Halyna Bushko

This project reconceptualises Lydia Shishmanova-Drahomanova as a key architect of transnational intellectual networks connecting Geneva, Sofia, Kyiv, and Lviv at the turn of the twentieth century. Moving beyond historiographical traditions that confined her to a derivative role within male-centered intellectual environments, the study positions her as a strategic mediator, knowledge broker, and co-architect of intellectual reputation.

Drawing on multilingual correspondence, published works, and archival marginalia, the project reconstructs the mechanisms of her “invisible labor” within collaborative, distributed authorship frameworks. It demonstrates how she facilitated the integration of Slavic folklore and literary studies into the broader European academic space.

The project's novelty lies in positioning female scholarly agency at the center of transnational intellectual networks and reconstructing Shishmanova-Drahomanova’s role as a knowledge broker shaping the European circulation of ideas. By employing archival heuristics and digital mapping, the research uncovers the hidden dynamics of knowledge transfer, revealing women’s structural role in the modernisation and transnationalisation of Slavic scholarship and its integration into global scientific discourse.