Sir William Mather Professor of Russian Studies (The University of Manchester)
- MA Classics (St Petersburg, 1981)
- Ph.D. Russian and East European Studies (Birmingham, 1993)
Research Posts, Grants, and Fellowships:
- 2017–2020: AHRC research grant (with Profs. Hutchings and Gillespie, and Dr. Willis), “Reframing Russia for the Global Mediasphere: From the Cold War to 'Information War'?” (£ 885,125)
- 2010–2013: AHRC research grant (with Prof. Hutchings), “An Analysis of Russian Television Representations of Inter-Ethnic Cohesion Issues” (£ 426,395)
- 2004–2007: AHRB research grant, “Oriental Studies and Russian National Identity: the 1870s – 1920s”
- 2003–2004: British Academy Senior Research Fellowship
- 1999–2000: Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton
- 1994–1995: Fellow, Russian Research Center, Harvard University
Research interests
- “Reframing Russia for the global mediasphere: from the Cold War to 'Information War'?”
- Mediating post-Soviet difference: an analysis of Russian television representation of inter-ethnic cohesion issues (with Professor Stephen Hutchings)
- Oriental studies and national identity in Russia
- Nationalism and ethnic politics in modern and contemporary Russia
- Intellectuals and political power under the communist regime
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