Lada Kolomiyets

Lada Kolomiyets is a Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College's Department of East European, Eurasian and Russian Studies and a Professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Her research focuses on translation history, censorship, and Ukrainian cultural identity. She holds a Doctor of Philological Sciences degree from Taras Shevchenko University and has authored/co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications. Her work explores the intersection of translation with political power, particularly in Soviet and post-Soviet contexts.

Key research areas include: translation historiography, Soviet censorship mechanisms, digital folklore in wartime resistance, and Ukrainian literary identity. Her recent projects include a monograph on translation as political activity and an edited volume analyzing contemporary Ukrainian socio-political narratives.

Her articles frequently address translation's role in shaping national identity, such as analyzing Gogol translations under Soviet control and deconstructing Russian propaganda through Ukrainian digital humor. Awards include nominations for the prestigious Ivan Franko Prize and medals commemorating Kyiv University's anniversaries.

She has secured grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundation and Fulbright Program and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko University's Foreign Philology journal. Her speaking engagements include keynote talks at the Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival and panels on decolonizing translation studies.