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Education

Stella Ghervas is a Swiss author, historian and essayist with roots in Eastern Europe. She has lectured on four continents and is currently Full Professor and Chair of Russian History at Newcastle Universtiy (UK). She is Associate of the Department of History at Harvard University and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her main interests are in the intellectual and international history of modern Europe, with special reference to the history of peace and peace-making, and in Russia's intellectual and maritime history.

Her book "Réinventer la Tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte–Alliance" won the Guizot Prize of the Académie Française. She was educated originally at the University of St Petersburg and she later earned two PhDs, in History (at the University of Bucharest) and in European Studies (at the University of Geneva).

Honours and Awards

  • Visiting Professor, Harvard Summer School, 2019
  • Mihaychuk Fellow, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2016–2017
  • Visiting Professor, Harvard Summer School, 2015; 2016; 2018
  • Associate, Department of History, Harvard University, 2015–
  • Fellow, Durham Law School, 2015
  • Honorary Fellow, Department of History, Durham University, 2015
  • CriticAtac Prize (shortlisted), for Reinventarea traditiei: Alexandru Sturdza si Europa Sfintei Aliante, 2015
  • Visiting Scholar, "Nation, Empire, Globe" Research Cluster, University of Sydney, 2014
  • Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 2013–2015
  • Senior Research Fellow, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, 2011–2013
  • Visiting Associate Professor, University of Chicago, 2011
  • Xenopol Prize, Romanian Academy, for Réinventer la Tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance, 2010
  • Guizot Prize, Académie Française, for Réinventer la Tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance, 2009
  • Grand Prix d'Histoire Chateaubriand (shortlisted), for Réinventer la Tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance, 2009
  • Prize and Merit Diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, for Réinventer la Tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance, 2009
  • Fellow, Institut d'Etudes Avancées, Paris, 2009–2010
  • Directeur d'études associée, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 2009
  • Fellow, Institute for Slavic Studies, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Moscow, 2007
  • Research Fellow, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 2006–2007
  • Associate Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Southeast European Studies, Bucharest, 2005–2010
  • Visiting Scholar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 2005–2006
  • Hermes Fellow, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 2005–2006
  • D.A. Sturdza History Prize, Cultural Foundation Magazin Istoric, for Alexandre Stourdza: Un intellectuel orthodoxe face à l'Occident, 1999
  • Vladimir Lossky Prize, Department of Philosophy, University of St. Petersburg, 1992

Selected Research Grants

  • ****Maritime Humanities Hub Initiative, HaSS Research Institutes Award, Newcastle University
  • New-Federalism Project, European Research Council
  • Mellon Foundation Fellowship, University of Chicago
  • Fondation pour Genève
  • Fondation Schmidheiny
  • Fondation des Archives de la Famille Pictet
  • Pro-Helvetia Foundation

Boards and Memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
  • Barbara Jelavich Book Prize Committee, Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, 2018–2020, Committee Chair
  • Review Committee, Council for European Studies, 2014–
  • Editorial Board, Questions Internationales, 2012– 
  • Editorial Board, Revista de Istorie a Moldovei, 2010–
  • Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE), 2005–
  • Steering Committee, Cercle des Amitiés Internationales, 2005–2015
  • American Historical Association (AHA)
  • Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
  • Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia (SGECR)
  • Southern Conference of Slavic Studies (SCSS)
  • International Association for South-East European Studies (AESEE)
  • Phi Alpha Theta Honour Society
  • Founding Member, Forum Européen de Coppet
  • Swiss Academic Network Mentoring–Femmes

For further details, please see my list of Publications, my personal website, and my profile at academia.edu.