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Dr Viktoria Ivleva

Associate Professor


Affiliations
Affiliation
Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures

Biography

Current Research

Clothing, Society and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

This project examines sumptuary and appearance regulations, related practices and visual and literary representations of dress, in order to explore the ways in which Russian sovereigns harnessed practical and ideological meanings of clothing and appearance to promote social and political changes and implement new normative expectations. The project also studies the ways in which the population of Russia received and responded to these changes, and the extent to which various social groups challenged, internalized and transformed these practices. As a part of the project, I look closely at the role of sartorial discourse in cultural debates around questions of identity and changing social and gender roles.

Research interests

  • 17th, 18th-, early 19th-, and early 20th-century Russian literature and culture
  • Dress culture in imperial Russia
  • Gender studies
  • History of cultural import
  • Material culture
  • Peter I, Catherine II
  • Pushkin, Nabokov

Esteem Indicators

  • 2024: The Association of Dress Historians: In-Between Textiles, 1400–1700: Weaving Subjectivities and Encounters, edited by Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera and Professor Stefan Hanß, has been shortlisted for the ADH Book of the Year Award 2024 https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463729086/in-between-textiles-1400-1800
  • 2023: Nominated for the Durham University Global Curriculum Award:
  • 2022: Nominated for Excellence in Student Academic Support Award:
  • 2017: BASEES Women's Forum Article/ Chapter Prize: "Catherine II as Female Ruler: The Power of Enlightened Womanhood"
  • 2014: Durham Students' Union 'Closing the Loop' Teaching Award:

Publications

Book review

Chapter in book

Edited book

Journal Article

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

Other (Print)