Ricarda Vulpius

Ricarda Vulpius is a Full Professor of East European and East Central European History at the University of Münster. She holds a habilitation from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and a PhD from the Free University of Berlin. Her research focuses on the Russian Empire, transcultural entanglements, and Ukrainian nation-building processes.

• Affiliations: Cluster of Excellence 'Religion and Politics', Blumenberg Professorship, German-Ukrainian Historical Commission
• Research: Specializes in imperial history, colonialism, religious conflicts, and 18th-19th century Eastern Europe

Her work analyzes the interplay between religion, nationalism, and imperial governance, with key projects like 'The Newly Baptized in the Tsarist Empire' and studies on civilizing missions. She actively collaborates with institutions like the CEU and has organized conferences on memory cultures in Chernivci and Münster.

Teaching includes courses on Russian expansion, revolutions, and comparative imperial studies. She has held visiting positions at Basel, Budapest, and Munich universities, and her editorial work spans encyclopedias and digital history portals.