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Slavic and East European Collections: Our Researchers

Our Researchers

Slavonic Division reading room circa 1920Tens of thousands of researchers have engaged with the Slavic and East European collections at The New York Public Library. The growing interview series, Researcher's Spotlight, highlights the work of select individuals, with affiliations listed as they were at the time of the interview. Additionally, see autographs and dedications by distinguished guests to the Slavonic Division of The New York Public Library (Distinguished guests, 1958-, digitized here).

  • Roann Barris, Professor of Art, Radford University. 
  • Alexander Bochkov, an independent scholar from Seattle, Washington.
  • Emily Cox, a Ph.D. candidate in the history of art, Yale University
  • Liliya Dashevski, a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University
  • Esuna Dugarova, UN Policy Advisor on sustainable socio-economic development and gender equality
  • Meghan Forbes, a writer, researcher, curator, translator, and gardener.
  • Frank Garrett, an independent writer and literary translator from Dallas, Texas.
  • Tara Godwin, a Ph.D. candidate in history, the Ohio State University.
  • Kristy Ironside, Assistant Professor of Russian History, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Kevin M. Kain, Teaching Professor, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  • Yasha Klots, Assistant Professor of Russian, Hunter College, CUNY
  • Natalia Koulinka, an independent scholar from Palo Alto, California.
  • Rafał Kościański, the Head of the Archival Office of the Institute of National Remembrance Branch in Poznań, Poland
  • Oksana Lebedivna, a Ph.D. candidate in linguistics, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Jill Martiniuk, an independent scholar
  • Véronique Mickisch, a Ph.D. candidate in history, New York University 
  • Robert W. Montgomery, Professor of History, Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Martin Nekola, an independent scholar from Prague, Czechia.
  • Genta Nishku, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  • Margarit Ordukhanyan, a New York-based scholar and award-winning translator of poetry and prose.
  • Thomas Ort, Associate Professor of Modern European History, Queens College, CUNY
  • Sean Patterson, a Ph.D. candidate in history, University of Alberta, Canada 
  • Oksana Pidsukha, Director of the Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Kai Struve Professor of East European history, Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale), Germany.
  • Yacov Zohn, a Ph.D. candidate in history, University of Wisconsin-Madison.