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Dr Jesse Gardiner

Lecturer in Russian

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2958

Email

jdsg@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

Room 66

Location

United Colleges

Office hours

Monday 11-12, Wednesday 1-2

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Research areas

I specialise in Russian theatre of the twentieth century and have a particular interest in the interrelationship of performance studies, cultural history and critical theory.

My research engages with questions of public performance and performativity, the translation and reception of drama in different cultures, and the interface between politics and aesthetics. I welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students on all aspects of 20^th and 21^st-century Russian theatre and dramatic literature.

My book Ìý(Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury, 2022) explored the revival of avant-garde theatre productions and plays during the post-Stalin thaw via Jacques Ranciere's reading of the politics of aesthetics. I have published articles on , and a book chapter on the director Oleg Efremov for the edited volume .

I joined 58³Ô¹Ï in 2017 having previously taught at the University of Oxford, Durham University and the University of Exeter. I completed my PhD at the University of Nottingham in 2014.

In the Department of Russian at 58³Ô¹Ï, I teach Russian literature and culture from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, including honours modules on Theatre and Performance in Russophone Cultures (RU3043), Utopia/Dystopia in Russian Literature and Culture (RU4554) and The Russian Play (RU3047), in which students stage and perform a play in Russian. I teach Russian grammar and translation at all levels and convene the second-year Russian language stream for post-beginners. I also enjoy teaching on the School's Comparative Literature programme and for the MLitt in Global Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

I am on the committee of the British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies (BASEES) and co-ordinate the Literature and Culture stream for the I am a fellow of the .

PhD supervision

• GabrielaÌýMilkova Robins

Selected publications

• Gardiner, J., 1 Dec 2022, London: Bloomsbury. 240 p. (Cultural histories of theatre and performance)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Gardiner, J. D. S., 1 Feb 2021, In: Translation and Literature. 30, 1, p. 129-135 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

• Open access
  Gardiner, J. D. S., 18 Apr 2019, Russian Theatre in Practice: The Director's Guide. Skinner, A. (ed.). Bloomsbury, (Performance Books).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Gardiner, J. D. S., Jun 2019, In: Journal of European Studies. 49, 2, p. 206-207 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

• Open access
  Gardiner, J., Jul 2018, In: Russian Review. 77, 3, p. 427-445

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Gardiner, J. D. S., Apr 2016, In: Modern Language Review. 111, 2, p. 601-603

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

• Gardiner, J. D. S., 1 Oct 2015, In: Slavonic and East European Review. 93, 4, p. 626-654

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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