Transnational Russian Studies
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 94196662
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- ISBN
- 9781789620870
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The volume Transnational Russian Studies represents the first systematic attempt to explore Russian Studies in the wake of the recent transnational turn in the humanities. Our book opens the map of Russian Studies beyond Russia, investigates the boundary-work used to create notions of ‘national’ language and culture, and charts the parallel processes of crossing or transgressing these constructed borders.
The three editors split the work evenly (33.3%), but each of us had a different role. During the early stages, my role involved a wide literature review of how the idea of the ‘transnational’ had been employed across various disciplines, especially history and the social sciences. Building on the existing scholarship, I created a working definition of ‘transnational’ that was refined through dialogue with the other two editors, and subsequently shared with other contributors to ensure a shared understanding of the ‘transnational’. Additionally, my working definition of the transnational underpins the volume’s critique of the ‘methodological nationalism’ within Russian Studies, and the questioning of the discipline’s foundational assumptions that appears in our introduction. I was responsible for drafting the book’s first nine pages (p. 1–9), which sets out the disciplinary critique of Russian Studies.
In terms of dissemination, we co-hosted a two-day symposium in Durham (14–16 September 2017) that showcased our research. Additionally, we produced editorial articles in key venues to publicize our insights. I was lead author on a collaborative editorial with Kevin Platt and Vlad Strukov, two leading scholars also working in the transnational paradigm, that outlined our joint interventions in the field. This piece appeared on the front page of NewsNet (March 2020), the newsletter of ASEEES, the world’s leading professional organization for Slavists. Finally, our own volume’s introduction, which we conceive as a manifesto for the discipline, appears open access on the LUP website.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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