Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature

Expertise: Russian-Jewish historian with research interests in gender, family, sexuality, radical movements, and everyday life

Expertise: Modern Russia, modern Germany, history of globalization, religion

Expertise: Modern Jewish history and thought

Expertise: Early modern European history, especially Germany, world history

Expertise: Russian theatre and drama, contemporary European theatre, theory of theatre directing, American theatre, avant-garde theatre, documentary theatre and film studies, opera and music theater.

Expertise: Comparative politics, Russia and post-Communist countries, digital politics

Expertise: Chinese and Asian modern art

Expertise: Political theory, history of political thought, nationalism, cultural pluralism, democratic theory