I am Olena Khodchenko, PhD in history, a lecturer at the Department of World History at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University in Ukraine. My research primarily focuses on the history of migration processes, the adaptation and integration of immigrants, and the study of diaspora groups, particularly Germans and Mennonites.
Olena Khodchenko

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Hosting institute
- Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies
Current affiliation
- Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Ukraine
Memberships
Key expertise
- scientific work on the history of migration processes
- adaptation and integration of immigrants
- Mennonites and Germans
Regional expertise
- executive secretary and member of the editorial board of the scientific publication "Modern Studies in German History"; member of the International Association for the Study of the History and Culture of Russian Germans (from 2012 to the present); Member of the Association of Ukrainian Germanists (from 2021 until now); Member of the Scientific Society named after T. G. Shevchenko" (from 2022)
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Scientific topics
- Causes Of Displacement
- Identity
- Integration And Social Participation
- Migration Routes, Refugees’ Journeys
- Religion
- Transnational Networks
Disciplines
- Historical Science
- Philosophy And Religious Studies
Professional Career
Relevant publications
- The authorities and Mennonites in the First World War: a comparative analysis.2021.Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. – Summer 2021. Vol. 44. No.2. P. 1-11.
- Formation of Migration Networks of Russian Germans in the Central Provinces of Canada.2020.Abstracts of the All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference "Actual Problems of Research and Teaching of World History" (October 9, 2020). Dnipro, pp. 20-25.
- Colonies of Russian Germans in North America in the late XIX - early XX centuries .2023.Questions of German History, P. 50-69.
- Emigration of Volga Germans and their early settlements in Canada.2016.Yearbook of the International Association of Researchers of History and Culture of Russian Germans, No. 2., pp. 54-74.
- Moravian Brothers in Canada: emigration and colony organization .2016.Questions of German History, pp. 135-149.