Oksana Stoychuk

Biography

Language: Ukrainian, German, Polish

Research/Language Interests: Twentieth to twenty-first century Ukrainian and German literature; theories of transculturality, transnationality, and cultural belonging; literature and politics; medical humanities; women’s writing in Central and Eastern Europe; feminist theory.

About: After completing her BA and MA in German Studies at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, Oksana Stoychuk worked as an interpreter at various cultural institutions across Europe and as an instructor at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and the Ukrainian Catholic University. She received her PhD from the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, where she wrote her dissertation, published as Wessen Berlin? Migration und Zugehörigkeit in der transkulturellen Stadtliteratur seit den 1980er Jahren [Whose Berlin? Migration and Belonging in Transcultural Urban Literature since the 1980s] (De Gruyter, 2026). Before joining UW–Madison, Oksana also gained experience in academic administration at the Dahlem Research School, where she supported various PhD programs in the humanities at Freie Universität Berlin.

Her multiple experiences of migration and a multilingual background have shaped her research and teaching interests. Combining literary, cultural, migration, and urban studies, her research focuses on narratives of belonging in contemporary literatures and cultures. Working across different disciplines, Oksana Stoychuk teaches Ukrainian, Polish, and German languages, as well as Ukrainian and German literatures and cultures from the 19th to the 21st centuries at UW Madison. She is also a co-founder of the Ukrainian Club, aiming to popularize Ukrainian language and culture among students and faculty at UW Madison.