Staff

Get to know the team in Russian Studies.

Many of us work on a hybrid basis - a mixture of on-campus and digitally.

Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (UK time).

Please email us in the first instance, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Undergraduate enquiries

Email us about undergraduate study in Russian Studies

Postgraduate enquiries

Email us about postgraduate research in Russian Studies

 

Head of Russian Studies

NameRoleEmailPhone number
Larissa Ryazanova-ClarkeProfessor of Russian and SociolinguisticsLara.Ryazanova-Clarke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3668

Academic staff

NameRoleEmailPhone number
Gesine ArgentTeaching fellowgesine.argent@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 9902
Rose FranceTeaching FellowRose.France@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8932
Aldona JudinaTeaching Assistant in Russian, Teaching Fellow and Course Organiser for RussianAldona.Judina@ed.ac.uk 
Ekaterina PopovaTeaching FellowEkaterina.Popova@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 5065
Larissa Ryazanova-ClarkeProfessor of Russian and SociolinguisticsLara.Ryazanova-Clarke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3668
Dr Natalia SamoilovaRussian language tutorNatalia.Samoilova@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Alexandra SmithReader in Russian StudiesAlexandra.Smith@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 1381