Teaching

As Director of SSEES, I have had to cut back my teaching but over the past twenty years I have developed and taught  the following modules, reflecting my research interests in Central and East European politics and societies, in general, and in nationalism and sexualities, in particular.

 

• The International Politics of Sexuality

• Sexuality and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe

• Nations, Identity and Power in Central and Eastern Europe

• Ethno-political Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe

• Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

• Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology

• Politics and Societies in Central and Eastern Europe

• Baltic Politics and Societies

 

I am a fervent supporter of the internationalisation of education. With my colleague, Christopher Gerry, I set up the  International MA in Economy, State and Society. The MA was recognised as an Erasmus Mundus programme by the European Commission (the first MA led by a Russell Group university to receive this accolade), which brought with it scholarships for international students, totalling €3,150,000. On the basis of our co-operation with the Higher School of Economics in Russia, I also developed the curriculum of a new two-year MA in Comparative Russian and Eurasian Politics to be delivered by SSEES and HSE.

 

In 2009 I was awarded a Provost's Teaching Award for excellence in teaching.