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Andrii Portnov ANDRII PORTNOV Kooperationspartner des Fachgebiets “Ostslawische Literaturen und Kulturen” (Prof. Frank) im Forum für Transregionale Studien (Berlin) und regelmäßiger Lehrbeauftragter des Instituts für Slawistik seit 2012 Emails: andrii.portnov@trafo‐berlin.de, portnov@europa‐uni.de Ausbildung, akademische Grade Promotion [PhD] (2005, Ivan Krypiakevych Institut für Ukrainistik, Lemberg, Ukraine); M.A. in Kulturwissenschaften (2003, mit Auszeichnung, Warschauer Universität, Polen); M.A. in Geschichte (2001, mit Auszeichnung, Dnipropetrovsk Universität, Ukraine). Berufserfahrung Lehre WS 2017/2018, Europa‐Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Vertretung der Professur Entangled History of Ukraine 2017, SciencesPo Lyon, Guest Professor WS 2016/2017, Freie Universität Berlin, Lehrauftrag am Osteuropa Institut 2016 SciencesPo Paris, Guest Professor 2012–2016, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Lehrauftrag am Institut für Slawistik WS 2015 Universität Basel University, Lehrauftrag 2015 Free University of Brussels, International Chair for the History of the Second World War Forschung 2016–2017 – Universität Genf, Senior Research Fellow 2012–2014, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Fellow 2010, Centre d’études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre‐européen (CERCEC, Paris), Gast Wissenschaftler 2010–2012, Ivan Krypiakevych Institute for Ukrainian Studies, Senior Research Fellow 2008–2010, Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv, Senior Research Fellow 2007, Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, Gast Wissenschaftler 2004–2007, Universität Trier, Gast Wissenschaftler 2003–2004, Ivan Krypiakevych Institut für Ukrainistik, Lemberg, Research Fellow Herausgeberschaft 2012–2017, Internet‐Netzwerk Historians.in.ua, Chefredakteur 2006–2010, Ukraina Moderna, internationale Zeitschrift für Geisteswissenschaften, Chefredakteur Akademische Verwaltung Seit 2016, Direktor von PRISMA Ukraїna Research Network Eastern Europe am Forum Transregionale Studien Berlin 2006–2010, International Renaissance Foundation, “Academic translations and social capital” program, Leiter der Expertengruppe 2006–2008, Institute for European Studies, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine, Stellvertretender Direktor Preise 2013 – Yuri Sheveliov Preis (für das Buch ‘Geschichten für den Hausgebrauch’) 2008 – Jerzy Giedroyc Preis (für das Buch “Die Wissenschaft im Exil: Die wissenschaftliche und pädagogische Aktivität im Zwischenkriegs‐Polen, 1919‐ 1939”). 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