Cluster of Excellence ‘EurAsian Transformations’ | 'Religion and Identity'
ORCID: 0000-0002-2557-4815
Profile: Historian of medieval religious movements, with a particular focus on heresy and anti-heretical polemic in Central and Eastern Europe. Research interests include medieval church history, identity, and communication, with attention to language and performance in political and religious discourse. Author of a monograph on the medieval Waldenses and multiple peer-reviewed publications. Engaged in public history and cultural heritage initiatives in Belarus.
March – May 2025 | International Visiting Fellow | |
January – February & June – August 2025 | Translator at the project “Magic and Superstition in the Worldview of Latvian Peasants (16th–18th centuries)” University of Latvia, Institute of Latvian History (Riga, Latvia) | |
March 2024 – December 2024 | Research Fellow University of Greifswald, Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (Germany) | |
October 2022 – July 2023 | Gerda Henkel Stiftung Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow New European College – Institute for Advanced Studies (Bucharest, Romania) |
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September 2021 – August 2022 | Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow University of Lausanne, Faculty of Arts (Switzerland) | |
December 2020 – July 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow University of Warsaw, Centre for East European Studies (Poland) |
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2009 – 2010 | Laboratory assistant Belarusian State University, Faculty of History (Minsk, Belarus) Department of the History of the Ancient and Medieval World
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January 2012 – March 2020 | Tourism Senior Manager &Passenger transport specialist Tourism agency „LLC "Koleso puteshestvij"” (Minsk, Belarus)
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Since 2010 | Certified tourist guide
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| 2011, 2012, 2014 | Scholarships of the Belarusian State University for Students of Bachelor's and Master's Programs |
2018 | PhD in History Belarusian State University (Minsk, Belarus) Work on „The Waldensian movement in the late 12th - early 15th centuries” |
2013 | Master of Arts in History, Belarusian State University (Minsk, Belarus) |
2007 – 2012 | Bachelor studies, Belarusian State University, Faculty of History
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October – December 2024 | Qur'an translation in Belarusian Proofreading |
October 2021 – February 2023 | Volnaja mova Teaching the Belarusian language online |
April – July 2020 | #ByCovid19 (Minsk, Belarus) Head of call center Negotiations and formalities with hospitals. |
2010 – 2019 | Festival of Guides (Фэст Экскурсаводаў), (Belarus) Organizer and guide Organizing free excursions to draw public attention to local history and endangered cultural heritage. |
June – August 2011 | Misericordia di Firenze (Florence, Italy) Ambulance paramedic |
2010 – 2011 | 11thClinical Hospital (Minsk, Belarus) Volunteer at the Recovery department |
