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Education
09/2013-present Ph.D Candidate in Slavonic Studies University of Cambridge, Modern and Medieval Languages Faculty
Preliminary thesis title: 'Forgotten Soldiers of the Grain Front. Cultural memory of Holodomor's rank and file perpetrators'
Supervisor: Dr Rory Finnin
10/2010-12/2012 MA in Russian History with distinction University of Bristol
Dissertation: 'Collective Memory in Ukraine in the 1970s: the Memory-Makers, the Memory-Consumers and the Cultural Traditions of Remembering' Supervisor: Dr Claire Shaw
09/1998-09/2004 MA and BA Philosophy, both with distinction Kyiv Shevchenko University
Dissertation: 'Political Aspects of Religious Conflict in Northern Ireland' Supervisor: Dr Galina Sereda
08/2001-05/2002 Undergraduate study abroad for 1 academic year, Political Science Montana State University, USA
Recipient of Freedom Support Act Undergraduate Program Scholarship
Professional experience
09/2007-04/2013 Programme Manager at TBT Ltd., Frome, England
Creating editorial and collateral in Russian, Ukrainian and English for IBM, Intel; organising educational sessions remotely and on-site
03/2005-08/2007 Senior Copywriter at McCannErickson & Adventa Lowe Kyiv, Ukraine
Creating and adapting campaigns for Scottish&New Castle, Intel, Fosters, L’Oreal, Red Bull, Nestle, Univeler, Johnson&Johnson.
02/2002-03/2005 Copywriter at Publicis, Kyiv, Ukraine
Print campaigns for KLM Ukraine, BILLA, script writing for TV channel Inter, shortlisted at Animation Festival in Prague 2004.
Internships & Teaching experience
10/2004-05/2007 Teaching seminars 'Modern European Philosophy' – 160 hours. Philosophy of
Liberal Arts Department, Faculty of Philosophy, Kyiv Shevchenko University
01/2002-05/2002 Citizens for SmokeFree Bozeman (American Cancer Society), MT, USA
Collecting signatures to ban smoking in indoor public areas, raising awareness about second-hand smoke. Ordinance was enacted.
09/2002-12/2002 Procurement Database Development Assistant at UNDP in Kyiv, Ukraine
Language skills
Russian and Ukrainian (native speaker), English (near native fluency), French (intermediate),
Hebrew, German, Serbian/Croatian (beginner).
Education
09/2013-present Ph.D Candidate in Slavonic Studies University of Cambridge, Modern and Medieval Languages Faculty
Preliminary thesis title: 'Forgotten Soldiers of the Grain Front. Cultural memory of Holodomor's rank and file perpetrators'
Supervisor: Dr Rory Finnin
10/2010-12/2012 MA in Russian History with distinction University of Bristol
Dissertation: 'Collective Memory in Ukraine in the 1970s: the Memory-Makers, the Memory-Consumers and the Cultural Traditions of Remembering' Supervisor: Dr Claire Shaw
09/1998-09/2004 MA and BA Philosophy, both with distinction Kyiv Shevchenko University
Dissertation: 'Political Aspects of Religious Conflict in Northern Ireland' Supervisor: Dr Galina Sereda
08/2001-05/2002 Undergraduate study abroad for 1 academic year, Political Science Montana State University, USA
Recipient of Freedom Support Act Undergraduate Program Scholarship
Professional experience
09/2007-04/2013 Programme Manager at TBT Ltd., Frome, England
Creating editorial and collateral in Russian, Ukrainian and English for IBM, Intel; organising educational sessions remotely and on-site
03/2005-08/2007 Senior Copywriter at McCannErickson & Adventa Lowe Kyiv, Ukraine
Creating and adapting campaigns for Scottish&New Castle, Intel, Fosters, L’Oreal, Red Bull, Nestle, Univeler, Johnson&Johnson.
02/2002-03/2005 Copywriter at Publicis, Kyiv, Ukraine
Print campaigns for KLM Ukraine, BILLA, script writing for TV channel Inter, shortlisted at Animation Festival in Prague 2004.
Internships & Teaching experience
10/2004-05/2007 Teaching seminars 'Modern European Philosophy' – 160 hours. Philosophy of
Liberal Arts Department, Faculty of Philosophy, Kyiv Shevchenko University
01/2002-05/2002 Citizens for SmokeFree Bozeman (American Cancer Society), MT, USA
Collecting signatures to ban smoking in indoor public areas, raising awareness about second-hand smoke. Ordinance was enacted.
09/2002-12/2002 Procurement Database Development Assistant at UNDP in Kyiv, Ukraine
Language skills
Russian and Ukrainian (native speaker), English (near native fluency), French (intermediate),
Hebrew, German, Serbian/Croatian (beginner).
