Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya

curriculum vitae

Functions within the Cluster/membership in projects and groups

• Head of project B15 "The Ukrainian Bastion" - the Bulwark of Europe and antemurale christianitatis. The Nationalisation of a Myth
• Member of the study group Conflicts Arising from the Competing Interests of Religion and Politics
• Member of the study group Concepts of the Enemy - Formation, Development and Receptio
• Member of the study group Civil Religion, Religion and Nation in the 19th and 20th Century

Research interests

• Comparative studies of the European border regions (borderland studies)
• Imperial and national discourses in Eastern Europe history, symbolic geography and the construction of "the other"
• History of  Ukrainian cultur and religion; iconography and history of literature
• Eschatological and millenarist notions in Christian traditions

Courses (in german)

• “Icons from the Ukraine: post-Byzantine religious symbolism between East and West from a historical and art historical perspective” (summer semester 2008, University of Passau)
• "Church(es) in the Ukraine. History of the coexistence and conflicts in the border region from the 17th to the early 20th century“ (summer semester 2009, WWU Münster)
• “Russia’s borders in European comparison. The relationship between imperial centre and periphery from Peter the Great to Putin” (summer semester 2009, University of Passau)
• “Sarmatic landscapes. Poland-Lithuania from the 14th to the late 18th century” (winter semester 2009-2010, WWU Münster)
• “History unifies, memory divides. Memorial sites in East Central Europe in the 19th to 21th century” (summer semester 2011, WWU Münster)
• „Byzanz als Idee im osteuropäischen Raum“ (WS 2011/12, with Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart,  Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
• „Drei Großmächte im Kampf um Polen-Litauen. Magnaten und konservative Aufklärung im 18. Jahrhundert” (WS 2011/12, Universität Vechta)
• „Politische Religion? Formen und Funktionen sakralisierter Politik in Ost- und Westeuropa im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert“ (SS 2012, with Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)

Conference organisation

• Iconic Turns. Nation and Religion in Eastern European Cinema since 1989. Münster: Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics", WWU Münster, 18 June 2010 to 20 June 2010 (together with Dr. Christian Schmitt, project B7)

publications

Monographs

• (together with John-Paul Himka) Ukrainian Iconography of the Last Judgment: a Catalogue (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press) [forthcoming].
• Death and the Afterlife in Early Modern Ukrainian Culture in Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte (Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag) [forthcoming].

