We are happy to introduce our guest blogger for October 2020: Stefan Kirmse (Leibniz-
Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin). Dr. habil. Kirmse is a senior research fellow and research coordinator at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, and a senior lecturer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is a historian of law in imperial Russia, focusing on Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus region, and Central Asia. He holds a BA from the University of Dublin, an M.Phil. from the University of Oxford, a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and a Habilitation from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
His most recent book, The Lawful Empire: Legal Change and Cultural Diversity in Late Tsarist Russia, came out with Cambridge University Press in 2019. His first monograph was Youth and Globalization in Central Asia: Everyday Life between Religion, Media, and International Donors (Campus, 2013). In addition to publishing many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, Stefan Kirmse is also the editor of the volume, One Law for All? Western Models and Local Practices in (post-) Imperial Contexts (Campus, 2012).
You can read more about his publications and background here.
Welcome, Stefan Kirmse!
--Mitra Sharafi
