Current PhD students

 

Olga Petrova

Olga Petrova
Ukrainian and Jewish National Ideas in the Revolution of 1917-1920

Olga holds a BA in English, Foreign Literature, and History from the Horlivka State Institute for Foreign Languages (Ukraine) and an MA in History with a specialization in Jewish Studies from the Central European University in Budapest. As an undergraduate student, she was a participant of the Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) and completed an exchange year at Williams College (Massachusetts, U.S.).
Since 2020, Olga is a student of the PhD program in Comparative History at the Central European University. Her research will explore the parallel development and (inter)connections of the Jewish and Ukrainian national ideas, focusing on the Ukrainian National Revolution of 1917-1920.

Péter Buchmüller
Lawyers and Antisemitism in Interwar Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna

Peter holds an MA in Sociology from Eötvös Loránd University and an MA in History with a specialization in Jewish Studies from Central European University.
Since 2019, he is a PhD student in Comparative History at Central European University.
His dissertation will investigate lawyers and their attitude towards antisemitism in interwar Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna.