Ondrej Lee Stolicka

Ondrej Lee Stolicka specializes in the history of early modern and modern Europe, focusing on the relationships between German-speaking areas (especially Brandenburg-Prussia, the Hanseatic League, and the territories of the Austrian Habsburgs) and the Spanish monarchy. 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. Since 2025, he has been a fellow at the Centre for Slavic, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at the University of North Carolina.