Tatiana Khripachenko

Dr. Tatiana Khripachenko is a Researcher at the Department of Eastern European History, University of Bonn, and a Fellow of the Cologne-Bonn Academy in Exile. She joined the University of Bonn in September 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher after previous positions at the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Vienna.

Education:

• PhD in Comparative History from Central European University (2007-2014)
• PhD program at European University at St. Petersburg (2006-2010)
• MA in Central European History from Central European University (2005-2006)
• Equivalent MA in Russian History from Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute (2000-2005)

Research Focus: Her work examines imperial disintegration, nationalism, and state formation in Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on autonomy movements, federalism, and refugee histories. She investigates how legal frameworks shaped national identities in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, and analyzes contemporary politics of historical memory in education systems.

Publication Trends: Her scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on decentralization debates in imperial contexts, with recent work expanding into refugee studies and international law. Articles and chapters systematically explore tensions between imperial governance and nationalist movements through legal-historical frameworks.

Awards and Fellowships:

• Gerda Henkel Research Grant (2023-2025)
• German Historical Institute Moscow Short Term Grant (2023)
• Gerda Henkel Scholars at Risk Grant (2022-2023)
• COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission Grant (2021)
• Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities Fellowship (2019)

Teaching and Academic Service: At Bonn, she developed and teaches courses on refugee history and Russia's engagement with international law. She co-directed a specialized summer academy in Vilnius on imperial/national transformations and previously assisted in comparative imperial history courses at Central European University.