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Nadieszda Kizenko
Associate Professor
Department of History
Areas of expertise:
Russia; Ukraine; Orthodox Christianity; Russian Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodox Christianity; confession; religion in Russian culture
Russia; Ukraine; Orthodox Christianity; Russian Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodox Christianity; confession; religion in Russian culture
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(518) 442-5357
Biography:
Nadieszda Kizenko's first book, A Prodigal Saint: Father John of Kronstadt and the Russian People (Penn, 2000), won the Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies. She has been awarded prestigious grants from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the International Research Exchange Program. She has worked in archives in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Germany, and France. Kizenko lectures and publishes widely on religion in the Russian empire. She received her bachelor's and doctorate degrees in Russian history from Harvard and Columbia.
Nadieszda Kizenko's first book, A Prodigal Saint: Father John of Kronstadt and the Russian People (Penn, 2000), won the Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies. She has been awarded prestigious grants from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the International Research Exchange Program. She has worked in archives in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Germany, and France. Kizenko lectures and publishes widely on religion in the Russian empire. She received her bachelor's and doctorate degrees in Russian history from Harvard and Columbia.
