Curriculum Vitae
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Academic profile
Historian specialising in modern Russian and Soviet history, international economic relations, Russia–Japan relations, and the history of everyday life, with a decade of parallel experience in international trade at a major Japanese trading house.
Education
Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD-equivalent), History — Saint Petersburg State University, 2010 Dissertation: Trade and Economic Relations between the USSR and Japan from the Mid-1950s to the Early 1980s Specialty: 07.00.02 — Russian History Supervisor: Prof. Mikhail V. Khodyakov Defended: 23 September 2010
University Diploma in French Studies — CIREFE, Université Rennes 2, 2011–2012 French as a foreign language (FLE), level B2–C1 (DELF-equivalent).
Master of Research in History — Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 1999–2005
Academic experience
Professor of History and International Relations — Saint Petersburg State University, 2007–2010 Teaching and research in History and International Relations; four years of university teaching, including large lecture courses.
Archival research in major Russian repositories, participation in international research programmes, and the organisation of seminars and conferences with partner universities in Russia and France.
Professional experience (international trade)
Head of Financial Analysis Department — Mitsui & Co., Ltd, Saint Petersburg, 2007–2010 Support of the commercial function, management of client contracts, market studies, financial forecasting and analysis.
Executive Assistant / Regional Representative — Mitsui & Co., Ltd, Yekaterinburg, 2000–2007 Commercial representative for the Urals region: lobbying and business relations, negotiation of industrial contracts, work with local authorities, and the introduction of Japanese products to the regional market.
Research fields
- Modern Russian and Soviet history
- International and economic history
- Russia–Japan and Soviet–Japanese relations
- Trade and economic diplomacy
- Fisheries relations, marine ecology, resource conservation and maritime law
- History of Soviet science, including the history of glaciology
- History of everyday life
- Wine and cultural history
Selected conference activity
2011 — London, United Kingdom Third European Congress on World and Global History (ENIUGH). Paper: “The Restoration of the Soviet–Japanese Trade and Economic Relations after the Second World War.” The published congress programme lists Juliana Kadeshnikova with Saint Petersburg State University.
2006 — London, United Kingdom Academic presentation on Russian–Japanese relations: “Difficult but Intense Friendship: Russia and Japan,” developed in the context of an academic session involving former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Koji Watanabe.
Conference papers in Russia (Perm, Saint Petersburg) addressed Mitsui and the development of Japanese private capital (1880–1918), Soviet–Japanese fisheries relations, the consequences of the 200-mile economic zones, and Russia–Japan trade in the 1990s.
Professional membership
Member of the Société Française d’Études Japonaises (SFEJ). Research contacts with Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Rennes 2, Université Lyon III, and Universität Leipzig.
Languages
French (C1) · English (fluent) · Russian (native) · Japanese (A2)
Public history
Alongside historical research, I develop work on wine history, material culture, consumption, and public history in Switzerland, combining archival curiosity with professional training in sommellerie.