Participant Info
- First Name
- Julia
- Last Name
- Leikin
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State
- julia.leikin@ucl.ac.uk
- Affiliation
- University College London
- Website URL
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/history/people/academic-staff/dr-julia-leikin
- Keywords
- Russian empire, Soviet Union, international law, Eurasia, global and maritime history, Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Russia and the West, Eastern Europe
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a historian of Central and Eastern Europe, specializing in the Russian Empire. I am interested 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.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- 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