Articles

• “Imago hostis. Image of enemy in Ukrainian and Russian official iconography at the turn of the 17th-18th centuries,” ed. by S. Plokhy, Poltava 1709: Revisiting a Turning Point in European History, Harvard Ukrainian Studies [forthcoming].
• „Ukrainische Ikonografie zwischen Ost und West im Zeitalter der türkischen Gefahr,“ ed. by Th. Wünsch, E. Leuschner, Das Bild des Feindes. Die Konstruktion von Antagonismen und der Kulturtransfer zwischen Mittel- und Osteuropa und dem Osmanischen Reich im Zeitalter der Türkenkriege (16.-18. Jahrhundert) [forthcoming].
• “Počaïv”, ed. by  Th. Wünsch, J. Bahlcke, Religiöse Erinnerungsorte in Ostmitteleuropa. Handbuch [forthcoming]. 
• Pochaiv Lavra und heutige interkonfessionelle Konflikte in Westukraine, in Glaube in der 2. Welt (June 2010): 18-20.
• „Ukrainian Millennialism between East and West. A Historical Overview”, in N. Al-Bagdadi, M. Riedl, D. Marno (eds.), The Apocalyptic Complex: Origins, Histories, Permanences, (Budapest: CEO Press, 2010) [forthcoming].
• “’Казацкий бастион 17 века’ - взгляд изнутри и снаружи,“ [The "Cossack bastion" in the 17th century - viewed from the inside and the outside] in Religion und Integration im Moskauer Russland. Konzepte und Praktiken, Potentiale und Grenzen. 14.-17. Jahrhundert, ed. by L. Steindorff (Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte, 76), (Wiesbaden: Harassowitz Verlag, 2010): 269-297.
• „Kiewer Kirchenstreit. Nationale „Erinnerungsorte“ im Fokus der Konfessionen,” OSTEUROPA 6 (2009): 171-188.
• “Does Ukraine have a Church History?” Rezensionsaufsatz, Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 4 (2009): 897-916.
• “Шукаючи ‘третій шлях.’ Есхатологія і спасіння в творах Іпатія Потія та Мелетія Смотрицького,” ["Looking for the third way" - eschatology and salvation in the works of Ipatij Potijs and Meletyj Smotryc´kyjs] Київська Академія 6 (2008): 19-36.
• “‘Украинский треугольник’ Степана Томашивського (1875-1930) или об особенностях «воображаемой географии» начала 20 века,” ["The Ukrainian Triangle" Stepan Tomašivs´kyjs (1875-1930) or on the characteristics of an "imaginary geography" in the early 20th century] AB IMPERIO 4 (2007): 173-198. 
• “Ruthenian Lands and the Early Modern Multiple Borderlands in Europe. Ethno-confessional Aspect” in: Th. Bremer (ed.), Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe, (London, Palgrave 2008), 40-63.
• “’His foundation is in the holy mountains.’ Some remarks on the New Jerusalem symbolism in the age of Mazepa” in: W. Deluga (ed.), Series Byzantina, vol. 4 (Warszawa, 2006), 71-82.
• «Несколько замечаний о символике Нового Иерусалима в эпоху мазепинского барокко» в М. Киселева, ред., Человек в культуре барокко ["Some remarks on New Jerusalem symbolismin the age of Mazepa Baroque", in: M. Kiseleva (ed.), Man in the Baroque Culture] (Москва [Moskau], 2007), 234-246.
• “Topography of Salvation. ‘Kyiv-the New Jerusalem’ in the Ruthenian Literary Polemics (end of the 16th-beginning of the 17th century)” in Litauen und Ruthenien. Studien zu einer transkulturellen Kommunikationsregion (15.-18. Jahrhundert) / Lithuania and Ruthenia. Studies of a Transcultural Communication Zone (15th-18th Centuries), ed. by D. Frick, S. Rohdewald, S. Wiederkehr (Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte), (Wiesbaden: Harassowitz Verlag, 2007), 246-271.
• “‘Третіе місто удержаніе истяжательное’. Ідея митарств в творах Й. Галятовського та українських православних синодиках,” Л. Довга, Н. Яковенко, ред. Україна XVII століття. Суспільство, філософія, культура. Збірник пам’яті Валерії Нічик ["'The third place means mortifying endurance'. The concepts of the tests of suffering in the works of I. Haljatovs´kyjs and in ukrainian orthodox books of the death", in: L. Dovga, N. Jakovenko (eds.), 17th-Century Ukraine. Society, Philosophy, Culture. Publication in honour of Valerija Ničyk] (Київ: „Критика,” 2005) [Kiev, Krytyka, 2005], 267-280.
• “Sub Specie Mortis: Ruthenian and Russian Last Judgment Icons Compared,” European Review of History 11, 1 (2004), 5-32.
• “Chronology of Western Russian Borderlands” in L. Kontler (ed.), Chronology of Eastern and Central Europe (Budapest: CEU Press) [forthcoming].
• «Введение. Русинские земли в 13-18 веках» в А. Миллер, ред., Западные окраины Российской Империи [“Introduction: The Ruthenian countries from the 13th to the 18th century”, in: A. Miller (ed.), The Western Border Areas of the Russian Empire] (Москва [Moskau] 2006), 15-32.
• “Two Polish Jesuits in a Multiconfessional Surrounding: Reception, Adaptation and Local Practices” in A. Ohlidal, St. Samerski (eds.), Jesuitische Frömmigkeitskulturen. Konfessionelle Interaktion in Ostmitteleuropa 1570-1700 (Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mitteleuropa, 28) (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006), 259-278.
• “Orthodox icons of Last Judgment on the Ruthenian Lands (16th-18th centuries): Traditions, Questions, and Unsolved Problems,” Соціум. Альманах соціальної історії. Випуск 3 [Socium. Almanach für Sozialgeschichte, Nr. 3] (Київ [Kiev], 2003), 209-240.
• ««Одесную» и «ошую». Русские и русинские иконы Страшного Суда», in Человек между Царством и Империей, под ред. М. Киселевой ["'To the left and to the right'. Russian and Ruthenian icons of the Last Judgement", in: Man Between Kingdom and Empire, ed. by M. Kiseleva], (Москва [Moskau], 2003), 454-485.
• “Sin, Fear, and Death in the Catholic and Orthodox Sermons in the XVIth-XVIIth Century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (An Attempt at Comparison)” ed. by M. Derwich, M. Dmitriev, Etre Catholique – être Orthodox – être Protestant. Confessions et identités culturelles en Europe (Wrocław, 2003), S. 253-284.
• “A Négy Evangéliu, egyházi szláv fordítása” ed. by Á. Mikó, Jankovich Miklós (1772-1846) gyűjteményei. Kiállítás a Magyar Nemtzeti Galériában, 2002. November 28 – 2003. február 16 [“Four gospels, one Slavonic manuscript”, in: Jankovich Miklós (1772-1846), a Collector. Catalogue of the Exhibition in the Hungarian National Gallery, 28 November 2002-16 Februar 2003] (Budapest, 2002), 249-251.
• “Az Apostilok cselekedetei és a Levelek egyházi szláv fordítása” ed. by Á. Mikó, Jankovich Miklós (1772-1846) gyűjteményei. Kiállítás a Magyar Nemtzeti Galériában, 2002. November 28 – 2003. február 16 [“Deeds and epistles of the apostles. A Slavonian manuscript”, in: Jankovich Miklós (1772-1846), a Collector Catalogue of the Exhibition in the Hungarian National Gallery, 28 November 2002-16 Februar 2003] (Budapest, 2002), 251-253.
• “Perception of death in the Polish Orthodox and Catholic Religious Literature in the 17th century: an attempted comparison”, ed. by Kłoczowski J. , H. Łaszkiewicz, Proceedings of the Commission Internationale d’Histoire Ecclesiastique Comparée. Lublin, 1996. Part 3. Churches and Confessions in East Central Europe in Early Modern Times (Lublin, 2000), 89-94.
• «Le thème de la mort dans le sermon et la littérature polémique Orthodoxe Ukraїno-Biélorusse de la fin du XVIe au XVIIe siècle » ed. by Derwich M., Śmierć w Dawnej Europie. Zbiór studiów (Wrocław, 1997) (Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis. No. 1863. Historia, CXXIX), 169-181.
• «Украинско-белорусская поэзия и драматургия XVII века о смерти и загробном мире», Исследования по истории Украины и Белоруссии [“17-century Ukrainian/Byelorussian poetry and dramaturgy on death and the afterworld”, in: Research on the History of the Ukraine and of Belarus], Ukrainica et belorossica, т. 1 (Москва [Moscow], 1995), 28-50.

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