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'The Construction of Authority in Early Russian Crime Fiction': Tuesday 25 Nov, 5pm

Are you suffering from Scandi withdrawal, hoping for just one more glimpse of The Jumper? Or perhaps you're pining after news of Season 4 in the life of a certain death defying detective? Why not expand your international detection obsession to include Russia? Come join us for a riveting installment of the Departmental-CamCREES joint lecture series by Dr Claire Whitehead on the intrigues of power, crime and detection in early Russian crime fiction!

WHEN: Tuesday, 25 November at 5pm WHERE: Latimer Room, Clare College

About the speaker: Dr Claire Whitehead is Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. Dr Whitehead's research interests focus on prose fiction in Russia and France from the nineteenth century onwards. She is currently researching a book-length study of detective fiction in Russia from the 1860s to the present day.

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