JEREMY SMITH

Professor

Professor of Russian History and Politics

I carry out research on the recent and contemporary history on the countries of the Former Soviet Union. At present, there is an especial emphasis on the five countries of Central Asia. My research interests range from very specific, localized events and their impacts, to broad understandings of the interactions of time and space and the legacies of empires and long-distance trade routes on peripheral landscapes. My current projects involve work on post-Soviet borders, the role concern for ethnic Russians in neighbouring countries plays in Russian policy making, and constitutional arrangements and understandings of national minority rights in new post-Imperial countries.

Contact info

Organization

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute

Email

jeremy.smith@uef.fi

Phone

+358 50 442 3665

Keywords

borders central Asia Georgia imperial landscapes Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan national minorities nationalism peripheries Russia South Caucasus Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Research groups - UEF

Ethnic Russians in the Near Abroad