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Faculty
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Description of ResearchSummary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Rorlich studies Russian and Eurasian social and cultural history, including the history of the Turkic Muslim peoples of Russia. Her special research interests include : the social history of Muslim women in late imperial Russia,the identity discourse of the Muslim modernizers, Muslim visual culture, as well as the socio-political and cultural landscape of the post-Soviet Turkic republics.
Research Specialties
Russia/USSR/Eurasia : modernity studies, identity, gender,
visual culture.
Detailed Statement of Research Interests
My teaching and research interests are intimately intertwined and have been shaped by an appreciation of the imperial dimension of Russian history. Within this context, the Turkic Muslim peoples of Eurasia, whether as subjects of the Russian imperial state, citizens of the Soviet Union, or those of the independent states that emerged after its demise represent the main focus of my research. My work on Muslim modernity and identity construction is informed by the relevance of ambiguities in shaping equations of cultural and political interaction and challenges dichotomous approaches. I continue to study the role that markers such as religion and gender play in the construction of identity, just as I maintain an interest in issues of cultural reproduction and politics of culture with regard to Muslim modernizers in particular.
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