Mariia Kravchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) was our Visiting Short-Term Fellow for June 2023
Mariia Kravchenko is a historian and a specialist in international educational cooperation. She earned her Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences, 2021) in history from the Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine, focusing her thesis on the Social Policy of the FDR and Harry Truman Administrations. Currently, she is a program officer at the Fulbright Ukraine & Institute of International Education Kyiv office.
Mariia has a broad background in American Studies. She has participated in various conferences and seminars, authored 18 publications, and taught under the mentorship of the contemporary history department at Taras Shevchenko University. Her professional journey in American Studies saw her starting to work with the Kennan Institute Kyiv office in 2017 and joining the Fulbright Ukraine team later the same year.
Recently, Mariia’s work has mainly involved various educational and cultural projects to strengthen support and understanding of Ukraine abroad, especially in the ongoing full-scale Russian war against Ukraine. She teamed with her Fulbright Ukraine colleagues to open a traveling photo exhibition, ‘Ukraine: War and Resistance,’ showcased in Ukraine, Germany, and the US before being brought to Zeeland. The powerful and emotional exhibition was first exhibited during the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony on April 11, 2024, en then at various locations in Zeeland: Bevrijdingsfestival Vlissingen, het Bevrijdingsmuseum in Nieuwdorp, and at the Zeeuwse Bibliotheek.
At the RIAS, Mariia continued her research on social policies during the FDR and Truman presidential administrations. She recently published an article using the sources found here.
