Olga Medvedeva earned her doctorate degree from the Academy of Humanities of Russia and  Master of Arts degree from the Moscow State University, Faculty of Philology.

She speaks Russian, Polish, English, German and Czech.

Experience

2001 – 2003

Vancouver, Canada

Independent scholar and researcher

1997 – 2000

Moscow, Russia                      

Independent scholar and researcher

1983 – 1996

Senior scholar, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Academy of Humanities of Russia

1975 – 1983

Independent scholar

Teaching Experience

Academic lectures:

1974 - 2002   

Moscow State University

Moscow Institute of Literature

The Open University, Moscow

Moscow University of Technology

Public Lectures:

The Library of Foreign Literatures (Moscow)

The Polish Institute (Moscow)

Polish Community Centers - Vilnius (Lithuania), Tashkent, Samarqand (Uzbekistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

Israeli Cultural Center (Moscow)

The Polish Combatants Union (Vancouver, Canada)

The Polish Scientific Institute (Vancouver)

The Polish Home (Seattle, USA)   

Radio Moscow (Ekho Moskwy)

Grantee

The MacArthur Foundation (USA)

The George Soros Foundation (The Open Society, Russia)

The George Soros Foundation (Stefan Batory, Poland)

Academy of Sciences of Russia

Publications

1972-2002

Articles devoted to Polish literature, history, culture and art, published in books and periodicals by the Academy of Humanities of Russia, Moscow. Such as:

Chapters on the history of Polish literature (1890-1918, 1918-1939, 1939-1945) in the History of Slavic Literatures (Moscow, 2001-2002)

Series of articles on W. S. Reymont, K. Irzykowski, T. Micinski, J. Korczak, J. Iwaszkiewicz, W. Gombrowicz, J. Kosinski, Socialist Realism in Poland, Naturalism in Polish Literature etc.

Articles and reviews devoted to Polish literature published in periodicals “Inostrannaya literatura”, “Woprosy literatury”, “Sowremennaya literature za rubezhom”, “Detskaya literatura” etc.

Articles on Polish Jews who survived during WWII in Central Asia published in Russia, Poland and Canada based on materials from the Archives in Russia and Uzbekistan.

Articles on J. Korczak published in periodicals in Russia, Poland, Israel, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania, Canada etc.

Articles and reviews on theater and art published in periodicals “Teatr”, “Teatralnaya zhizn” etc. (Moscow)

Articles on child psychology published in periodicals and books in Russia, France, Poland.

Translations

1973-2001

Books and articles relating to the theory of literature, education, child psychology, fiction - from Polish, German, English into Russian.

Editorial Work

1985-2000

Edited several books devoted to Slavic literatures published by Russian Academy of Humanities

Edited and wrote preface to books devoted to the Janusz Korczak heritage, published in Moscow (1992, 2001) and in Kazan, Russia 1995.

Wrote preface to W. S. Reymont “The Promised Land” (Nobel Prize Winners Series, Moscow, 1997)

Chief Editor of The Newsletter of the Janusz Korczak Association of Russia 1993-1994.

Chief Editor of The Newsletter of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada - 2003

Participation in Conferences and Seminars

1970-2002

International conferences devoted to history, literature, the current situation in Russia, the Janusz Korczak Heritage and child psychology - Russia, Poland, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Austria, Israel, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Lithuania etc.

Social Activities

1990 - Founder-President of The Janusz Korczak Association of Russia

1992 - Founder of the Korczak House in Moscow

2002 - One of the founders of The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada.

Interests

Charitable work

Countries visited

Poland, Germany, France, England, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Egypt, Israel, India, USA, Canada, South America, Central Asian Countries, all republics of the former Soviet Union.

Tel: (604) 681 5633 (res.)

Fax: (604) 264 7774

e-mail: khadim@sitara.com