Russian

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.