Shawn P. Liming

Program: Ph.D. in History

Field of Study: Russian History

Advisor: Dr. Steven Miner

Degrees held: B.A. Geography, University of Cincinnati; Master’s Certificate in Middle Eastern Studies, American Military University; M.A. History, University of Cincinnati

Research Interests: I study Russian history, and my primary interest is national minority resistance to the Russian Empire and/or the Soviet Union. I am also interested in Cold War Military History and the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Soviet Union. My dissertation topic is Ukrainian resistance to the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1950 and to Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945.

Recent Accomplishments

• Summer 2023 – Graduated from the Summer Language Institute Beginner Ukrainian Program.
• Summer 2023 – Received a Summer Language Institute Scholarship from University of Pittsburgh.
• August 2023 – Interned at the Cleveland Ukrainian Museum and Archives.
• March 2024 – Presented a paper titled “Competing Narratives of Ukrainian Nationalism: Insights into the Current Russian-Ukrainian War” for the Ohio University History Graduate Student Association Conference.
• Summer 2024 – Received $1,500 Contemporary History Institute Travel Grant.
•  June 2024 – Conducted research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives.