Professor Stephen Lovell
Professor of Modern History
Research interests
- History
Biography
Stephen Lovell joined the department in 2002 following a postdoctoral fellowship at St John’s College, Oxford. He received his MA and PhD from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University of London, after studying for his BA at King’s College, Cambridge.
Research Interests
- Cultural and Social History of 19th and 20th century Russia
Stephen Lovell’s primary research interests lie in the social and cultural history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia. He is the author of the prize-winning books Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (Cornell University Press, 2003) and Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970 (Oxford University Press, 2015). His first book was on reading and print culture in twentieth-century Russia, and he has also written on the history of old age and generations. In addition, he is the author of three more general works on Russian history, most recently The Shadow of War: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1941 to the Present (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). His most recent book is How Russia Learned to Talk: A History of Public Speaking in the Stenographic Age, 1860-1930 (Oxford University Press, 2020).
Professor Lovell would welcome applications from research students interested in working on:
- Any aspect of Russian history, 1750 to the present
For more details, please see his full research profile.
Teaching
Professor Lovell teaches a range of modules on Russian and Eastern European history from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. These include a module on Russia in the 1870s through the prism of the novel Anna Karenina; a module on Soviet history from World War II onwards; and a Special Subject on Russian political culture and communications in the revolutionary era from 1880 to 1940. He also contributes to a number of other modules at all levels from first-year undergraduate to MA.
PhD Supervision
Professor Lovell would welcome applications from research students interested in working on:
- Any aspect of Russian history, 1750 to the present
Selected Publications
- The Russian Reading Revolution: Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras (2000)
- Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (2003)
- The Shadow of War: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1945 to the Present (2010)
- Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970 (2015)
- How Russia Learned to Talk: A History of Public Speaking in the Stenographic Age, 1860-1940 (2020)
News
Professor Lovell wins ASEES book prize
Professor Stephen Lovell has won the University of Southern California Book Prize for his Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970...
Events
Menzies Annual Lecture: Billy Hughes' Great War
Join Professor Carl Bridge, former Director of the Menzies Australia Institute, for the 2022 Annual Lecture.
Please note: this event has passed.
News
Professor Lovell wins ASEES book prize
Professor Stephen Lovell has won the University of Southern California Book Prize for his Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970...
Events
Menzies Annual Lecture: Billy Hughes' Great War
Join Professor Carl Bridge, former Director of the Menzies Australia Institute, for the 2022 Annual Lecture.
Please note: this event has passed.