Alexandr Osipian is a Research Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (Leipzig) and has previously held postdoctoral positions at the George Washington University (Washington, DC), and the Free University of Berlin. He also served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Giessen, Germany. His main research focus is on the social and cultural history of Ukraine, Poland, Russia, and Romania. He has published several articles on the uses of history in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, on the local identity in the old industrial region of Donbas, and on the Armenian merchant network in early modern Eastern Europe. In 2014-15 he took part in the Harvard University research project “From Riverbed to Seashore. Art on the Move in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Period.” His current research focuses on the long-distance trade and cultural transfer between the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Spring 2025
Alexandr Osipian is a Research Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (Leipzig) and has previously held postdoctoral positions at the George Washington University (Washington, DC), and the Free University of Berlin. He also served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Giessen, Germany. His main research focus is on the social and cultural history of Ukraine, Poland, Russia, and Romania. He has published several articles on the uses of history in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, on the local identity in the old industrial region of Donbas, and on the Armenian merchant network in early modern Eastern Europe. In 2014-15 he took part in the Harvard University research project “From Riverbed to Seashore. Art on the Move in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Period.” His current research focuses on the long-distance trade and cultural transfer between the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Spring 2025
