Biography
Ilona Chmilevskia holds a Pre-doctoral position at the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences. She is currently working on her dissertation on the transformation of Islamic juridical system in the East Caucasus under Russian imperial rule, at both the Institute and the University of Vienna. Her research is supported by the Excellence Cluster "EurAsian Transformations".
She holds a BA in Oriental Studies and an MA in History from HSE University.
Main Areas of Research
Islamic and common law in the East Caucasus
Islamic jurisprudence in the Russian Empire
Manuscript culture in the East Caucasus
Current Projects
Selected Publications
Shikhaliev Sh., Chmilevskaya I. “The Qur’ans of Dagestan: Practices of Copying, Using, and Translating,” European Muslims and the Qur’an: Practices of Translation, Interpretation (Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2024), 117–142.
Busanov A., Shikhaliev Sh., Chmilevskaya I. “Building an Archival Persona: The Transformation of Sufi Ijāza Culture in Russia, 1880s–1920s,” Journal of Sufi Studies 12 (2023), 216–252.
Anikeeva T., Chmilevskaya I. “Arabographic manuscripts of the Akhty and Rutul regions of the Republic of Dagestan,” Written Monuments of the Orient 2 (2023), 114–121.
Bobrovnikov V., Chmilevskaya I. “Entangled Narratives of the Changing Muslim Hagiography: A Soviet Holy-Fool in Post-Soviet Southern Dagestan,” State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide 3–4 (2023), 87–119 (In Russian).