Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (CEEES)
Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (CEEES)

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Learn about our academics and their expertise.

Dr Alexandra Anikina

Senior Lecturer in Media Practices

Research interests

  • Algorithmic and Visual Culture
  • Critical Theory and Artistic Research
  • Feminist Science and Technology Studies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Alexandra

Email: A.Anikina@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris

Professor of Demography

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Brienna

Email: B.G.Perelli-Harris@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7180

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Dr Charlie Walker MA, MSocSci, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Postsocialism
  • Masculinities
  • Care leavers

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Charlie

Email: charlie.walker@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2022

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Professor Claire Le Foll

Professor

Research interests

  • History and culture of Jews in Belarus from 1772 to 1939, including Belarusian-Jewish relations
  • Jewish art in Eastern Europe, more specifically in Belarus and Ukraine
  • Nationalities policy in the Russian/Soviet western borderlands

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Claire

Email: C.Le-Foll@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7536

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Dr Dimitra Gkitsa

Lecturer in Curating and Cultural Leader

Research interests

  • Curatorial practices and discourse
  • Collective and cultural memory 
  • Arts infrastructure in spaces of tranisition and difficult pasts

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Dimitra

Email: D.Gkitsa@soton.ac.uk

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Dr George Gilbert

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Politics and culture in late Imperial Russia
  • Russian identity, Russian nationalism
  • Historiography of modern Russia
Connect with George

Email: G.Gilbert@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7245

Dr Janek Gryta

Lecturer in Holocaust History

Research interests

  • Holocaust studies
  • history of State Socialism 
  • memory studies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Janek

Email: J.Gryta@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Joanna Sofaer

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • The role of cultural and community assets in health and wellbeing
  • The relationship between heritage and wellbeing
  • The social value of archaeology 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Joanna

Email: J.R.Sofaer-Derevenski@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6867

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Dr John Glenn

Associate Professor
Connect with John

Email: J.G.Glenn@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5055

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Dr Kamil Zwolski PhD, SFHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • European security integration
  • European-Russian relations
  • Geopolitics of European security

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kamil

Email: K.M.Zwolski@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3668

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