Christine Worobec Explained

Christine D. Worobec is an American historian. She is a distinguished research professor emerita of Northern Illinois University,^[1] a historian with interests in Russian and Ukrainian women's history, family history, and rural history.^[2]

Worobec earned her BA (1977), MA (1978), and PhD (1984) degrees in history from the University of Toronto.^[3]

During 1984-1999 she was with Kent State University and with Northern Illinois University since 1999.^[3]

Monographs

• Peasant Russia: Family and Community in Post-Emancipation Russia (1991)
• Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons (2001)^[4]

Awards

• American Association for Ukrainian Studies' 2017 Article Prize^[1]
• 2017 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award^[5]
• 2008 AWSS Outstanding Achievement Award for her service as president, vice president, and board member of the AWSS^[5]
• Her 1991 and 2001 monographs have won the Heldt Prize.^[1]

Notes and References

1. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/christine-worobec CHRISTINE WOROBEC
2. https://www.aseees.org/about/christine-d-worobec CHRISTINE D. WOROBEC
3. https://rprt.northwestern.edu/documents/worobec-cv.pdf Christine D. Worobec CV
4. Valerie A. Kivelson, Review of Christine D. Worobec, "Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia", The Russian Review, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), pp. 154-155,
5. https://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/distinguished-contributions-award/2017-worobec 2017 ASEEES DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD RECIPIENT CHRISTINE D. WOROBEC