Russian (Research)

The Department of Russian has an outstanding record of research. We pride ourselves on our strong, active research culture, and the research interests of staff span a broad range of disciplinary emphases.

We can support postgraduate research in many areas within the following broad fields:

• Russian literature from the 19th century to the present;

• Russian intellectual history from the 19th century to the 20th century;

• Russian film and visual culture;

• Soviet history;

• British-Soviet relations;

• Literary and cultural theory;

• Issues of cultural identity (semiotics of space, perceptions of time and of modernity);

• Urban studies;

• Russian Orthodox theology and culture;

• Gender in Russian literature and culture;

• Translation studies;

• Media studies.

Our postgraduates are a key part of the research community and are integrated into the research activities of the School of Modern Languages and the faculty.