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Research Initiatives

Cambridge Slavonic Studies Research Initiatives

The Slavonic Studies Section of the University of Cambridge promotes international excellence in research over a wide array of topics in the study of language, literature, thought, history and culture from the Middle Ages to the present day. Our scholarly remit extends from Wrocław and Kharkiv to St Petersburg and Vladivostok. Our primary specialisms are Pre-Modern East Slavic culture; Polish, Russian and Ukrainian Literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries; Film and Visual Culture; Slavonic Linguistics; Nationalism Studies; Memory Studies; and Russian Sensory History.

Below is an outline of the research architecture of the Slavonic Studies Section. Our very active series of events, most of which are free and open to the public, can be found here. Individual research profiles of the Slavonic Studies staff are listed here.

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Slavonic News

Rifiabare: A Literary Geography Workshop

5 November 2025

Join us for an inspiring in-person workshop on Sardinian fairy tales on 15 November 2025 . Venue: Murray Edwards College, Long Room, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF Workshop leaders: Maria Luisa Mura and Francesca Nardi ( Ischìre – Collettivo mobile di geografia letteraria ) Organiser: Elena Sottilotta (Murray Edwards...

PhD Student Toby Barnett Wins Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24

30 October 2025

We are delighted to share that Tobias (Toby) Barnett, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the French Section, has been awarded the Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24 for his publication, ‘Catherine Malabou’s Historical Epistemology’ . Published in Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Theory , the article examines...

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