Research and Publications
Dominic Lieven joined the LSE in 1978, became a professor in 1993 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001. He graduated first in the class of 1973 in history from Cambridge University and was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard in 1973/4. Subsequently, he has been inter alia a Humboldt Fellow in Germany, and a visiting professor at Tokyo University and Harvard. He is married with two children. The family lives partly in London and partly in Japan.
His publications include:
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1983 Russia and the Origins of the First World War, Macmillan.
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1989 Russia's Rulers under the Old Regime, Yale U.P.
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1992 The Aristocracy in Europe 1815/1914, Macmillan/Columbia UP.
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1993 Nicholas II, John Murray/St Martin's Press.
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2000 Empire. The Russian Empire and its Rivals, John Murray/Yale U.P.
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2006 The Cambridge History of Russia. Volume 2: Imperial Russia, 1689-1917, CUP, Editor
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2009 Russia against Napoleon. The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814, Penguin,
Winner of the Wolfson History Prize
He is currently planning a conference, articles and edited book on Russia's conflict with Napoleon.
The Tsar Liberates Europe? Russia against Napoleon, 1807-1814: Available as MP3| or Video|.
Teaching and Supervisions
Present and former Ph.D students cover a wide range of subjects including Russian history and contemporary post-Soviet politics, as well as comparative imperial and post-imperial history and politics. Nine former Ph.D students hold full-time academic posts.
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Imperial Russia, 1700-1917
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Comparative imperial history
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International relations in the period 1755-1842
Contact details
Email: d.lieven@lse.ac.uk|