Stella Ghervas

Stella Ghervas is professor of history and the Eugen Weber Chair in Modern European History. She joined UCLA in 2023 from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, where she served as the Chair of Russian History. She has held teaching, research, and visiting positions in Australia, France, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 

Her research focuses on the intellectual and international history of modern Europe, with particular attention to peace and peace-making, the circulation of ideas, and state-to-state relations. It spans several related areas: Europe’s engagement with the wider world; Russia and Eurasia, including maritime and oceanic studies; and the interplay of local, regional, and transnational dynamics. She is the author or editor of six books, including “Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union (2021),” and is currently working on a new project, “Calming the Waters: A New History of the Black Sea.”