Research output per year
Research output per year
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I teach courses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature and culture at both the undergraduate and MA levels.
Research students: My research students include Marco Biasioli, whose PhD project investigates issues of language choice and identity in contemporary Russian rock music; and Mozhgan Samadi, whose PhD project focuses on women and martyrdom in Stalin-era war cinema. I have previously supervised successful PhD theses on topics including literary translation and the role of the translator in Russia in the 1930s; the impact of the Internet on the contemporary Russian literary scene; the function of mat (obscene language) in late Soviet and post-Soviet literature; and the role of online gaming communities as a space for the formation of new youth identities.
I am happy to supervise research on a wide range of topics in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature and culture. I am particularly interested in research projects involving aspects of Russian literature and culture that fall outside traditional notions of 'the canon'; and in projects of an interdisciplinary or multimedia nature. Literary and culture studies topics of a comparative or cross-cultural nature are also welcomed.
Research specialisations: My primary areas of research are Russian and Soviet popular culture; nineteenth-and twentieth-century Russian literature; and interactions between literature, music and performance. My current work focuses on late Imperial Russian and early Soviet circus.
Along with Professor Hilary Pilkington (Manchester) and Professor Susan Reid (Sheffield), I co-organised two workshop series funded by CEELBAS, 'Doing Culture' (January - October 2008) and 'Situating Culture' (2009-2010).
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution