Olena Uvarova

Olena Uvarova is a historian and Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at Odesa National Medical University, Ukraine. Uvarova graduated from the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University in 2003 with an honors degree and obtained a PhD in World History there in 2008. Throughout her academic career, her research was dedicated to international relations in the framework of the Eastern question (18th-19th centuries) and the history of the Greek community in Odesa. Her current project examines the mass forced Greek emigration from the Ottoman Empire as a consequence of the Greek Revolution of Independence (1821–1829). In recent years, Olena has cooperated with the Branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Odesa and participated in joint research projects. In 2023, she received an Honorary title of professional delegate – the award of the Hellenic foundation for culture (Athens), presented in recognition of her contribution to the development of Greek culture and civilization. In parallel with her main research topic, her interests include the issue of the evolution of medical education. Uvarova was the Visiting Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland (September 2025, August–September 2023), Fellow at the New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study, Bucharest, Romania (October 2024 – July 2025), Virtual Fellow at the Linda Hall Library, Kansas, USA (15 July – 15 August 2024).