Olga Khomenko

Olga Khomenko is a historian specializing in the entangled pasts of Eastern Asia and Eastern Europe. She is a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) and International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken, Japan) and an Associate Researcher at the Japan Centre, SOAS University of London. Previously, she was Kolasky Fellow at CIUS, a CARA/British Academy Fellow at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford, Fulbright fellow at Harvard Ukrainian Institute, Hakuho and JSPS fellow at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Waseda University, Japan. She holds a BA from Kyiv University and an MA and PhD from the University of Tokyo. Dr. Khomenko’s professional background spans academia, journalism, and diplomacy.

Her books include Ukrainians Beyond Borders: Nine Life Journeys Through the History of Eastern Europe (Ibidem, 2025; Gunzosha, 2022), The Far Away Sky of Kyiv: Ukrainians in the War (Ibidem, 2025; Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2023), The Far Eastern Odyssey of Ivan Svit (Laurus, 2021), and From Ukraine with Love (Gunzosha, 2014). She also co-translated an Anthology of Contemporary Ukrainian Literature into Japanese (Gunzosha, 2005).