridge,2001 [Byzantine invention? On the book Curta, F. The Making of the Slavs. History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500-700. Cambridge,2001]. Rus' i Vizantija: mesto stran vizantijskogo kruga vo vzaimootnosenijax Vostoka i Zapada. Moskva, 2008, 165–168. | |
| 2007 – The history, the source and the historian [Istorija, istočnik i istorik. Učebnoe posobie]. S-Petersburg: State university press – (in print). | |
| 2007 – (M. Shchukin, P. Shuvalov) The Alano-Gothic cavalry charge in the battle of Adrianopole // Geografia e viaggi nel mondo antico. Ancona 2007. | |
| 2007 – Turingians, Heruls and Bubegenae (once more about the pelles sappherinae) // 9-th colloquium in honour of the memory of Anna Mačinskaja. Ladoga and the cradle of the Slavs and Russ. St. Petersburg, 2007 (in print). | |
| 2006 - Sekret armii Justiniana: vostocnorimskaja armija v 491–641 gg. [The secret of Justinian's army: the Eastern Roman army in 491–641 AD.] St.Petersburg, 2006. 304 p. [with English summary] | |
| 2005 – Urbicius and the Strategikon of Pseudo-Maurice (part 2) [Urbikij i «Stategikon» Psevdo–Mavrkija (čast' 2)], Vizantijskij vremennik, 64(89). | |
| 2005 – Pelles sappherinae and the Austrvegr. On the problem of political history of the Baltic-Scandinavian region in 6th–7th centuries [Pelles sappherinae i Vostočnyj put'. K voprosu o političeskoj istorii Balto- Skandii v V–VI vv.], Ladoga i Gleb Lebedev. 8-e čtenija pamjati Anny Mačinskoj, S-Petersburg: Nestor press, 73–108. | |
| 2004 – The weapon of early Slavs [Oruzie ranih slavjan], Kul'turnye transformacii i vzaimovlijanija v dneprovskom regone na ishode rimskogo vremeni i v rannem srednevekov'e. Doklady naučnoj konferencii, posvjaščennoj 60-letiju so dnja roždenija E. A. Gorjunova, S-Peterbursg 14–17 nojabrja 2000. S-Petersburg: Peterburgskoe Vostokovednie, 254–264. | |
| 2004 – Inglings and the Austrvegr in the 4th–5th centuries (Yngl. 18, 19) [Inglingi i Vostočnyj put' v IV–V vv. (Yngl. 18, 19)], Problemy etnokul'turnyh kontaktov. S-Petersburg: Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology press. | |
| 2002 – The Venedic weakness and Antic strength [Venedskaja slabost' i antskaja sila: k voprosu ob epičeskom obraze rannih slavjan], Stratum-plus, 2000, 5, 141–144. | |
| 2002 – The enemies of the empire (according to the treaties of Pseudo-Maurice) [Vragi imperii (po traktatu Psevdo-Mavrikija)], Zapiski Vostočnogo Otdelenija Rossijskogo Arheologičeskogo Obščestva, 1(26), 422–452. | |
| 2002 – (with Mark Shchukin and Nikolaj Bondarko) [editor of] H. Wolfram. Goty. Ot istokov do serediny VI veka (opyt istoriceskoj etnografii) [Russ.translation of "Die Goten: von den Anfangen bis zur Mitte des 6.Jh."], S-Petersburg. | |
| 2002 – Urbicius and the Strategikon of Pseudo-Maurice (part 1) [Urbikij i «Stategikon» Psevdo-Mavrkija (čast' 1)], Vizantijskij vremennik, 61(86), 71–87. | |
| 1999 – The Weakness of Attila, Chuzhdoe: opyty preodolenija (ocčerki genezisa sredizemnomorskoj ojkumeny (Moscow). | |
| 1999 – Preface to and revision of the reedition of Russian translation of Olympiodorus, Skrz'inskaja E.C. «Istorija» Olimpiodora (St.Petersburg) 3–54. | |
| 1999 – Coins between the Archaeology and Numismatics, Arheologic'eskie vesti (St. Petersburg), 6, 1999. C. 400–431. | |
| 1999 – [Editor of the 2nd edition of]. Olimpiodor Fivanskij. Istorija, perevod i kommentarij E.C.Skrzinskoj (St.Petersburg) 3—54. | |
| 1998 – The Penetration of the Slavs to the Balkans, Osnovy balkanskogo Jazykoznanija 2. (St. Petersburg). | |
| 1998 – The officium of the comes sacrarum largitionum and the organisation of the coin circulation, Vizantijskoe gosudarstvo v IV–XV vv. Centr i periferija. (Barnaul), 15–17. | |
