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My teaching and research interests revolve around the history of the Russian empire from the 17th century to 1917. I am particularly interested in the methods and meaning of imperial rule in the non-Russian borderlands in the late 18th/early 19th centuries. My current project examines social and cultural aspects of the integration of the Crimean khanate into the empire, and I have begun work on the development of the wine industry in Russia's southern provinces. Other interests include the Enlightenment in Russia, the politics of architectural space, and Russian-Ottoman encounters in the Black Sea region.
Selected Publications
- Between Subversion and Submission: the Integration of the Crimean Khanate into the Russian Empire, 1783-1853 Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University (2006)
- "Constructing Russian Identity in the Imperial Borderland: Architecture, Islam, and the Transformation of the Crimean Landscape" in Ab Imperio 2 (2006)
Kelly O'Neill
Position: Assistant Professor of History
Field: Russia
Specialty: Imperial Russia; Economy and trade in the Black Sea; Social and Cultural History; Comparative History of Empires
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Center for Government and International Studies-South Building
Room S329
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.496.7293
Office Hours: Thursday 1:00-3:00