Vladimir ZHEREBOV
- Visiting language professor, Language Service
- Visiting language professor, EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department
Vladimir Zherebov (BE) is visiting language professor for Russian at the College of Europe.
He holds a PhD in Slavic and Eastern European Studies from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven). Born in the Urals in the last decade of the existence of the Soviet Union, he witnessed the times of Perestroika and obtained his first Master’s degree in Russian Language and Literature at Bashkir State University in Ufa. He moved to Belgium in 2008 to pursue an academic career in Europe.
Vladimir Zherebov worked at the Department of Slavic and Eastern European studies of KU Leuven as a language professor and researcher. He developed and coordinated Russian-related courses and ran cultural activities at the Centre for Russian Studies. Since 2019 he is leading the CIS expert group at the Brussels Diplomatic Academy (VUB).
Besides his teaching duties, he currently holds the position of research fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Leuven, leads and develops various educational programmes, both as an independent specialist and in cooperation with various cultural and scientific organizations, and provides the expertise as an independent academic advisor on Russia and the CIS.
His research interests cover Russian language and literature, Russian as Foreign Language, Slavic and Eastern European Studies, Cognitive Linguistics, and Diplomacy and Political Sciences. He is the author of various academic publications on Russian language and culture.