Yulia Lyovkina

Lecturer in Philosophy

Born in Gusev, she studied and now lives and works in Kaliningrad. In 2008 she graduated from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University with a degree in Philosophy, went on to complete her postgraduate studies there, and now teaches philosophy and aesthetics at the same university. Her main research interest is cultural identity, including the distinctive features of Kaliningrad identity. She took part in the projects “Russia’s National Identity in the Light of Modernisation and the Transition to an Innovation-Based Model of Development: Regional Dimensions” (2010) and “The Evolution of the Sociocultural Identity of the Russian Population of Lithuania (The Values Aspect)” (2011). She is currently involved in the project “The Dynamics of Kaliningrad Identity: Global Contexts and Regional Specificity”. In 2015–16 she worked as editor of the website Pregel.me.