Christine Worobec

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Christine D. Worobec (born 1955) is an American social and cultural historian. She is a Distinguished Research Professor Emerita of Northern Illinois University,[1] with pioneering interests in Russian and Ukrainian women's history, family history, and rural history.[2]

Career

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Worobec earned her BA (1977), MA (1978), and PhD (1984) degrees in history at the University of Toronto.[2][3]

During 1984-1999 she was employed at Kent State University and she has worked at Northern Illinois University since 1999.[3]

Worobec has collaborated on the reference work Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography, and the edited essay collection Russia’s Women: Accommodation, Resistance, Transformation.[4]

Her current research project examines Orthodox pilgrimages in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus since 1700.[1]

Monographs

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  • Peasant Russia: Family and Community in Post-Emancipation Russia (1991)
  • Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons (2001)[5]

Awards

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  • American Association for Ukrainian Studies' 2017 Article Prize[1]
  • 2017 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award[2]
  • 2008 AWSS Outstanding Achievement Award for her service as president, vice president, and board member of the AWSS[2]
  • Her 1991 and 2001 monographs won the Heldt Prize.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Christine Worobec". Wilson Center. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Christine D. Worobec". Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Christine D. Worobec CV
  4. ^ "Christine D. Worobec". Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Valerie A. Kivelson, Review of Christine D. Worobec, "Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia", The Russian Review, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), pp. 154-155, JSTOR 2679518