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Research and publications

Research and publications

The department is one of the largest of its type in the UK, with an excellent international reputation for research. Staff and postgraduates currently research a vibrant array of subjects in Russian and South-East European Studies, ranging from the Medieval period to the 21st century. We are proud of the ground-breaking and interdisciplinary nature of our research.

David Norris

David's latest publication examines the use of ghosts and other uncanny motifs in Serbian literature since 1980.

Siggy Frank

Siggy's research focuses on Vladimir Nabokov and the Russian emigration in the interwar period.

Polly McMichael

Polly's current research focus is on the phenomenon of rock stardom in the last decades of the Soviet Union.

Monica White

Monica's previous research has mainly concerned the cult of saints in the Orthodox Church: Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200.

Vladimir Zorić

Vladimir's latest publication examines the representations of exile in law and literature.

Emeritus Professor Peter Herrity

Peter continues to research and publish in the field of Slovene language.

Emeritus Professor Malcolm Jones

Malcolm Jones has continued his work on Dostoevsky and now has a new focus on the history of Slavonic Studies in the UK.

Emeritus Professor Cynthia Marsh

Cynthia's current research focuses on Russian theatre in Britain.

Emeritus Professor Lesley Milne

Lesley's latest book explores the impact of World War I in four countries through the medium of their respective satirical magazines.

Emeritus Professor Wendy Rosslyn

Wendy is currently researching the international humanitarian aid effort for the famine in Russia in the 1920s.

Postgraduate research

29 PhD theses have been completed in the department since its founding.