Professor Catriona Kelly

Professor of Russian; Fellow of New College

About

Professor Kelly studies Russian literature and Russian cultural history, particularly Russian modernism, gender history, the history of childhood, national identity, and the recent history of Leningrad/St Petersburg.

She also works as a literary translator, particularly of poetry, and writes for the general literary press (particularly The Guardian and The Times Literary Supplement). 

Expertise

  • Russian cultural history
  • Russian literature
  • History of childhood
  • Russian modernism
  • Russian national identity

Languages

English, Russian