Ruslan Pavlyshyn (Ukraine/Canada)

Ruslan gained his BA degree in Arabic and Persian Studies from Freie Universität Berlin. Alongside his studies, he was employed as research assistant at the Seminar of Arabic Studies and in the ERC-Project ‘Kalīla and Dimna – AnonymClassic’ (PI: Beatrice Gründler).

During his time at the Ertegun House, Ruslan intends to draw attention to the achievements of the Soviet scholarship on the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and strengthen academic dialogues between students and scholars from post-Soviet countries and those in the Middle East, Europe, and North America.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ruslan has been leading the response of the Oxford University Ukrainian Society as its President. He is a co-founding member of the Ukrainian Student Union, a conglomeration of 14 University Ukrainian Societies around the UK. In September 2022, he co-founded Ukrainian Culture Weeks, an annual festival of Ukrainian culture and intellectual heritage in Oxford.

Ruslan is committed to public service and intends to contribute to Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction.