Persons

Khlebnikova
Luiza

PhD in History

IOS RAS » Center for Arab and Islamic Studies » senior researcher

Scientific Interests

Foreign and Domestic policies of the State of Israel, the US-Israeli relations, the US Jewish community and pro-Israel lobbying in the US, the history and current dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Biography

Luiza Khlebnikova graduated from School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2012. She defended her PhD (History) in 2016. Since 2020, she is an Associate Professor at Department for Jewish Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University. From 2017 to 2026, she worked in Department of Israel and Jewish Communities Studies at Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Since 2026, she has been the Head of the Research Group for the Study of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Teaching

1. History of Israel
2. Socio-political development of the State of Israel
3. Israel in Search of Identity: The Making of Israeli Society
4. Modern armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa
5. American Jewry: Prosperity and Anxieties (from 1945 to present)

CURRICULUM VITAE Luiza R. Khlebnikova ▶

Key Publications

Books

  1. The Role of a Woman in Jewish World (ed. L.R. Khlebnikova and D.A. Maryasis). Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. (In Russ.)
  2. Karasova T.A., Nosenko-Stein E.E., Khlebnikova L.R. The Crisis of Israelicentrism in the Contemporary Jewish World. Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2026 (In Russ.)

Articles

  1. Khlebnikova L.R. The USA and Israel in 1960s: the Source of Special Relations. New and Newest history. №3. Pp. 113-127 (In Russ.)
  2. Khlebnikova L.R. The First Lebanon War in the Context of the U.S.–Israeli Relations. Moscow University Journal of World Politics. No 3. 2017. Pp. 142-176. (In Russ.)
  3. Khlebnikova L.R. The U.S. Approach to Palestinian State-building (2001-2017). USA v Canada: Economics – Politics – Culture. 2018. № 7. P. 92–106. (In Russ.)
  4. Khlebnikova L.R. American Jews and the Jewish state: differences of ideas and ideals // A View from the Outside: Russian Experts about Modern Israel. Moscow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2021. P. 200–227. (In Eng.)