Prof. Dr. Olga Velikanova

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOther Areas of History,Modern and Contemporary History
KeywordsComparative studies, Security police, Soviet Union/USSR, History of Surveillance, Policy studies
Honours and awards

2023: Gerda Henkel Foundation, Germany 2023-2024(6 months)

2021: Renewed research stay up to three months, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

2014: Visiting Fellowship, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

2002: General Research grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2000: Visiting scholar grant, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, Awarded and declined

2000: 2000 Research Grant, Open Society Institute of George Soros Foundations

1998: Research fellowship, International Research and Exchanges Board USA at Brown University, USA

1995: Research fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, at Tübingen University, Germany

1994: Research fellowship, Foundation Maison des Sciences de l´Homme, Paris, France

1993: Research fellowship, Volkswagen-Stiftung, at Hannover University, Germany

1993: Research grant, Maison des Sciences de l´Homme, Paris, France

1992: Research fellowship, Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung, at Tübingen University, Germany

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityDenton
InstitutionUniversity of North Texas
InstituteHistory Department

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dietrich BeyrauInstitut für Osteuropäische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Dietrich GeyerInstitut für Osteuropäische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Frank GrünerArbeitsbereich Osteuropäische Geschichte, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/1995

Programme(s)

1994Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002Olga Velikanova: The Myth of the Besieged Fortress. Soviet Mass perceptions in the 1920-1930s.. CREES, University of Toronto, Working Papers, 2002
2001Olga Velikanova: The Public Perception of the Cult of Lenin -Based on Archival Meterials. The Edwin Meller Press, 2001