Julie Fedor is Associate Professor in Modern European History in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, where she is affiliated with the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. She currently serves as Deputy Head of Program - History and Engagement Coordinator - SHAPS. Fedor obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2009, a Master's degree by research from the University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor's degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne.

Prior to her current position, she held a postdoctoral research position on the Memory at War project from 2010 to 2013. Fedor specializes in Soviet history, with research interests in memory politics, authoritarian kinship narratives, historical falsification, and state security archives in post-Soviet contexts. Her projects include leading "The Russian Hybrid Intelligence State," "KGB Empire: State Security Archives in the Former Eastern Bloc," and contributions to "Memory and Authoritarianism: The Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia."

Fedor is the author of the book Russia and the Cult of State Security: The Chekist Tradition, From Lenin to Putin (Routledge, 2011). She co-edited War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe (Palgrave Pivot, 2013). As editor of the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, she has produced special issues on diverse topics including teaching IR in wartime (2025) and symbols of empire. Notable articles feature “Historical Falsification” as a Master Trope in the Official Discourse on History Education in Putin’s Russia (2021) and analyses of Russian state media strategies.

She was awarded the Australian Research Council DECRA fellowship in 2015, funding her research with $331,977. Fedor's publications have accumulated over 1,250 citations on Google Scholar, underscoring her impact on studies of modern European history, particularly Russian and post-Soviet political culture.

Professional Email: julie.fedor@unimelb.edu.au