| 1998 – The Model of the Circulation of the Early-Byzantine Bronze Coins in the South-Eastren Europe, VIaja vserossijskaja numizmatic'eskaja konferencija 1994, Ermitaz' (St. Petersburg) 39–44. | |
| 1997 – On the problem of the chronological system of MIB (e.g. 6th–early 7th centuries), IV-aja vserossijskaja numizmatic'eskaja konferencija, Moscow 21–26 Apr. 1996 (Moscow). | |
| 1997 – Modelle des Umlaufes der Bronzemunzen im 6.Jh. in Sudosteuropa [in German], XIIth International Numismatic Congress, Berlin, 8–12 Sept. 1997. | |
| 1997 – The Classification of the Coin Finds (e. g. Late Roman Period), Pjataja vserossijskaja numizmatic'eskaja konferencija, Moscow 21–25 Apr. 1997 (Moscow) 19–20. | |
| 1996 – Politics and Society in the Lower Danube in the 6th. Century [in English], Acts of the 18th International Byzantine Congress, Moscow: August 1991, Selected Papers: Main and Communications / ed. Ševcenko I., Litavrin G. G. Vol. 1. 80–86. | |
| 1995 – On the Absolute Chronology of the Lower Danube Late Roman Fortresses [in English] // Numismatic and Sphragistic Contributions to Ancient and Medieval History of Dobroudja. International Symposoum, Dobrich, 1993 / Dobroudja, 12, 1995. 103–108. | |
| 1994 – The Late Roman and Early Byzantine Coins as the Ground for the Absolute Dating in the Archaeology, Vserossijskaja numizmatic'eskaja konferencija 1994, Ermitaz' (St. Petersburg) 39–44. | |
| 1994 – The Problems of the History and Numizmatics of the Dnyestr–Danube Basin, Revista de istorie a Moldovei (Cis,inau), V, 1 (17) 49–55. | |
| 1993 – Archaeological Chronology: the Limits of the Absolute Dating, Novye otkrytija i metodologic'eskie osnovy arheologic'eskoj hronologii (St. Petersburg) 63–65. | |
| 1992 – The Art-World of the Celtic Civilization [review], Arheologic'eskie vesti (IIMK RAN), 1. (St. Peterburg) 224–226. | |
| 1992 – [editor of the reediting of] V.V.Latysev, Izvestija drevnix pisatelej o Skifii i Kavkaze, 1(XIX) & 2(XX) (St.Peterburg) 3-8. | |
| 1992 – Die Politik und die Gesellschaft auf dem unterem Donau im 6. Jh.u.Z., the report on the 18th International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Moscow) August, 1991. | |
| 1991– The North-Eastern Part of the Balkan Peninsula in 5th-6th Centuries AD The Cities of the Frontier and the Barbarian Inroads, Iz istorii Vizantii i vizantinistiki (Leningrad) 39–47. | |
| 1991– Slavic Society of the Danube Period AD 469–604, Sociogenez i kul’turogenez v istiric'eskom aspekte (Leningrad) 31–37. | |
| 1991 – (with O.I.Boguslavsij) [editor of] Problemy xronologii i periodizacii v arxeologii (St.Peterburg). | |
| 1991 – The Elaborating a Formula-Language of the Historical Chronology (e. g. the “Heraldic” Belt Garniture) , Problemy hronologii i periodizacii v arheologii (St. Peterburg) 69–76. | |
| 1989 – Slavs and Germans in the Middle-Danube Basin in the AD 488–568, Slavjane: etnogenez i etnic'eskaja istorija (Leningrad) 115–120. | |
| 1989 – Etno-kul'turnye processy na territorii Dnestro-Dunajskogo mezdurec'ja v seredine I-go tysjaceletija n.e. [Ethno-cultural processes on the territory between the rivers Dnyestr and Danube in the middle of the 1st millennium AD.] Ph.D.-thesis in Leningrad Dep. of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. | |
| 1988 – The Slavs in the Middle of the 6th century AD: Winter Inroads and the Beginning of the Migration South of Danube, Problemy istorii gosudarstva i ideologii antic`?nosti i rannego srednevekov’ja (Barnaul) 98–107. | |
| 1988 – Social Archaeology of Colin Renfrew [review], Teoretic'eskie problemy sovremennoj arheologii (tezisy dokladov...) (Kis'inev/Cis'inau) 13–17. | |
| 1986 – Analysis of the Terms as a Method of the Investigation of the History of Text (the ‘Town’–Terms in the Works of Constantinus the VII Porphyrogenetus), Problemy social’noj istorii i kul’tury srednevekov’ja (Leningrad) 75–86. |