Ondrej Lee Stolicka
Lecturer and Historian
The Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty (Adjunct, Lecturer, or Teaching Faculty)
Biography
Ondrej Lee Stolicka is Lecturer and Historian at The Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research area includes connections between the Spanish court and Central European nobility (for example, the Order of the Golden Fleece). He defended his dissertation, Brandenburg-Prussia between Madrid and Vienna: The Failed Diplomatic Mission of Melchior von Ruck (1676–1680), at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, he worked on his postdoctoral project, Central European Nobility and the Order of the Golden Fleece during the Reign of Leopold I, at the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Their interests include migration.
Thematic Interests
- Migration, Diaspora, and MobilityHistorical movements of peoples, exile, forced migration, and diasporic identities., Colonialism, Empire, and Decolonization – Exploration of colonial systems, resistance movements, and post-colonial legacies., Trade, Economy, and Global Networks – Economic systems, merchant communities, and cross-cultural trade routes.