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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Christine Worobec". Wilson Center. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Christine D. Worobec". Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 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