Biographie
Valentina Viktorovskaia is a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC project Persianate Jews: Mobility, Community, Memory with Dr. Ariane Sadjed. She holds an MA from the European University at St. Petersburg. In summer 2026, she completed her PhD in History with the designated emphasis in Jewish studies at University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include Jews in Central Asia, Jewish-Muslim relations, imperial intermediaries, and history of law and legal culture.
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Jews in the Russian Empire
- Comparative colonialism
- Legal cultures and imperial governance
Laufende Projekte
Ausgewählte Publikationen
- 2018, Kelner, Viktor, and Viktorovskaya, Valentina. “The Memoirs of A. Elyashevich”
- 2018, (primary source publication), The Archive of Jewish History, edited by Oleg Budnistky. Vol.10 (Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2018): 13-90.
- 2015, Viktorovskaya, Valentina. “Multifaceted Novomeysky: Identities from Lake Baikal to the Dead Sea,” Tirosh: Studies of Judaika. Vol. 15 (2015): 185-197.
- 2014,Viktorovskaya, Valentina. “Zionism in Kolchak's Siberia: Attempts to Unite from the East,” Tirosh: Studies of Judaika. Vol. 14 (2014): 114-125.