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First Name
Julia
Last Name
Leikin
Affiliation
Royal Holloway College, University of London
Website URL
https://royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/history/about-us/our-staff/julia-leikin-1/
Keywords
Russian empire, Soviet Union, international law, Eurasia, global and maritime history, Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Russia and the West
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About Me

I am a historian of imperial Russia and Modern Europe, with an interest in the development and practice of international law, and legal culture more broadly.

Recent Publications

“Russia’s Mediterranean Moment: Constellations of Sovereignty and the Making of a Region, 1770-1830.” Journal of Modern History 96, no. 1 (March 2024): 78-118.

Russian Faith, Honour & Courage Displayed in a Faithful Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea in the Years 1769 & 1770 by Rear-Admiral John Elphinstone (London, 2024)
“‘Prostitution of the Russian Flag’: Privateers in Russian Admiralty Courts, 1787-1798.” Law and History Review 35, no. 4 (November 2017): 1049-81.

DOI: 10.1017/S0738248017000402

Review Article. “Across the Seven Seas: Is Russian Maritime History More than Regional History?” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 17, no. 3 (2016): 631-46.

DOI: 10.1353/kri.2016.0038

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Russia, Soviet Union, Eurasia, Eastern Europe
Expertise by Geography
Eastern Europe, Russia
Expertise by Chronology
18th century, 19th century, Early Modern, Modern, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Colonialism, Diplomacy, Law, Libraries & Archives, Local & Regional, Rebellion & Revolution