Speaker Prof. Dr. Tanja Penter

Speaker Tanja Penter is a specialist of Eastern European history and has devoted her research to experiences of violence, enmity, and dictatorship in twentieth-century Ukraine and Russia. She has studied the development of antagonistic relationships between Ukrainians and Russians at different times: the revolution of 1917, World War II and the German occupation, and following the end of the Soviet Union, focusing on transcultural entanglements as well as continuities and changes in the dynamics of the conflict. She has experience as a mentor for female early career scholars within the framework of various mentoring programs.