Dr Olga Khomenko

Dr. Olga Khomenko holds a PhD in Area Studies, specifically on the history of Japan, from the University of Tokyo (2005), a PhD in world history from the Ukrainian Academy of Science (2013), and an MBA from the Kyiv School of Economics (2017). From 2018 to 2020, she was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, USA, at the Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center. Her research interests include transnational history, the history of postwar Japan, the history of Japanese business and consumption culture, the history of Ukraine-Japan relations, with a focus on Ukrainians in the Far East and Manchuria under Japanese occupation. Her recent book The Far Eastern Odyssey of Ivan Svit [original Title Далекосхідна одіссея Івана Світа] was published in 2021, by Laurus in Kyiv. As well as  her recent Japanese book Ukrainians who crossed the borders [original Title 国境を超えたウクライナ人] was published in February of 2022, by Gunzosha in Tokyo. She is also author of the book of essay called "From Ukraine with love" (original Title「ウクライナから愛を込めて」(2014), as well as co-translator of "Anthology of Modern Ukrainian Literature"(original Title 「現代ウクライナ文学短編集」) into Japanese, both published by Gunzosha in Tokyo.  

Olga is also serving as a visiting Associate Professor at Faculty of Law, Keio University (Japan), visiting scholar at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan and visiting scholar at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria.