The Research Initiative on Post-Soviet Space (RIPSS) provides knowledge and understanding of the region formerly dominated by the Soviet Union. The urgent need for expertise on this complex and increasingly volatile region has been demonstrated by Russia’s war against Ukraine and its global fallout.
Our network’s research covers history, linguistics, law, culture, and society.
Core aims
- Consolidate the emerging strength of post-Soviet studies and research at the University of Melbourne.
- Build a platform for further grant success.
- Convene the RIPSS seminar series.
- Embed our research into teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Extend the reach and impact of our research, including through digital scholarship.
- Advance postgraduate and post-doctoral recruitment and enhance the postgraduate experience in post-Soviet studies across the University.
- Build relationships of mutual benefit with other research groups and institutions in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- Advance knowledge and public understanding of the post-Soviet world, past and present.
News and Events
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Seminar Series
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RIPSS promotes high-quality research through peer-reviewed journals and book series:
- Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (General Editor: Julie Fedor) (an international bi-annual journal published by ibidem Press, Stuttgart and distributed by Columbia University Press)
- Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History (Editor: Mark Edele) (a new Cambridge University Press series designed to support an intellectually sophisticated reinvigoration of historically informed post-Soviet area studies)
- Australian Slavonic and East European Studies (Editor: Robert Lagerberg) (a refereed venue for work on all aspects of Slavonic and East European studies, including language, literature, history, political and social science, and art)
Our people
Prof Mark Edele
Hansen Chair in History of the Soviet Union and Successor States. Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts.
mark.edele@unimelb.edu.au
+61383440523
A/Prof Julie Fedor
Associate Professor in Modern European History. Engagement Coordinator, SHAPS.
julie.fedor@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Sofya Glazunova
Lecturer - Media Industries, Media Communications
sofya.glazunova@unimelb.edu.au
+61383447251
A/Prof Andrew Jamieson
Associate Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology
asj@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 3403
Dr Robert Lagerberg
Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies; Convenor, Russian Studies
robertjl@unimelb.edu.au
+61383445187
Dr Olga Maxwell
Senior Lecturer in ESL and Applied Linguistics; Convenor, English as a Second Language Program
omaxwell@unimelb.edu.au
+61390358754
A/Prof Nicholas Tochka
Associate Professor In Music (Ethnomusicology)
nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
+61390353131
Mailing list
To stay in touch with what’s happening at RIPSS, you can sign up for our email list by emailing: julie.fedor@unimelb.edu.au
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