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Prof. Dr. Ricarda Vulpius

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Geschichte Osteuropas und Ostmitteleuropas (Prof. Vulpius)
  • Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Relationship Russian nation - Russian empire
  • Civilization missions in the Eurasian region
  • Enlightenment and colonialism
  • “Othering” in the Tsarist Empire
  • The “newly baptized”: The ROC and non-Russians
  • The Baltic Germans as a Russian elite
  • Nation and religion in Orthodox Christianity
  • Competing nation building
  • Multi-ethnic cultures of remembrance in the East Slavic region
  • Ukraine in the 20th century

Academic Education

2007 - 2018Habilitation (second book) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität on the topic "Russia as an Empire in the 18th Century. Imperial as well as Colonial Concepts and Practices of the Russian Elite"
1998 - 2005PhD in Eastern European History at the Free University of Berlin on the topic "Nationalization of Religion. Russification Policy and Ukrainian Nation-Building (1860-1920)"
1996 - 1997Postgraduate studies at the College of Europe in Natolin near Warsaw
1989 - 1996Study of Eastern European History, Philosophy, Political Science and Slavic studies in Freiburg, Irkutsk and Berlin

Work Experience

since 2021Universitätsprofessorin für Osteuropäische und Ostmitteleuropäische Geschichte an der Universität Münster
since 2014Founding member of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission and Co-editor of the DUHK history portal on key topics of the 20th century
2019 - 2021Lecturer in Eastern European, Modern and Contemporary History at the Free University of Berlin
2007 - 2021Lectureships and guest lectures at the universities of Basel, Bonn, Budapest (CEU) and Munich (LMU)
2007 - 2018Senior Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (2007-2013 on an "Own Position" of the DFG in part-time)
1998 - 2002Study and research stays of several months in the USA, Russia and Ukraine
1997 - 2002Research Assistant at the Chair of Eastern European History (Hans-Joachim Torke, ꝉ 2000) at the Free University of Berlin

Publications

Ukrainische Erinnerungsorte aus historischer und kunstgeschichtlicher Perspektive
Niebaum, Jens; Vulpius, Ricarda (eds.) (2024)
Münster: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.
Type of Publication: Exhibition catalogue (edited collection)
Temporary Alliance or Permanent Submission? The Meaning of the Pereiaslav Agreement of 1654 in the Context of the Russian Empire
Vulpius, Ricarda (2024)
In: Hrytsak, Yaroslav; Schulze Wessel, Martin (eds.), Revolution and War. Ukraine and the Great Transformation of Modern Europe. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
From Inozemtsy to Inovertsy and Novokreshchenye: Images of Otherness in Eighteenth-Century Russia
Vulpius, Ricarda (2023)
In: Parppei, Kati; Rachimzjanov, Bulat (eds.), Images of Otherness in Russia, 1380-1917. Encounters in Russian History. Boston: Academic Studies Press.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Der kasachische Chan Žangir und sein Projekt einer russländischen Zivilisierungsmission. Eine Verflechtungsgeschichte von Metropole und Peripherie im Russländischen Reich der 1.…
Vulpius, Ricarda (2023)
In: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, 2
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Roždenie Rossijskoj imperii. Koncepcii i praktiki političeskogo gospodstva v XVIII veke
Vulpius, Ricarda (2023)
Moskva: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie.
Type of Publication: Book (monograph)
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Projects

EXC 2060 B3-43 - The “newly baptized” in the Tsarist empire of the 18th and early 19th century
Duration: since 01/01/2022 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster