• o.i.vovk@karazin.ua
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Higher and postgraduate education

• Candidate of Historical Sciences, Oles Gonchar Dnipropetrovsk National University (2016)
• Master of Arts in Archival Studies, School of History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2012)
• Bachelor in History, School of History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2011)

Employment history

• Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology, School of History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, assistant professor, 2026 – until now
• Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology, School of History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, lecturer, 2024 – 2026
• Academician P. T. Tronko Centre for Ukrainian Studies and Local History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, director, 2026 – until now
• Academician P. T. Tronko Centre for Ukrainian Studies and Local History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, deputy director, 2013 – 2026
• Academician P. T. Tronko Centre for Local History, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, senior laboratory assistant, 2012 – 2013
• Hlyboke secondary school, Kharkiv district, Kharkiv region, teacher, 2012

Teaching experience

LECTURING

• Undergraduate courses delivered at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University:

o 2024 – until now:

• Archival Studies
• Historical Research Methods
• Introduction to Source Studies

Academic interests

Biography studies, biohistoriography, local and regional history, history of Kharkiv University, actual problems of study and preservation of historical and cultural heritage.

Academic publications and professional memberships

• More than 100 academic publications and presentations
• Member of the Presidium of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine (2026)
• Head of Kharkiv office of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine (2025)
• Member of Ukrainian Library Association (2023).

Fellowships, scholarships, awards and research grants obtained

• Fellowship at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) under the Documenting Ukraine program (2025–2026)
• Laureate of the Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Young Scientists for 2024
• Mieroszewski Scholarship “Study in Ukraine”, Poland (2024)
• Laureate of the National Competition “Young Scientist of the Year”, Ukraine (2022)
• Scholarship of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young gifted scholars (2020–2022)
• Scholarship of Kharkiv Regional State Administration for young gifted scholars (2017)
• Scholarship of Oleg Olzhych Foundation, USA (2011)

Languages

Ukrainian, Russian, English